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Scan Foundation

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Research works
91
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
48%
world 18%
Scan Foundation

Not ranked overall: Scan Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Scan Foundation work in?

In all years, 81% of research at Scan Foundation is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Social Sciences (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 74 fractional works · 81.4% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 74.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 14.2% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKScan Foundation91fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6874.8%
    2. Health Professions44.2%
    3. Dentistry21.8%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences55.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.7%
    3. Decision Sciences10.7%
    4. Psychology10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering21.7%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    4. Computer Science00.5%
    5. Materials Science00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 5.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry5.73×0 works
  2. Medicine3.48×11 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.35×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.17×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.05×2 works
  6. Psychology0.82×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.72×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.27×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  14. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scan Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefano Bevilacqua and Massimo Bernabei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scan Foundation.

  1. 1 Stefano Bevilacqua United States · #1,358,750 worldwide 4.9k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Massimo Bernabei United States · #3,730,517 worldwide 574 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Scan Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Scan Foundation?

The most cited paper from Scan Foundation is "Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority" (David Blumenthal, Bruce A. Chernof, Terry T. Fulmer et al., 2016), with 329 citations. Next come "Incidence rate of primary cardiac tumors" (142) and "Which cannulation (ascending aortic cannulation or peripheral arterial cannulation) is better for acute type A aortic dissection surgery?" (110).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients — An Urgent Priority David Blumenthal, Bruce A. Chernof, Terry T. Fulmer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 27 Jul 2016 329
2 Incidence rate of primary cardiac tumors Alberto Cresti, Mario Chiavarelli, Mattia Glauber et al. · Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine 11 Jul 2014 142
3 Which cannulation (ascending aortic cannulation or peripheral arterial cannulation) is better for acute type A aortic dissection surgery? Kaushal Kishore Tiwari, Michele Murzi, Stefano Bevilacqua et al. · Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Open access 14 Feb 2010 110
4 Aortic Valve Replacement Through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy: Can Sutureless Technology Improve Clinical Outcomes? Daniyar Sh. Gilmanov, Antonio Miceli, Matteo Ferrarini et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 8 Sep 2014 95
5 Mortality in Multicenter Critical Care Trials Giovanni Landoni et al. · Critical Care Medicine 29 Mar 2015 90
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scan Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Echocardiography, Congenital Heart Disease, Mortality Risk, Inflammatory Response, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Neurocognitive Function.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 167×1 topic
  2. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 167×1 topic
  3. Echocardiography9▲ 36×8 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 85×3 topics
  5. Mortality Risk7▲ 36×3 topics
  6. Inflammatory Response6▲ 95×3 topics
  7. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 89×1 topic
  9. Cardiopulmonary Bypass6▲ 254×1 topic
  10. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery6▲ 254×1 topic
  11. Neurocognitive Function6▲ 139×2 topics
  12. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Endovascular Repair6▲ 73×3 topics
  14. Epidemiology6▲ 1.62×13 topics
  15. Aortic Dissection6▲ 148×1 topic
  16. Bicuspid Aortic Valve6▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Guidelines4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  18. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 32×4 topics
  19. Diagnosis4▲ 4.1×3 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis4▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Tissue Engineering3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  23. Complications3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Heart Failure3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  25. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Treatment3▲ 2.7×3 topics
  27. Airway Stenosis3▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Tracheostomy3▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Surgery3▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Infective Endocarditis3▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Prophylaxis3▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Coronary Stents3▲ 60×1 topic
  33. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Primary Care2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Sudden Death2▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Scan Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 0 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 0 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineDemographySurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies Demography 1 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 0 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.5%domestic only51.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scan Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Scan Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Scan Foundation0.000057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scan Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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