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Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

In research, Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro stands highest in Medicine (#5,924 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,222 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,428
of 28,054 · #29,143 all time
Rank in Portugal
#125
of 187
Research works
866
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro 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 #5,924 of 10,443 3.4%198 #8872
Health SciencesDomain #7,222 of 11,982 3.7%209 #10932

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro 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 Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 25.1 works9.9×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 42.9 works7.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro?

Ranked on the composite score, João Pinto-de-Sousa and José Presa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro.

  1. 1 João Pinto-de-Sousa Portugal · #729,858 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 José Presa Portugal · #1,280,166 worldwide 7 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

Which keywords describe research at Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Mortality, Complications, Surgical Management and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.7×80 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 6.7×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis19▲ 8.6×30 topics
  4. Guidelines13▲ 12×10 topics
  5. Quality of Life12▲ 3.5×27 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 2.1×37 topics
  7. Mortality11▲ 7.6×10 topics
  8. Complications10▲ 8.4×11 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.5×18 topics
  10. Surgical Management9▲ 9.4×15 topics
  11. Management8▲ 4.5×21 topics
  12. Heart Failure8▲ 8.0×11 topics
  13. Pain Management8▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 3.0×20 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.5×14 topics
  16. Surgery7▲ 8.3×9 topics
  17. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.1×16 topics
  18. Echocardiography7▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Postoperative Complications6▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Chronic Pain6▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.0×13 topics
  23. Postoperative Pain5▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Prognosis5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.0×14 topics
  26. Perioperative Care4▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Analgesia4▲ 28×1 topic
  28. BRAF Mutation4▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Hypertension4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  30. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  31. Regional Anesthesia4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Surgical Treatment4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  33. Cardiac Risk4▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Perioperative4▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Ultrasound4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 8.4×7 topics
  38. Management Guidelines4▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Thyroid Carcinoma4▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Anesthesia and Pain Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Anesthesia and Pain Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…3Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksNausea and vomiting management: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 2 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unidade Local de Saúde de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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