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Hôpital Louis Pradel

In research, Hôpital Louis Pradel stands highest in Medicine (#5,991 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,429 of 11,982 worldwide) and General Health Professions (#889 of 916 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Urban Studies, General Health Professions and Health Professions — Urban Studies is 45.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,013
of 28,054 · #12,227 all time
Rank in France
#823
of 1,422
Research works
2.1k
▲ 108% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Hôpital Louis Pradel 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 #5,991 of 10,443 13.8%145 #2860
Health SciencesDomain #7,429 of 11,982 8.2%251 #3831
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #889 of 916 0.4%101 #2003
Health ProfessionsField #1,918 of 1,928 0.5%105 #3764

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital Louis Pradel 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#2,860 #5,991
  2. Health Sciences#3,831 #7,429
  3. General Health Professions#2,003 #889
  4. Health Professions#3,764 #1,918
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 Hôpital Louis Pradel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Urban Studies takes 45.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Urban StudiesSubfield · 41.8 works45×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 101.4 works22×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 105.2 works12×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 35.7 works6.9×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.0 works6.8×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 11.92× its world share, 105 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital Louis Pradel?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent Cottin, Jean-François Cordier and Jean-Jacques Lehot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital Louis Pradel.

  1. 1 Vincent Cottin France · #15,164 worldwide 1.1k citations · 224 works
  2. 2 Jean-François Cordier France · #93,301 worldwide 137 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Jean-Jacques Lehot France · #159,484 worldwide 55 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 François Delahaye France · #191,108 worldwide 101 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Jean‐François Obadia France · #207,857 worldwide 109 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Philippe Moulin France · #212,339 worldwide 174 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Michel Ovize France · #222,274 worldwide 182 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Nathan Mewton France · #252,209 worldwide 156 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Jacques Robin France · #256,338 worldwide 104 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Philippe Chevalier France · #271,132 worldwide 158 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital Louis Pradel

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital Louis Pradel?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Public Health, Palliative Care, Healthcare Legislation, Patient Rights, Social Determinants of Health, Healthcare Quality Indicators and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Mental Health54▲ 11×5 topics
  2. Public Health52▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Palliative Care52▲ 96×2 topics
  4. Healthcare Legislation51▲ 251×1 topic
  5. Patient Rights51▲ 204×1 topic
  6. Social Determinants of Health51▲ 67×2 topics
  7. Healthcare Quality Indicators48▲ 242×2 topics
  8. Primary Care48▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Healthcare Policy48▲ 152×2 topics
  10. Inequalities48▲ 412×1 topic
  11. Universal Health Coverage48▲ 412×1 topic
  12. Community Engagement43▲ 39×3 topics
  13. Local Development43▲ 112×2 topics
  14. Territorial Governance43▲ 102×2 topics
  15. Economic Development42▲ 15×1 topic
  16. Social Innovation42▲ 80×1 topic
  17. Echocardiography11▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Fibrosis11▲ 17×6 topics
  19. Heart Failure10▲ 7.0×11 topics
  20. Interstitial Lung Disease10▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Guidelines9▲ 5.7×10 topics
  22. TGF-ß9▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis9▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Myofibroblast9▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Management7▲ 2.7×18 topics
  26. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 9.6×4 topics
  27. Public Policy7▲ 4.1×3 topics
  28. Endovascular Repair7▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 7.7×6 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 7.9×5 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 7.8×7 topics
  32. Thrombosis6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 7.9×7 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy5▲ 6.6×4 topics
  35. Genetic Susceptibility5▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Thrombus Formation4▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation4▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention4▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Hôpital Louis Pradel publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Medicine and Society, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Social Sciences and Governance and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Health, Medicine and Soc…51Health, Medicine and Society: 51 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…48Healthcare Systems and Practices: 48 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Gove…42Social Sciences and Governance: 42 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 9 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsUrban StudiesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 51 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 48 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 42 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital Louis Pradel's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 108% 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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