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Metropolitan Hospital

In research, Metropolitan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,942 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,337 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,925
of 28,054 · #19,052 all time
Rank in Greece
#61
of 124
Research works
701
▲ 108% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
14.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Metropolitan Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,942 of 10,443 15.4%140 #6579
Health SciencesDomain #5,337 of 11,982 15.7%145 #8055

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Metropolitan Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Metropolitan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.8 works8.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Metropolitan Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Helena Linardou, Dimitrios Bafaloukos and Aris Sterodimas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Metropolitan Hospital.

  1. 1 Helena Linardou Greece · #186,287 worldwide 145 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Dimitrios Bafaloukos Greece · #271,364 worldwide 141 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Aris Sterodimas Greece · #1,009,121 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Andreas Gravvanis Greece · #1,241,994 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Metropolitan Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Trials and Surgical Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology20▲ 2.8×69 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.0×47 topics
  3. Complications10▲ 11×17 topics
  4. Chemotherapy9▲ 7.4×20 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 4.5×25 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.1×14 topics
  7. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.0×10 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×20 topics
  9. Surgical Management6▲ 8.4×14 topics
  10. Robotic Surgery6▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.8×17 topics
  12. Obesity6▲ 4.1×15 topics
  13. Survival Analysis6▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Radiation Therapy5▲ 22×5 topics
  15. Diagnosis5▲ 3.1×26 topics
  16. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.0×15 topics
  17. Risk Factors5▲ 2.6×20 topics
  18. Radiotherapy5▲ 7.1×12 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  20. Hypertension4▲ 8.6×11 topics
  21. Anatomy4▲ 34×4 topics
  22. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.1×9 topics
  23. Targeted Therapy4▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  25. Molecular Classification4▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Breast Reconstruction4▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Immune Response4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  28. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis4▲ 7.6×9 topics
  30. Cervical Cancer4▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Brachytherapy4▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Endometrial Carcinoma4▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Genetic Variants4▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.7×12 topics
  36. Statins4▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Free Flap3▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Microsurgical Reconstruction3▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Genomic Profiling3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Reconstruction3▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Metropolitan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

Endometrial and Cervical…4Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…3Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…2Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…2Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …2Surgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologySurgeryMusicPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 2 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.7%domestic only58.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 108% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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