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Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya

In research, Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,083 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#14,674 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,626
of 28,054 · #23,912 all time
Rank in Spain
#590
of 658
Research works
409
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
9k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #15,083 of 20,462 24.1%222
MedicineField #14,674 of 17,978 19.0%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya 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: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.74× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.83× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya?

Ranked on the composite score, Carme Borrell, Maica Rodríguez‐Sanz and Anna García‐Altés lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya.

  1. 1 Carme Borrell Spain · #66,183 worldwide 312 citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Maica Rodríguez‐Sanz Spain · #576,150 worldwide 59 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Anna García‐Altés Spain · #636,016 worldwide 6 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Marc Marí-Dell’Olmo Spain · #639,421 worldwide 93 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Katherine Pérez Spain · #784,237 worldwide 51 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Tomás Montalvo Spain · #858,101 worldwide 33 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya

Which keywords describe research at Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Vaccine, Pandemic, COVID-19, Health Promotion and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 5.7×53 topics
  2. Public Health9▲ 10×29 topics
  3. Mental Health5▲ 5.8×20 topics
  4. COVID-194▲ 4.9×13 topics
  5. Pandemic4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  6. Vaccine4▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Health Promotion3▲ 17×11 topics
  8. Immune Response3▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Social Support3▲ 9.4×8 topics
  10. Treatment3▲ 4.4×12 topics
  11. Physical Activity3▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Depression3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 3.3×19 topics
  14. Pathogenesis2▲ 8.0×12 topics
  15. Health Effects2▲ 6.5×11 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-22▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Health Disparities2▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Mortality Risk2▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Psychological Impact2▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Anxiety2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Diagnosis2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 21×6 topics
  23. Health Equity2▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Psychological Distress2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  26. Obesity2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  27. Prevalence2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  28. Vaccine Development2▲ 12×5 topics
  29. HIV2▲ 36×3 topics
  30. Healthcare Workers2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Risk Perception2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Global Access2▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Neighborhood Effects2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Social Relationships2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Socioeconomic Inequalities2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 40×1 topic
  38. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Quarantine2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Social Isolation2▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health disparities and outcomes, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Respiratory viral infections research.

Health disparities and o…2Health disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAdministrative Law and Governance: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional works
HealthClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Administrative Law and Governance Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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