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Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas

In research, Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas stands highest in Medicine (#5,818 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,162 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,232
of 28,054 · #24,447 all time
Rank in Spain
#444
of 658
Research works
1.2k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas 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 #5,818 of 10,443 5.0%238 #8352
Health SciencesDomain #7,162 of 11,982 5.6%255 #8953

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas 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 Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.8 works6.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.40× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 238 worksMedicineNursing: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 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 Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas?

Ranked on the composite score, Manuel Ferrer‐Márquez, Ángel Reina Duarte and Antonio Arjona Padillo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas.

  1. 1 Manuel Ferrer‐Márquez Spain · #619,360 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Ángel Reina Duarte Spain · #732,527 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Antonio Arjona Padillo Spain · #942,296 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 José Ruiz Pardo Spain · #944,259 worldwide 4 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Pedro J. Serrano‐Castro Spain · #1,123,894 worldwide 47 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Ana M. Fernández‐Alonso Spain · #1,390,800 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Antonio Bonillo Perales Spain · #1,605,019 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas

Which keywords describe research at Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Neurological Disorders, Complications, Surgical Management, Management and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology58▲ 4.7×91 topics
  2. Treatment30▲ 7.9×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis27▲ 9.2×32 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 3.3×33 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders14▲ 7.7×14 topics
  6. Management14▲ 5.5×23 topics
  7. Complications13▲ 8.1×14 topics
  8. Surgical Management12▲ 9.7×19 topics
  9. Inflammation12▲ 1.88×38 topics
  10. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.4×20 topics
  11. Pathogenesis10▲ 6.0×13 topics
  12. Children9▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors9▲ 6.7×13 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations9▲ 6.4×16 topics
  15. Genetics9▲ 4.0×16 topics
  16. Risk Factors9▲ 2.5×20 topics
  17. Public Health9▲ 1.90×19 topics
  18. Immune Response8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  19. Guidelines8▲ 5.6×11 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.8×14 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.2×23 topics
  22. Adults7▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Surgery7▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Imaging7▲ 9.2×3 topics
  25. Pathophysiology7▲ 7.0×7 topics
  26. Survival Analysis6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  27. Intussusception6▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Meckel's Diverticulum6▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Hydrocephalus6▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Prevention6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  31. Neuroprotection5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Stroke5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  36. Revascularization4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications4▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Cerebrospinal Fluid4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Glymphatic System4▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment.

Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 6 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…4Esophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor R…3Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 2 fractional worksAbdominal vascular condi…2Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …2Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceGastroenterologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 3 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 2 works
  7. 7 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 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 available38.2%not open61.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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