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Ospedale Garibaldi

In research, Ospedale Garibaldi stands highest in Medicine (#2,392 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,879 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,414
of 22,385 · #10,747 all time
Rank in Italy
#235
of 475
Research works
1k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ospedale Garibaldi

What is Ospedale Garibaldi 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 #2,392 of 8,541 15.0%158 #3275
Health SciencesDomain #2,879 of 9,902 14.8%165 #3954

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Ospedale Garibaldi is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 187 fractional works · 73.9% of its workMedicine: 179 fractional works · 70.7% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 16 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOspedaleGaribaldi253fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine17970.7%
    2. Health Professions52.0%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology218.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology72.8%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science62.3%
    2. Engineering41.8%
    3. Computer Science41.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences62.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    3. Psychology31.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ospedale Garibaldi specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.4 works6.0×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.68×179 works
  2. Veterinary3.63×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.83×7 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×21 works
  5. Neuroscience0.90×4 works
  6. Dentistry0.84×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.74×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×4 works
  9. Nursing0.66×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.46×6 works
  11. Psychology0.37×3 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.29×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.22×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.20×4 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.18×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.17×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×2 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  22. Engineering0.12×4 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ospedale Garibaldi?

Ranked on the quality score, Roberto Bordonaro, Gabriella Pellegriti and Pasqualino Malandrino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedale Garibaldi.

  1. 1 Roberto Bordonaro Italy · #479,380 worldwide 4.9k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Gabriella Pellegriti Italy · #910,764 worldwide 5.1k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Pasqualino Malandrino Italy · #1,086,183 worldwide 2.5k citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Rossana Mineo Italy · #1,313,517 worldwide 2.5k citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Lidia Sava Italy · #1,403,575 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Domenico Antonio Restivo Italy · #1,471,760 worldwide 3.3k citations · 116 works
  7. 7 Luigi Piazza Italy · #1,528,131 worldwide 1.5k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Giuseppe Maria Ettore Italy · #1,661,851 worldwide 1.6k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Barbara Busà Italy · #1,669,700 worldwide 464 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Roberto Lisi Italy · #1,676,882 worldwide 514 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedale Garibaldi

What are the most cited papers from Ospedale Garibaldi?

The most cited paper from Ospedale Garibaldi is "Worldwide Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer: Update on Epidemiology and Risk Factors" (Gabriella Pellegriti, Francesco Frasca, Concetto Regalbuto et al., 2013), with 1,307 citations. Next come "Insulin Receptor Isoforms and Insulin Receptor/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Hybrids in Physiology and Disease" (1,044) and "Diabetes and cancer" (1,012).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Worldwide Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer: Update on Epidemiology and Risk Factors Gabriella Pellegriti, Francesco Frasca, Concetto Regalbuto et al. · Journal of Cancer Epidemiology Open access 2013 1,307
2 Insulin Receptor Isoforms and Insulin Receptor/Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Hybrids in Physiology and Disease Antonino Belfiore, Francesco Frasca, Giuseppe Pandini et al. · Endocrine Reviews Oct 2009 1,044
3 Diabetes and cancer Paolo Giovanni Vigneri, Francesco Frasca, Laura M. Sciacca et al. · Endocrine Related Cancer Open access 20 Jul 2009 1,012
4 Insulin Receptor Isoform A, a Newly Recognized, High-Affinity Insulin-Like Growth Factor II Receptor in Fetal and Cancer Cells Francesco Frasca, Giuseppe Pandini, Pierluigi Scalia et al. · Molecular and Cellular Biology Open access May 1999 909
5 Cancer risk in patients with cold thyroid nodules: Relevance of iodine intake, sex, age, and multinodularity Antonino Belfiore, Giacomo Lucio La Rosa, Gianfranco Antonio La Porta et al. · The American Journal of Medicine Oct 1992 521
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ospedale Garibaldi?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Surgical Management, Genetic Mutations, Cardiovascular Disease, Prognostic Factors and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 2.8×97 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.6×50 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.8×31 topics
  4. Diagnosis11▲ 4.5×35 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 3.4×37 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations8▲ 7.5×20 topics
  7. Surgical Management8▲ 8.0×16 topics
  8. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×26 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors8▲ 7.3×14 topics
  10. Cancer8▲ 2.3×29 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.8×20 topics
  12. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.1×18 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.3×13 topics
  14. Management7▲ 3.6×25 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 8.9×7 topics
  16. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.9×20 topics
  17. Obesity7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  18. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.0×11 topics
  19. Guidelines6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 16×6 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance6▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Radiosurgery6▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Immune Response6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  24. BRAF Mutation6▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Molecular Classification6▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Robotic Surgery6▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Heart Failure5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  28. Management Guidelines5▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Thyroid Carcinoma5▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Statins5▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Ultrasound5▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer5▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Genomic Analysis5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Molecular Genetics5▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Thyroid Nodules5▲ 45×1 topic
  36. C-Reactive Protein4▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Genetic Variants4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  38. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  39. HIV Infection4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications4▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Ospedale Garibaldi publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis…5Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…4Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 4 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…3Meningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid …3Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 3 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHIV-related health compl…2HIV-related health complications and treatments: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Sc…2Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…2Diabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgeryEpidemiologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  2. 2 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 HIV-related health complications and treatments Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ospedale Garibaldi's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Garibaldi as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ospedale Garibaldi0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ospedale Garibaldi 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 Garibaldi16.8% 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 22.6% in 2009.

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