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Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

In research, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña stands highest in Medicine (#1,807 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,558 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,606 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Rheumatology is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,340
of 28,054 · #9,195 all time
Rank in Spain
#201
of 658
Research works
3.2k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña 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 #1,807 of 10,443 8.5%410 #2110
Health SciencesDomain #2,558 of 11,982 8.4%437 #2666
Life SciencesDomain #4,606 of 7,800 15.5%72 #5348
SurgerySubfield #1,587 of 1,816 4.7%75 #2515

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña 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#2,110 #1,807
  2. Health Sciences#2,666 #2,558
  3. Life Sciences#5,348 #4,606
  4. Surgery#2,515 #1,587
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 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 22.1 works8.8×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 43.8 works7.6×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 74.7 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: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 410 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 7 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 Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña?

Ranked on the composite score, María G. Crespo‐Leiro, Roberto Barriales‐Villa and Germán Bou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña.

  1. 1 María G. Crespo‐Leiro Spain · #17,464 worldwide 586 citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Roberto Barriales‐Villa Spain · #51,487 worldwide 408 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Germán Bou Spain · #57,178 worldwide 349 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Eduardo Fonseca Spain · #260,996 worldwide 119 citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Alejandro Beceiro Spain · #376,912 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Carlos González Guitián Spain · #419,829 worldwide 4 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 María Tomás Spain · #437,364 worldwide 95 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Salvador Pita‐Fernández Spain · #437,890 worldwide 31 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Miguel Pérez Fontán Spain · #488,453 worldwide 35 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Sabela Paradela Spain · #490,923 worldwide 56 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña

Which keywords describe research at Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 3.1×113 topics
  2. Inflammation38▲ 3.3×68 topics
  3. Treatment35▲ 5.2×40 topics
  4. Diagnosis32▲ 6.3×36 topics
  5. Quality of Life27▲ 3.4×35 topics
  6. Complications26▲ 9.3×16 topics
  7. Heart Failure19▲ 7.8×13 topics
  8. Chemotherapy18▲ 4.7×22 topics
  9. Guidelines17▲ 6.6×13 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 5.6×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.6×29 topics
  12. Management16▲ 3.6×23 topics
  13. Radiotherapy16▲ 7.4×13 topics
  14. Echocardiography15▲ 10.0×8 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations15▲ 6.2×22 topics
  16. Clinical Trials14▲ 3.8×17 topics
  17. Risk Factors14▲ 2.3×27 topics
  18. Autoantibodies14▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 4.2×11 topics
  20. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Obesity12▲ 2.9×19 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Surgical Management11▲ 4.9×17 topics
  24. Surgery11▲ 5.6×10 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 7.9×7 topics
  26. Survival Analysis10▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 4.8×13 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 7.2×5 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy9▲ 8.5×7 topics
  30. Thrombosis8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Prognosis8▲ 4.6×9 topics
  32. Prophylaxis8▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Pain Management8▲ 6.5×6 topics
  34. Breast Reconstruction8▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging8▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Clinical Management7▲ 7.7×8 topics
  37. Bacteremia7▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Molecular Subtypes7▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Breast Implant and Reconstruction, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…7Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksBreast Implant and Recon…6Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 6 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …5Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 5 works
  8. 8 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 4 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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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.