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Centre Hospitalier de Lens

In research, Centre Hospitalier de Lens stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,971 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,574 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,497
of 22,385 · #13,121 all time
Rank in France
#480
of 517
Research works
459
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Centre Hospitalier de Lens

What is Centre Hospitalier de Lens 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 #3,971 of 16,688 7.8%336
MedicineField #3,574 of 14,558 7.6%299

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Hospitalier de Lens 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 Centre Hospitalier de Lens work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Centre Hospitalier de Lens is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (10%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (3%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 75.0% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 64.3% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCentreHospitalier de…71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences8%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4664.3%
    2. Health Professions79.6%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    1. Engineering23.1%
    2. Computer Science23.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy22.1%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.2%
    2. Social Sciences22.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    4. Psychology10.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.63× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.35× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.51×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.63×7 works
  3. Medicine3.35×46 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.41×2 works
  5. Nursing2.24×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.47×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.97×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.62×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.39×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  12. Psychology0.28×1 works
  13. Engineering0.21×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.18×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier de Lens?

Ranked on the quality score, Pierre Morel, Brigitte Dupriez and Didier Thévenin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier de Lens.

  1. 1 Pierre Morel France · #215,186 worldwide 21k citations · 225 works
  2. 2 Brigitte Dupriez France · #236,514 worldwide 7.1k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Didier Thévenin France · #270,674 worldwide 6k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Olivier Nigeon France · #1,082,615 worldwide 891 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Malcolm Lemyze France · #1,191,981 worldwide 3k citations · 102 works
  6. 6 Stéphanie Barrailler France · #1,263,714 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Laurent Tronchon France · #1,281,617 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Johanna Temime France · #1,337,016 worldwide 1.2k citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Nicolas Vangrunderbeeck France · #1,429,616 worldwide 708 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Florent Pepy France · #1,463,640 worldwide 791 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier de Lens

What are the most cited papers from Centre Hospitalier de Lens?

The most cited paper from Centre Hospitalier de Lens is "CHOP Chemotherapy plus Rituximab Compared with CHOP Alone in Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large-B-Cell Lymphoma" (Bertrand Coiffier, Éric Lepage, Josette Brière et al., 2002), with 5,630 citations. Next come "New prognostic scoring system for primary myelofibrosis based on a study of the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment" (1,259) and "Azathioprine or Methotrexate Maintenance for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis" (674).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CHOP Chemotherapy plus Rituximab Compared with CHOP Alone in Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large-B-Cell Lymphoma Bertrand Coiffier, Éric Lepage, Josette Brière et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Jan 2002 5,630
2 New prognostic scoring system for primary myelofibrosis based on a study of the International Working Group for Myelofibrosis Research and Treatment Francisco Cervantes, Brigitte Dupriez, Arturo Pereira et al. · Blood Open access 6 Nov 2008 1,259
3 Azathioprine or Methotrexate Maintenance for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Christian Pagnoux, Alfred Mahr, Mohamed Amine Hamidou et al. · Yearbook of Medicine 24 Dec 2008 674
4 Enteral versus parenteral early nutrition in ventilated adults with shock: a randomised, controlled, multicentre, open-label, parallel-group study (NUTRIREA-2) Jean Reignier et al. · The Lancet 115 authors 8 Nov 2017 592
5 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine R. M. Bateman et al. · Critical Care Open access2,440 authors Apr 2016 531
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier de Lens?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Palliative Care, Healthcare Legislation, Patient Rights, Treatment, Diagnosis, Primary Care and Healthcare Quality Indicators.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.8×54 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 4.2×20 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 4.9×19 topics
  4. Public Health3▲ 3.1×13 topics
  5. Mental Health3▲ 3.1×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  7. Healthcare Legislation3▲ 69×1 topic
  8. Palliative Care3▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Patient Rights3▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.2×19 topics
  11. Complications2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  12. Healthcare Quality Indicators2▲ 62×2 topics
  13. Primary Care2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  14. Digital Health2▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Elderly2▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Healthcare Policy2▲ 34×1 topic
  18. Inequalities2▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Mortality2▲ 5.0×11 topics
  20. Risk Factors2▲ 2.6×12 topics
  21. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.9×17 topics
  22. Heart Failure2▲ 5.9×12 topics
  23. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 63×1 topic
  24. Polypharmacy2▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.7×8 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  27. Echocardiography2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  28. Economic Evaluation2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Guidelines2▲ 4.5×9 topics
  31. Health Utility Measures2▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Rituximab1▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 7.6×6 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  37. Esophageal Motility Disorders1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Proton Pump Inhibitors1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier de Lens publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Health, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…1Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsGeriatrics and GerontologyEconomics and EconometricsGastroenterology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 1 works
  6. 6 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 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 available23.4%not open76.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier de Lens's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centre Hospitalier de Lens as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Centre Hospitalier de Lens0.00027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre Hospitalier de Lens over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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