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Ospedale Cannizzaro

In research, Ospedale Cannizzaro stands highest in Medicine (#1,865 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,251 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,375
of 22,385 · #11,558 all time
Rank in Italy
#254
of 475
Research works
868
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ospedale Cannizzaro

What is Ospedale Cannizzaro known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,865 of 8,541 19.1%150 #3142
Health SciencesDomain #2,251 of 9,902 18.6%156 #3678

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ospedale Cannizzaro 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ospedale Cannizzaro work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Ospedale Cannizzaro is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 178 fractional works · 83.5% of its workMedicine: 171 fractional works · 80.2% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOspedaleCannizzaro213fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17180.2%
    2. Health Professions52.3%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.1%
    2. Neuroscience52.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering31.3%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    4. Environmental Science10.5%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Energy00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Psychology20.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ospedale Cannizzaro specialise in?

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

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.7 works8.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 30.3 works6.1×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.17×171 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×3 works
  3. Neuroscience1.35×5 works
  4. Veterinary1.15×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×13 works
  6. Dentistry0.99×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.88×5 works
  8. Nursing0.65×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.45×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  11. Psychology0.23×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  16. Engineering0.08×3 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  21. Energy0.04×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ospedale Cannizzaro?

Ranked on the quality score, Francesco Paolo Amico, Giuseppa Scandurra and Ludovica Pepe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedale Cannizzaro.

  1. 1 Francesco Paolo Amico Italy · #581,006 worldwide 1.8k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Giuseppa Scandurra Italy · #1,024,588 worldwide 1.4k citations · 120 works
  3. 3 Ludovica Pepe Italy · #1,420,485 worldwide 513 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Giuseppe Catanuto Italy · #1,665,404 worldwide 2.5k citations · 157 works
  5. 5 Lucio Giuseppe Granata Italy · #1,683,115 worldwide 25 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Pietro Pepe Italy · #1,685,719 worldwide 2.4k citations · 150 works
  7. 7 Michele Pennisi Italy · #1,698,687 worldwide 1.6k citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Paolo Scollo Italy · #1,746,884 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Paolo Scollo Italy · #1,941,330 worldwide 3.1k citations · 157 works
  10. 10 Massimo Ippolito Italy · #2,072,393 worldwide 1.6k citations · 113 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedale Cannizzaro

What are the most cited papers from Ospedale Cannizzaro?

The most cited paper from Ospedale Cannizzaro is "Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines" (Salomone Di Saverio et al., 2020), with 1,456 citations. Next come "Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19" (1,348) and "Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio: An Emerging Marker of the Relationships between the Immune System and Diseases" (1,062).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines Salomone Di Saverio et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access 15 Apr 2020 1,456
2 Delayed access or provision of care in Italy resulting from fear of COVID-19 Marzia Lazzerini, Egidio Barbi, Andrea Apicella et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Open access 9 Apr 2020 1,348
3 Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio: An Emerging Marker of the Relationships between the Immune System and Diseases Agata Buonacera, Benedetta Stancanelli, Michele Colaci et al. · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 26 Mar 2022 1,062
4 Discovery of new risk loci for IgA nephropathy implicates genes involved in immunity against intestinal pathogens Krzysztof Kiryluk et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 12 Oct 2014 636
5 Gut Microbiota and Cancer: From Pathogenesis to Therapy Silvia Vivarelli, Rossella Salemi, Saverio Candido et al. · Cancers Open access 3 Jan 2019 589
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ospedale Cannizzaro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Guidelines, Radiation Therapy and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.9×83 topics
  2. Immunotherapy14▲ 9.4×15 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations12▲ 13×18 topics
  4. Prostate Cancer12▲ 42×3 topics
  5. Clinical Trials12▲ 8.2×15 topics
  6. Inflammation12▲ 2.5×44 topics
  7. Treatment11▲ 4.2×34 topics
  8. Quality of Life10▲ 3.2×24 topics
  9. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Biomarkers9▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Radiation Therapy9▲ 32×6 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors9▲ 9.3×13 topics
  13. Surgical Management9▲ 9.9×17 topics
  14. Radiotherapy8▲ 10×12 topics
  15. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.6×21 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.7×14 topics
  17. Genetic Variants8▲ 21×5 topics
  18. Complications8▲ 7.1×15 topics
  19. Risk Factors7▲ 3.1×22 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.0×23 topics
  21. MRI Imaging7▲ 39×4 topics
  22. Survival Rates7▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Biopsy7▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Radiosurgery7▲ 35×4 topics
  25. Screening7▲ 32×3 topics
  26. Androgen Suppression6▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Gleason Grading6▲ 74×1 topic
  28. Diagnosis6▲ 3.1×30 topics
  29. Genomic Profiling6▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Genomic Analysis6▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Hormone Therapy6▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Androgen Receptor6▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Metastatic Prostate Cancer6▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Robotic Surgery6▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  36. Molecular Classification5▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Biomechanics5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Survival Analysis5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Surgical Treatment4▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 9.2×6 topics

Which research topics does Ospedale Cannizzaro publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosi…6Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 2 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…2Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyGeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ospedale Cannizzaro's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ospedale Cannizzaro as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ospedale Cannizzaro0.00077% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Ospedale Cannizzaro over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Ospedale Cannizzaro15.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.8% in 2022.

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