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Policlinico Universitario di Catania

In research, Policlinico Universitario di Catania stands highest in Medicine (#1,012 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,277 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,765
of 28,054 · #9,299 all time
Rank in Italy
#131
of 618
Research works
2.3k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Policlinico Universitario di Catania 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 #1,012 of 10,443 21.3%288 #2326
Health SciencesDomain #1,277 of 11,982 21.7%305 #2700

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Policlinico Universitario di Catania 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 Policlinico Universitario di Catania specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 43.2 works11×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 288 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Policlinico Universitario di Catania?

Ranked on the composite score, Antonio Greco, A Privitera and Paolo Latini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Policlinico Universitario di Catania.

  1. 1 Antonio Greco Italy · #950,266 worldwide 39 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 A Privitera Italy · #1,329,160 worldwide 12 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Paolo Latini Italy · #1,427,946 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Giuliano Costa Italy · #1,435,182 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Luigi La Via Italy · #1,487,439 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Gamalero Pc Italy · #1,551,641 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Policlinico Universitario di Catania

Which keywords describe research at Policlinico Universitario di Catania?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Treatment, Guidelines, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 2.8×98 topics
  2. Inflammation21▲ 2.6×63 topics
  3. Treatment19▲ 4.2×40 topics
  4. Diagnosis16▲ 4.5×37 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 3.6×33 topics
  6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention15▲ 29×4 topics
  7. Guidelines14▲ 8.0×12 topics
  8. Quality of Life14▲ 2.5×39 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors12▲ 7.2×13 topics
  10. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Echocardiography11▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Complications11▲ 5.8×17 topics
  13. Risk Factors11▲ 2.6×21 topics
  14. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 36×1 topic
  15. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement10▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Management9▲ 3.1×25 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis9▲ 8.4×8 topics
  18. Heart Failure9▲ 5.3×14 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Thrombosis8▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.9×13 topics
  22. Catheter Ablation8▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Cardiac Imaging8▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations8▲ 4.6×20 topics
  26. Prophylaxis8▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Mutation7▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Aspirin7▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Clopidogrel7▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Hematopoietic Stem Cells7▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Stroke Prevention7▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Coronary Stents6▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Minimal Residual Disease6▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Autoantibodies6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Risk Stratification6▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism6▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Policlinico Universitario di Catania publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksAntiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases: 7 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…6Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 4 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…4Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…4Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…4Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…4Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHematology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  6. 6 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 4 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 4 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Policlinico Universitario di Catania's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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