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Ospedaliera di Piacenza

In research, Ospedaliera di Piacenza stands highest in Medicine (#6,088 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,188 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,319
of 34,923
Rank in Italy
#412
of 743
Research works
594
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Ospedaliera di Piacenza

What is Ospedaliera di Piacenza known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,088 of 14,558 9.9%400
Health SciencesDomain #7,188 of 16,688 9.8%417

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Ospedaliera di Piacenza is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Engineering (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 60.5% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 55.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.7% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOspedaliera diPiacenza64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3555.1%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.5%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Engineering711.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    3. Environmental Science11.4%
    4. Computer Science11.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.8%
    3. Neuroscience23.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences22.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Psychology11.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.30×0 works
  2. Medicine2.87×35 works
  3. Neuroscience2.03×2 works
  4. Dentistry1.69×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.44×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.08×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×4 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.82×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.80×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×2 works
  12. Engineering0.76×7 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×1 works
  14. Nursing0.62×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×1 works
  16. Energy0.47×0 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  18. Psychology0.34×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.28×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.22×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.17×1 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ospedaliera di Piacenza?

Ranked on the quality score, Fabio Fornari, Elisa Anselmi and Ilaria Toscani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ospedaliera di Piacenza.

  1. 1 Fabio Fornari Italy · #1,285,209 worldwide 6.9k citations · 252 works
  2. 2 Elisa Anselmi Italy · #1,289,133 worldwide 810 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Ilaria Toscani Italy · #1,313,832 worldwide 404 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Adriano Zangrandi Italy · #1,362,155 worldwide 1.7k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Davide Imberti Italy · #1,407,499 worldwide 4.4k citations · 132 works
  6. 6 Luigi Buscarini Italy · #1,569,402 worldwide 2.4k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Massimo Ambroggi Italy · #1,702,081 worldwide 952 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Giuseppe Di Trapani Italy · #1,841,388 worldwide 1.1k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Raffaella Bertè Italy · #1,981,140 worldwide 1.8k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Antonio Lazzaro Italy · #1,989,165 worldwide 2.6k citations · 122 works
All ranked researchers at Ospedaliera di Piacenza

What are the most cited papers from Ospedaliera di Piacenza?

The most cited paper from Ospedaliera di Piacenza is "Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke" (Werner Hacke, Markku Kaste, Erich Bluhmki et al., 2008), with 6,735 citations. Next come "Diagnostic criteria for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome)" (1,760) and "Percutaneous RF interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment of hepatic cancer." (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thrombolysis with Alteplase 3 to 4.5 Hours after Acute Ischemic Stroke Werner Hacke, Markku Kaste, Erich Bluhmki et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Sep 2008 6,735
2 Diagnostic criteria for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome) Claire L. Shovlin, Alan E. Guttmacher, Elisabetta Buscarini et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics 6 Mar 2000 1,760
3 Percutaneous RF interstitial thermal ablation in the treatment of hepatic cancer. Sandro Marcelo Rossi, Michele Stasi, Elisabetta Buscarini et al. · American Journal of Roentgenology Sep 1996 762
4 Percutaneous treatment of small hepatic tumors by an expandable RF needle electrode. Santiago Enrique Rossi, E. Buscarini, Francesco Garbagnati et al. · American Journal of Roentgenology Apr 1998 573
5 Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy vs No Axillary Surgery in Patients With Small Breast Cancer and Negative Results on Ultrasonography of Axillary Lymph Nodes Oreste ­Gentilini et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 21 Sep 2023 566
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ospedaliera di Piacenza?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Surgical Management, Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 and Hearing Loss.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×35 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 10×6 topics
  3. Quality of Life3▲ 3.1×15 topics
  4. Pandemic3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  5. Chemotherapy3▲ 6.0×14 topics
  6. Surgical Management2▲ 9.6×8 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 3.2×16 topics
  8. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.0×11 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Cancer2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  11. Hearing Loss2▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-22▲ 10.0×3 topics
  14. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  16. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.2×9 topics
  17. Mortality2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  18. Pathophysiology2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  20. Immune Response1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  21. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.6×7 topics
  22. Ethics1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  23. Philosophy1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  24. Social Isolation1▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Surgery1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  26. Thrombosis1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  27. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Stroke1▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Cochlear Implants1▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Cognitive Decline1▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Genetic Testing1▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Molecular Pathology1▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Pancreatic Cancer1▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Resuscitation1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Surgical Complications1▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Contraception1▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Ethical Climate1▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Moral Distress1▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Reproductive Health1▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Unintended Pregnancy1▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Ospedaliera di Piacenza publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, COVID-19 and healthcare impacts and Ethics in medical practice.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…1Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…1Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice1Ethics in medical practice: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional workssolar cell performance o…1solar cell performance optimization: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceOncologyGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 solar cell performance optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ospedaliera di Piacenza's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Ospedaliera di Piacenza as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ospedaliera di Piacenza0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ospedaliera di Piacenza 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2020Ospedaliera di Piacenza7.6% in 2020200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.8% in 2000.

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