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Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea

In research, Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea stands highest in Medicine (#4,489 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,546 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,516
of 22,385 · #19,300 all time
Rank in Spain
#370
of 426
Research works
467
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea

What is Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,489 of 8,541 4.9%88 #5733
Health SciencesDomain #5,546 of 9,902 4.9%92 #6958

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea 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 Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 111 fractional works · 85.9% of its workMedicine: 106 fractional works · 82.2% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDonostiakoUnibertsitate…129fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences4%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10682.2%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Dentistry10.9%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences21.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    3. Psychology10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Computer Science10.8%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.9 works7.6×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.28× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.28×106 works
  2. Dentistry1.85×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×6 works
  5. Health Professions0.93×3 works
  6. Neuroscience0.88×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  10. Nursing0.40×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  12. Psychology0.16×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea?

Ranked on the quality score, Ekhiñe Larruscain, Ismene Bilbao Garay and J. A. Valero Jaimes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea.

  1. 1 Ekhiñe Larruscain Spain · #1,957,361 worldwide 1k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ismene Bilbao Garay Spain · #3,283,040 worldwide 131 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 J. A. Valero Jaimes Spain · #3,661,101 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Carlos Saga-Gutiérrez Spain · #4,076,453 worldwide 218 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Miren Tellería Arrieta Spain · #4,471,878 worldwide 83 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 E. Salas Spain · #4,529,256 worldwide 120 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Laura Pache Carballo Spain · #4,716,488 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Miren Uriarte Ecenarro Spain · #4,797,674 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Elena Guimon Spain · #4,856,835 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Pelayo Hevia-Rodríguez Spain · #4,872,591 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea

What are the most cited papers from Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea?

The most cited paper from Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea is "Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease" (Matthieu F. Bastide et al., 2015), with 482 citations. Next come "Defining secondary progressive multiple sclerosis" (424) and "Intellectual capital and business start‐up success" (377).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pathophysiology of L-dopa-induced motor and non-motor complications in Parkinson's disease Matthieu F. Bastide et al. · Progress in Neurobiology Open access 21 Jul 2015 482
2 Defining secondary progressive multiple sclerosis Johannes Lorscheider et al. · Brain Open access 7 Jul 2016 424
3 Intellectual capital and business start‐up success Iñaki Peña Legazkue · Journal of Intellectual Capital Jun 2002 377
4 Population-Based Survey of Filamentous Fungi and Antifungal Resistance in Spain (FILPOP Study) Ana Alastruey‐Izquierdo, Emilia Mellado, Teresa Peláez et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Open access 14 May 2013 276
5 Global validation of the WSES Sepsis Severity Score for patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections: a prospective multicentre study (WISS Study) Massimo Sartelli et al. · World Journal of Emergency Surgery Open access143 authors Dec 2015 220
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.7×73 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 5.2×29 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 2.7×35 topics
  4. Chemotherapy7▲ 7.3×18 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×27 topics
  6. Radiotherapy5▲ 11×11 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors5▲ 9.5×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.4×13 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 9.7×14 topics
  10. Diagnosis5▲ 4.0×23 topics
  11. Complications4▲ 6.9×14 topics
  12. Management4▲ 3.9×20 topics
  13. Molecular Classification4▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Surgery4▲ 8.4×8 topics
  15. Mortality4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.3×16 topics
  17. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.9×17 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Prognosis3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.2×16 topics
  21. Survival Analysis3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  22. Guidelines3▲ 4.7×11 topics
  23. Metastasis3▲ 6.4×9 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization3▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Postoperative Complications3▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Pathophysiology3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  27. Clinical Management3▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Robotic Surgery2▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Survival2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Chemoradiation2▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 7.3×8 topics
  38. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Cervical Cancer2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Molecular Profiling2▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment, Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

Salivary Gland Tumors Di…2Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular In…2Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …1Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOtorhinolaryngologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 1 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 1 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Donostiako Unibertsitate Ospitalea6.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.3% in 2025.

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