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Ospedale Sant'Anna

In research, Ospedale Sant'Anna stands highest in Medicine (#2,508 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,119 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,569
of 22,385 · #11,839 all time
Rank in Italy
#257
of 475
Research works
1k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Ospedale Sant'Anna

What is Ospedale Sant'Anna 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 #2,508 of 8,541 13.4%158 #3081
Health SciencesDomain #3,119 of 9,902 13.6%164 #3613

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

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Ospedale Sant'Anna is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Psychology (2%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 192 fractional works · 80.0% of its workMedicine: 185 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 12.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 25 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOspedaleSant'Anna241fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine18576.8%
    2. Health Professions41.8%
    3. Veterinary20.6%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    5. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology166.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.0%
    3. Neuroscience31.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology52.2%
    2. Social Sciences52.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering31.4%
    2. Environmental Science10.3%
    3. Mathematics10.3%
    4. Computer Science10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ospedale Sant'Anna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 25.0 works9.9×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.5 works5.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.59× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.59×2 works
  2. Medicine4.00×185 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.97×5 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.25×16 works
  5. Nursing0.92×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.77×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×4 works
  8. Psychology0.72×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.67×4 works
  10. Dentistry0.59×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.24×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.17×5 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  17. Engineering0.09×3 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ospedale Sant'Anna?

Ranked on the quality score, Simone Vidale, Gianluca Botto and Francesco Paolo Tritto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedale Sant'Anna.

  1. 1 Simone Vidale Italy · #962,695 worldwide 9.4k citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Gianluca Botto Italy · #1,115,747 worldwide 2.6k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Francesco Paolo Tritto Italy · #1,135,341 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Luciano Scandolaro Italy · #1,152,379 worldwide 2.7k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Daniele Maselli Italy · #1,363,927 worldwide 3k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 Vincenzo Belcastro Italy · #1,468,883 worldwide 4.9k citations · 183 works
  7. 7 Alfredo Vetrano Italy · #1,889,825 worldwide 340 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Giovanni Luca Botto Italy · #1,940,121 worldwide 3.2k citations · 149 works
  9. 9 Emanuela Cagna Italy · #2,221,196 worldwide 729 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Federica Mazzoleni Italy · #2,311,754 worldwide 105 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedale Sant'Anna

What are the most cited papers from Ospedale Sant'Anna?

The most cited paper from Ospedale Sant'Anna is "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (Christina Fitzmaurice et al., 2019), with 2,699 citations. Next come "The PRIAMO study: A multicenter assessment of nonmotor symptoms and their impact on quality of life in Parkinson's disease" (1,459) and "Association of brain amyloidosis with pro-inflammatory gut bacterial taxa and peripheral inflammation markers in cognitively impaired elderly" (1,399).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
2 The PRIAMO study: A multicenter assessment of nonmotor symptoms and their impact on quality of life in Parkinson's disease Paolo Barone et al. · Movement Disorders 9 Jun 2009 1,459
3 Association of brain amyloidosis with pro-inflammatory gut bacterial taxa and peripheral inflammation markers in cognitively impaired elderly Annamaria Cattaneo et al. · Neurobiology of Aging Open access 9 Sep 2016 1,399
4 Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial Marco Valgimigli et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Mar 2015 1,311
5 Internal Mammary and Medial Supraclavicular Irradiation in Breast Cancer Philip M. Poortmans et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Jul 2015 1,033
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ospedale Sant'Anna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Management and Myocardial Infarction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.3×104 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 4.9×35 topics
  3. Diagnosis13▲ 5.9×34 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 4.8×28 topics
  5. Inflammation12▲ 2.4×48 topics
  6. Guidelines10▲ 9.2×11 topics
  7. Heart Failure10▲ 9.7×12 topics
  8. Management10▲ 5.3×25 topics
  9. Risk Factors9▲ 3.5×25 topics
  10. Quality of Life9▲ 2.5×25 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.6×18 topics
  12. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.3×13 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.1×12 topics
  15. Immunotherapy7▲ 3.8×16 topics
  16. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  17. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 19×4 topics
  18. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.5×21 topics
  19. Obesity6▲ 3.2×21 topics
  20. Surgical Management6▲ 5.9×17 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation6▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Immune Response6▲ 4.2×15 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.1×14 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.0×18 topics
  25. Echocardiography5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  26. Meta-Analysis5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  27. Complications5▲ 4.1×16 topics
  28. Stroke Prevention5▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Genetic Variants4▲ 10×6 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-24▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Events4▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Thrombosis4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  36. Urinary Incontinence4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Risk Stratification4▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Thromboembolism4▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Glycemic Control3▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Ospedale Sant'Anna publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and…3Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksHuman Resource Development and Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgeryUrology1 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Human Resource Development and Performance Evaluation Applied Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ospedale Sant'Anna's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Sant'Anna as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ospedale Sant'Anna0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ospedale Sant'Anna 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 Sant'Anna16.3% 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 16.3% in 2025.

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