8.2 Citations
Throughout the period 1996-2010, the percentage of cited publications for the hospitals listed was rather high– usually above the Greek average–. For the 5-year period 2006-2010, it varied from 51.6% for the G. PAPAGEORGIOU General Hospital/G. PAPAGEORGIOU to 74.6% for the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center/O.C.S.C. (Figure 8.2.1).
Figure 8.2.2 presents the growth trends in number of citations for the sixteen Public Health Institutions during 1996-2010.
An examination of citation output and the share of citations in the “Public Health Institutions” Category for each institution for the period 2006-2010 revealed that the Evaggelismos Hospital of Athens/EVAGGELISMOS (3,212 citations and share of 8.8%) was first. It was followed by the the Hospitals supervised by Ministry of National Defense/MOD HOSPITALS (3,008 citations and share of 8.2%), the General Hospital of Athens/LAIKO (2,923 citations and share of 8%), the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center/O.C.S.C. (1,881 citations and share of 5.1%) and the SOTIRIA General Hospital of Athens (1,877 citations and share of 5.1%). The share of other institutions accounted for less than 5% of citations in this category (Figure 8.2.3).
