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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

In research, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago stands highest in Medicine (#3,179 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,117 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,623 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,147
of 28,054 · #8,383 all time
Rank in Spain
#269
of 658
Research works
4k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
53k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago 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 #3,179 of 10,443 7.8%375 #2248
Health SciencesDomain #4,117 of 11,982 8.0%400 #2931
Life SciencesDomain #5,623 of 7,800 11.1%65 #4631

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago 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#2,248 #3,179
  2. Health Sciences#2,931 #4,117
  3. Life Sciences#4,631 #5,623
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 Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 31.0 works5.9×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 44.8 works5.8×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 375 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago?

Ranked on the composite score, José Ramón González‐Juanatey, Juan J. Gómez‐Reino and Federico Martinón‐Torres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago.

  1. 1 José Ramón González‐Juanatey Spain · #8,616 worldwide 1.8k citations · 218 works
  2. 2 Juan J. Gómez‐Reino Spain · #13,560 worldwide 461 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Federico Martinón‐Torres Spain · #57,048 worldwide 326 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Antonio Rodríguez‐Núñez Spain · #181,509 worldwide 261 citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Antonio Aguilera Spain · #185,875 worldwide 105 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Felipe F. Casanueva Spain · #199,625 worldwide 439 citations · 125 works
  7. 7 Manuel Rodríguez‐Yáñez Spain · #200,664 worldwide 136 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Rogelio Leira Spain · #235,882 worldwide 121 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 María L. Couce Spain · #259,764 worldwide 138 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Manuel Castro‐Gago Spain · #337,936 worldwide 42 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago

Which keywords describe research at Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology74▲ 3.7×113 topics
  2. Treatment34▲ 5.5×45 topics
  3. Diagnosis33▲ 7.2×39 topics
  4. Inflammation29▲ 2.7×66 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.9×33 topics
  6. Management21▲ 5.3×29 topics
  7. Quality of Life19▲ 2.6×39 topics
  8. Chemotherapy18▲ 5.0×22 topics
  9. Guidelines17▲ 7.3×12 topics
  10. Risk Factors16▲ 2.9×25 topics
  11. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.3×19 topics
  12. Pathogenesis15▲ 6.0×19 topics
  13. Genetics14▲ 4.1×16 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 5.0×14 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.3×20 topics
  16. Cancer13▲ 1.86×37 topics
  17. Complications13▲ 5.0×16 topics
  18. Heart Failure12▲ 5.7×13 topics
  19. Obesity12▲ 3.1×21 topics
  20. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.4×15 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations12▲ 5.3×18 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 9.9×7 topics
  23. Surgical Management11▲ 5.4×19 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors11▲ 4.9×13 topics
  25. Prognosis10▲ 6.2×9 topics
  26. Biomarkers10▲ 2.8×15 topics
  27. Echocardiography10▲ 7.0×8 topics
  28. Mortality10▲ 3.3×12 topics
  29. Neurological Disorders10▲ 3.3×18 topics
  30. Autoantibodies9▲ 7.5×8 topics
  31. Surgery9▲ 5.0×11 topics
  32. Immunology9▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease9▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  35. Metastasis8▲ 4.5×12 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 7.6×8 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Rituximab6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease5Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…3Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 3 fractional works
GeneticsOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

Other research institutions in Santiago de Compostela

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.