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Bellvitge University Hospital

In research, Bellvitge University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#854 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,036 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,282 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Rheumatology is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,442
of 28,054 · #4,507 all time
Rank in Spain
#117
of 658
Research works
6k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
116k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Bellvitge University Hospital 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 #854 of 10,443 11.4%703 #879
Health SciencesDomain #1,036 of 11,982 12.0%746 #1047
Life SciencesDomain #3,282 of 7,800 13.8%109 #2498
SurgerySubfield #1,198 of 1,816 7.9%117 #1080
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #947 of 1,144 9.5%80 #1333
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #657 of 738 8.6%61 #995

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bellvitge University 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#879 #854
  2. Health Sciences#1,047 #1,036
  3. Life Sciences#2,498 #3,282
  4. Surgery#1,080 #1,198
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,333 #947
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#995 #657
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Bellvitge University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 30.2 works7.1×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 60.6 works6.2×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 79.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.04× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.75× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 702 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bellvitge University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Emilio Ramos, Josep Comín‐Colet and José González‐Costello lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bellvitge University Hospital.

  1. 1 Emilio Ramos Spain · #26,498 worldwide 324 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Josep Comín‐Colet Spain · #34,213 worldwide 523 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 José González‐Costello Spain · #43,546 worldwide 314 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Josep M. Grinyó Spain · #45,105 worldwide 353 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Ángel Cequier Spain · #82,688 worldwide 422 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 María Molina‐Molina Spain · #109,242 worldwide 150 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 José M. Menchón Spain · #118,050 worldwide 414 citations · 93 works
  8. 8 José Castellote Spain · #149,179 worldwide 95 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Javier Ariza Spain · #156,490 worldwide 120 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Joan Fabregat Spain · #158,994 worldwide 74 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Bellvitge University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Bellvitge University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Inflammation, Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology122▲ 3.3×113 topics
  2. Treatment70▲ 6.2×44 topics
  3. Inflammation57▲ 3.0×73 topics
  4. Diagnosis54▲ 6.3×38 topics
  5. Quality of Life41▲ 3.0×43 topics
  6. Guidelines38▲ 8.8×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 3.6×36 topics
  8. Heart Failure36▲ 8.9×13 topics
  9. Chemotherapy35▲ 5.5×24 topics
  10. Immunotherapy33▲ 5.0×19 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 6.0×14 topics
  12. Management30▲ 4.1×25 topics
  13. Risk Factors27▲ 2.6×27 topics
  14. Genetics26▲ 4.0×20 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations25▲ 6.4×23 topics
  16. Surgical Management25▲ 6.6×20 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors24▲ 5.8×14 topics
  18. Mortality23▲ 4.4×12 topics
  19. Complications23▲ 5.0×17 topics
  20. Obesity21▲ 3.0×20 topics
  21. Clinical Trials20▲ 3.3×17 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders20▲ 3.8×19 topics
  23. Radiotherapy20▲ 5.6×13 topics
  24. Autoantibodies19▲ 8.7×8 topics
  25. Survival Analysis18▲ 7.2×6 topics
  26. Prognosis18▲ 5.8×9 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 6.0×9 topics
  28. Thrombosis17▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. Fibrosis15▲ 8.9×8 topics
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy15▲ 8.6×8 topics
  32. Renal Function14▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Echocardiography14▲ 5.7×8 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease14▲ 6.2×8 topics
  36. Clinical Management14▲ 8.6×8 topics
  37. Molecular Classification13▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Radiation Therapy13▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention13▲ 10×4 topics
  40. TGF-ß12▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Bellvitge University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Heart Failure Treatment …12Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …9Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 9 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…9Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 9 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…8Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 8 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 8 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…6Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineTransplantation4 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 9 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 8 works
  6. 6 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  10. 10 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bellvitge University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher 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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