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Sotiria General Hospital

In research, Sotiria General Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,398 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,256 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,821
of 22,385 · #10,727 all time
Rank in Greece
#38
of 111
Research works
1.6k
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Sotiria General Hospital

What is Sotiria General Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,398 of 9,902 14.5%308 #3861
MedicineField #2,256 of 8,541 14.1%290 #3551

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sotiria General 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sotiria General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Sotiria General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 347 fractional works · 79.9% of its workMedicine: 327 fractional works · 75.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 62 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 60 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSotiria GeneralHospital434fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine32775.3%
    2. Health Professions153.4%
    3. Nursing40.9%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology378.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology122.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology112.6%
    2. Social Sciences51.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering61.3%
    2. Environmental Science30.8%
    3. Chemistry20.4%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sotiria General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 61.9 works14×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 60.5 works9.1×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 23.1 works7.8×
  4. OncologySubfield · 24.6 works5.0×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 327 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.92×327 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.80×12 works
  3. Nursing1.80×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×37 works
  5. Health Professions1.29×15 works
  6. Veterinary1.14×1 works
  7. Psychology0.87×12 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.45×3 works
  10. Dentistry0.44×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.23×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.16×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  15. Engineering0.09×6 works
  16. Social Sciences0.09×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.03×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sotiria General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Mina Gaga, Katerina Dimakou and George S. Stergiou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sotiria General Hospital.

  1. 1 Mina Gaga Greece · #73,164 worldwide 18k citations · 310 works
  2. 2 Katerina Dimakou Greece · #73,345 worldwide 7.3k citations · 212 works
  3. 3 George S. Stergiou Greece · #145,367 worldwide 67k citations · 792 works
  4. 4 Konstantinos Syrigos Greece · #366,425 worldwide 14k citations · 372 works
  5. 5 Christos Sikaras Greece · #822,484 worldwide 488 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Vayia C. Rarra Greece · #990,094 worldwide 7.6k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Georgia F. Hardavella Greece · #1,044,478 worldwide 1.9k citations · 177 works
  8. 8 Κonstantinos Samitas Greece · #1,064,408 worldwide 2.3k citations · 110 works
  9. 9 Argyro Pachi Greece · #1,075,237 worldwide 578 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 George D. Tsoukalas Greece · #1,079,655 worldwide 1.5k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sotiria General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Sotiria General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Sotiria General Hospital is "COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-Up" (Behnood Bikdeli et al., 2020), with 2,956 citations. Next come "Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (2,901) and "European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis" (1,387).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19 and Thrombotic or Thromboembolic Disease: Implications for Prevention, Antithrombotic Therapy, and Follow-Up Behnood Bikdeli et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 17 Apr 2020 2,956
2 Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab in Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Matthew David Hellmann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 2019 2,901
3 European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis Eva Polverino et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access Sep 2017 1,387
4 Ramucirumab plus docetaxel versus placebo plus docetaxel for second-line treatment of stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer after disease progression on platinum-based therapy (REVEL): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised phase 3 trial Edward B. Garon et al. · The Lancet Open access 2 Jun 2014 1,321
5 2021 European Society of Hypertension practice guidelines for office and out-of-office blood pressure measurement George S. Stergiou, Paolo Palatini, Gianfranco Parati et al. · Journal of Hypertension Open access 12 Mar 2021 849
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sotiria General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Hypertension, Global Burden, Cardiovascular Events, Pandemic and 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-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. Epidemiology54▲ 3.1×80 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease45▲ 9.1×31 topics
  3. Inflammation40▲ 4.4×62 topics
  4. Hypertension25▲ 20×12 topics
  5. Pandemic25▲ 5.8×7 topics
  6. Risk Factors24▲ 5.0×21 topics
  7. Global Burden24▲ 10×8 topics
  8. Diagnosis23▲ 5.7×35 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Events22▲ 43×4 topics
  10. Treatment22▲ 4.1×30 topics
  11. Chemotherapy21▲ 6.8×20 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-220▲ 15×6 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor18▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Clinical Guidelines18▲ 14×8 topics
  15. Management18▲ 5.3×23 topics
  16. Immune Response18▲ 7.2×16 topics
  17. Obesity18▲ 5.2×19 topics
  18. Cancer17▲ 2.8×39 topics
  19. Clinical Trials16▲ 5.6×12 topics
  20. Thrombosis16▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Blood Pressure15▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Diabetes Mellitus15▲ 17×6 topics
  23. Heart Failure15▲ 7.6×12 topics
  24. Antihypertensive Drugs14▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Renal Denervation14▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Genetics14▲ 4.4×14 topics
  27. Pathophysiology14▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Radiotherapy12▲ 7.3×9 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis12▲ 10.0×10 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy12▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Clinical Characteristics12▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Echocardiography12▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Antiviral Treatment12▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Cytokine Storm12▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Immunity12▲ 6.6×8 topics
  36. Guidelines11▲ 5.5×12 topics
  37. Metastasis11▲ 7.6×12 topics
  38. Immunology10▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Lung Cancer10▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Endothelial Dysfunction10▲ 9.5×8 topics

Which research topics does Sotiria General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 12 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…9Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…8Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 8 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability a…6Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…6Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 12 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 7 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  7. 7 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sotiria General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sotiria General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Sotiria General Hospital0.0016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Sotiria General Hospital 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%30%Sotiria General Hospital17.4% 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 17.4% in 2025.

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