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Grifols (Spain)

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World rank, all time
#33,544
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#635
of 646
Research works
130
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Grifols (Spain)

Which fields of science does Grifols (Spain) work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Grifols (Spain) is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 65.3% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 63.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 27.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGrifols (Spain)42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences65%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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2663.1%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology715.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology49.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    3. Psychology01.1%
    4. Social Sciences00.4%
    1. Computer Science11.9%
    2. Chemistry00.7%
    3. Engineering00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.95× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.46× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.46×4 works
  2. Medicine3.29×26 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.95×6 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.06×0 works
  5. Nursing1.48×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.77×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.56×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.45×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×0 works
  11. Psychology0.34×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.25×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  16. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Grifols (Spain)?

Ranked on the quality score, Leticia Sarasa, María Pascual‐Lucas and Mireia Torres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Grifols (Spain).

  1. 1 Leticia Sarasa Spain · #677,098 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 María Pascual‐Lucas Spain · #768,355 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Mireia Torres Spain · #998,138 worldwide 684 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Elisabet Viayna Spain · #1,097,080 worldwide 1.6k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 M. Begoña Ruiz-Argüello Spain · #1,178,049 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  6. 6 José Antonio Allué Spain · #1,282,575 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Montserrat Costa Spain · #1,514,498 worldwide 932 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Daniel Nagore Spain · #1,602,883 worldwide 1.6k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Rodrigo Gajardo Spain · #1,992,950 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Antonio Páez Spain · #2,179,817 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Grifols (Spain)

What are the most cited papers from Grifols (Spain)?

The most cited paper from Grifols (Spain) is "Acute-on-chronic liver failure in cirrhosis" (Vicente Arroyo, Richard Moreau, Patrick S. Kamath et al., 2016), with 442 citations. Next come "Pathophysiology of decompensated cirrhosis: Portal hypertension, circulatory dysfunction, inflammation, metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction" (411) and "Albumin in decompensated cirrhosis: new concepts and perspectives" (369).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Acute-on-chronic liver failure in cirrhosis Vicente Arroyo, Richard Moreau, Patrick S. Kamath et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 9 Jun 2016 442
2 Pathophysiology of decompensated cirrhosis: Portal hypertension, circulatory dysfunction, inflammation, metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction Cornelius Engelmann, Joan Clària, Gyöngyi Szabó et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 23 May 2021 411
3 Albumin in decompensated cirrhosis: new concepts and perspectives Mauro Bernardi, Paolo Angeli, Joan Clària et al. · Gut Open access 26 Feb 2020 369
4 Blood metabolomics uncovers inflammation-associated mitochondrial dysfunction as a potential mechanism underlying ACLF Richard Moreau et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 25 Nov 2019 365
5 Effects of Albumin Treatment on Systemic and Portal Hemodynamics and Systemic Inflammation in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Javier Fernández et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 22 Mar 2019 277
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Which keywords describe research at Grifols (Spain)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Angiogenesis, Extracellular Matrix, Metastasis, Coagulopathy, Cancer Progression, Cell Signaling, Matrix Metalloproteinases and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling.

▲ 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. Angiogenesis4▲ 25×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.0×18 topics
  3. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 41×5 topics
  4. Metastasis3▲ 21×3 topics
  5. Cancer Progression3▲ 38×2 topics
  6. Cell Signaling3▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Coagulopathy3▲ 86×2 topics
  8. Matrix Metalloproteinases3▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Extracellular Matrix Remodeling3▲ 431×1 topic
  10. Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases3▲ 431×1 topic
  11. Inflammation3▲ 3.1×17 topics
  12. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 73×3 topics
  13. Hepatic Encephalopathy2▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Liver Cirrhosis2▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Hemostasis2▲ 49×3 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Biopharmaceuticals2▲ 87×3 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations2▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Pandemic2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-22▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  23. Immune Dysregulation2▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Immunogenicity2▲ 99×2 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation2▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Primary Immunodeficiency2▲ 142×1 topic
  27. Thrombosis2▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Bioanalytical Methods2▲ 206×1 topic
  29. Biomarkers2▲ 5.9×8 topics
  30. Biosimilars2▲ 206×1 topic
  31. Neurodegeneration2▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Medication Adherence2▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Drug Development1▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Medical Ethics1▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Off-Label Drug Use1▲ 132×1 topic
  38. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics1▲ 132×1 topic
  39. Vaccine1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  40. Amyloid Hypothesis1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Grifols (Spain) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders and Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods.

Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Aut…2Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 2 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanaly…2Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 1 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 1 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…1Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare: 1 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchHepatologyImmunologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  3. 3 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.9%domestic only65.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Grifols (Spain)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Grifols (Spain) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Grifols (Spain)0.000092% in 20251990200020102020

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