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Santobono Children's Hospital

In research, Santobono Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,727 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,401 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,798
of 28,054 · #23,590 all time
Rank in Italy
#491
of 618
Research works
553
▲ 185% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Santobono Children's Hospital 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 #5,727 of 10,443 16.3%117 #10026
Health SciencesDomain #7,401 of 11,982 16.6%122 #10519

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Santobono Children's Hospital 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).

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: 2.36× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.54× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 3.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Santobono Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Salvatore Di Maio, Giuseppe Cinalli and Carmine Pecoraro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santobono Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Salvatore Di Maio Italy · #412,405 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Cinalli Italy · #423,142 worldwide 120 citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Carmine Pecoraro Italy · #1,124,884 worldwide 39 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 G Maggi Italy · #1,180,189 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Pietro Spennato Italy · #1,189,477 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Eugenio Rossi Italy · #1,435,462 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Santobono Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Santobono Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Neurological Disorders, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Cancer, Radiotherapy and Prenatal Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.7×75 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.1×35 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations9▲ 13×17 topics
  4. Cancer8▲ 3.9×25 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders8▲ 9.3×15 topics
  6. Immunotherapy8▲ 7.1×14 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.0×35 topics
  8. Radiotherapy6▲ 9.2×5 topics
  9. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  11. Hydrocephalus5▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors5▲ 7.5×14 topics
  13. Genetics5▲ 4.7×16 topics
  14. Molecular Classification5▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Diagnosis5▲ 3.4×28 topics
  16. Glioblastoma5▲ 46×1 topic
  17. Temozolomide5▲ 46×1 topic
  18. Surgical Management5▲ 7.1×15 topics
  19. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.3×17 topics
  20. Clinical Management4▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Management4▲ 3.2×18 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.1×13 topics
  23. Cerebrospinal Fluid4▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Glymphatic System4▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Surgery4▲ 7.1×10 topics
  26. Children4▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.7×6 topics
  29. Congenital Anomalies3▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Vaccine Development3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  32. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Epilepsy3▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Palliative Treatment3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Radiosurgery3▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Viral Infections2▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Disease Burden2▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Endoscopic Stenting2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Esophageal Perforation2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Santobono Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Respiratory viral infections research.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…5Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksForeign Body Medical Cases: 2 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 2 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Sc…2Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations D…2Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
GeneticsCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSurgeryEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Foreign Body Medical Cases Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Santobono Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 185% 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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