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Ospedale di Bolzano

In research, Ospedale di Bolzano stands highest in Medicine (#1,966 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,353 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,026
of 22,385 · #10,078 all time
Rank in Italy
#168
of 475
Research works
1.4k
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Ospedale di Bolzano

What is Ospedale di Bolzano 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 #1,966 of 8,541 14.7%182 #3113
Health SciencesDomain #2,353 of 9,902 14.9%195 #3762

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ospedale di Bolzano 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 di Bolzano work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Ospedale di Bolzano is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 240 fractional works · 68.0% of its workMedicine: 225 fractional works · 63.9% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 12.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOspedale diBolzano352fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22563.9%
    2. Health Professions123.3%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.8%
    2. Neuroscience133.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology41.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences133.8%
    2. Psychology123.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities61.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Engineering102.9%
    2. Environmental Science92.6%
    3. Computer Science61.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    5. Energy10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ospedale di Bolzano specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.3 works6.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 42.4 works5.1×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 225 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.32×225 works
  2. Neuroscience2.25×13 works
  3. Health Professions1.26×12 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×20 works
  5. Psychology1.08×12 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×4 works
  7. Veterinary1.01×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.84×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×4 works
  10. Nursing0.63×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.56×6 works
  12. Environmental Science0.53×9 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.31×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.30×13 works
  18. Energy0.25×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.24×6 works
  20. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  21. Engineering0.19×10 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.17×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ospedale di Bolzano?

Ranked on the quality score, Guido Mazzoleni, Stefan Patauner and Francesca Notte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedale di Bolzano.

  1. 1 Guido Mazzoleni Italy · #393,272 worldwide 14k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Stefan Patauner Italy · #471,177 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Francesca Notte Italy · #472,825 worldwide 994 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Luise Schäfer Italy · #484,008 worldwide 653 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Martina Felder Italy · #509,935 worldwide 2.8k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Léonardo Pagani Italy · #541,206 worldwide 5k citations · 174 works
  7. 7 Ilaria Girolami Italy · #597,430 worldwide 2.3k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Antonio Frena Italy · #660,273 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  9. 9 Armin Maier Italy · #690,502 worldwide 2.7k citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Franco Stanzial Italy · #878,408 worldwide 1.8k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedale di Bolzano

What are the most cited papers from Ospedale di Bolzano?

The most cited paper from Ospedale di Bolzano is "Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology" (The LifeLines Cohort Study et al., 2015), with 4,954 citations. Next come "Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels" (3,319) and "Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index" (2,999).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology The LifeLines Cohort Study et al. · Nature Open access487 authors 10 Feb 2015 4,954
2 Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels Cristen J. Willer et al. · Nature Genetics Open access259 authors 6 Oct 2013 3,319
3 Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index MAGIC et al. · Nature Genetics Open access376 authors 10 Oct 2010 2,999
4 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk Josée Dupuis et al. · Nature Genetics Open access263 authors 17 Jan 2010 2,239
5 Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk Georg Ehret et al. · Nature Open access346 authors 9 Sep 2011 2,085
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ospedale di Bolzano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation and Prognosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 2.7×100 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 2.0×47 topics
  3. Treatment15▲ 3.4×39 topics
  4. Chemotherapy13▲ 5.2×22 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 3.7×31 topics
  6. Radiotherapy11▲ 8.1×13 topics
  7. Complications11▲ 6.3×16 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 2.6×26 topics
  9. Management10▲ 3.4×25 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.4×24 topics
  11. Quality of Life9▲ 1.78×35 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.6×14 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders9▲ 4.5×19 topics
  14. Obesity8▲ 3.0×15 topics
  15. Surgical Management8▲ 5.6×20 topics
  16. Surgery8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  17. Genetics8▲ 3.1×20 topics
  18. Heart Failure8▲ 4.9×8 topics
  19. Prognosis8▲ 6.6×9 topics
  20. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.0×14 topics
  21. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.0×14 topics
  22. Guidelines7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  23. Echocardiography7▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.3×13 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation6▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Revision Surgery6▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  30. Squamous Cell Carcinoma6▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Arrhythmias5▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Neuroscience5▲ 4.8×8 topics
  33. Survival5▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention4▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Arthroplasty4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. neurological history4▲ 130×1 topic
  38. neuroscience pioneers4▲ 130×1 topic
  39. Anatomy4▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ospedale di Bolzano publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurology and Historical Studies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Neurology and Historical…4Neurology and Historical Studies: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …4Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…4Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 2 fractional worksHistory of Medicine Stud…2History of Medicine Studies: 2 fractional works
NeurologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neurology and Historical Studies Neurology 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 History of Medicine Studies History 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ospedale di Bolzano's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ospedale di Bolzano as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ospedale di Bolzano0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ospedale di Bolzano 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%Ospedale di Bolzano14.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2024.

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