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Ospedale Cannizzaro

In research, Ospedale Cannizzaro stands highest in Medicine (#3,028 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,139 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#10,631
of 28,054 · #14,029 all time
Rank in Italy
#300
of 618
Research works
868
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Ospedale Cannizzaro 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 #3,028 of 10,443 23.6%150 #5553
Health SciencesDomain #4,139 of 11,982 23.1%156 #7314

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 24.5 works8.5×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 26.5 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 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.

Who are the top researchers at Ospedale Cannizzaro?

Ranked on the composite score, Filippo Fraggetta, Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana and Paolo Scollo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedale Cannizzaro.

  1. 1 Filippo Fraggetta Italy · #419,493 worldwide 58 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Emmanuele Umana Italy · #615,295 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Paolo Scollo Italy · #685,019 worldwide 39 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Giuseppe Luigi Banna Italy · #723,977 worldwide 82 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Pietro Pepe Italy · #941,732 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Antonio Granata Italy · #1,008,725 worldwide 65 citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Giuseppe Catanuto Italy · #1,013,441 worldwide 20 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Vita Di Stefano Italy · #1,050,335 worldwide 73 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Massimo Ippolito Italy · #1,119,239 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Giuseppa Scandurra Italy · #1,229,785 worldwide 23 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedale Cannizzaro

Which keywords describe research at Ospedale Cannizzaro?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Prostate Cancer, Clinical Trials, Clinical Guidelines, Surgical Management and Radiation Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.0×78 topics
  2. Immunotherapy13▲ 10×15 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations12▲ 14×18 topics
  4. Prostate Cancer11▲ 45×3 topics
  5. Clinical Trials10▲ 8.4×15 topics
  6. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×41 topics
  7. Treatment10▲ 4.3×32 topics
  8. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Biomarkers8▲ 6.5×9 topics
  10. Surgical Management8▲ 11×17 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors8▲ 9.8×13 topics
  12. Radiation Therapy8▲ 33×6 topics
  13. Quality of Life8▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Radiotherapy8▲ 11×12 topics
  15. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.7×21 topics
  16. Genetic Variants7▲ 22×5 topics
  17. Risk Factors7▲ 3.2×21 topics
  18. Radiosurgery7▲ 39×4 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.1×22 topics
  20. Complications6▲ 6.9×14 topics
  21. Survival Rates6▲ 36×2 topics
  22. MRI Imaging6▲ 41×4 topics
  23. Biopsy6▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.2×14 topics
  25. Screening6▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Androgen Suppression6▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Gleason Grading6▲ 80×1 topic
  28. Genomic Analysis5▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Genomic Profiling5▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Hormone Therapy5▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Androgen Receptor5▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Metastatic Prostate Cancer5▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery4▲ 17×5 topics
  35. Biomechanics4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Molecular Classification4▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment4▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 9.9×6 topics
  39. Targeted Therapy4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  40. Survival Analysis4▲ 7.5×6 topics

Which research topics does Ospedale Cannizzaro publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 5 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…3Meningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…3Glioma 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 worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 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 5 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 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ospedale Cannizzaro's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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