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Hôpital Pontchaillou

In research, Hôpital Pontchaillou stands highest in Medicine (#4,761 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,235 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,564
of 28,054 · #11,651 all time
Rank in France
#734
of 1,422
Research works
2.4k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Hôpital Pontchaillou 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 #4,761 of 10,443 8.1%169 #3620
Health SciencesDomain #6,235 of 11,982 7.8%181 #4611

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital Pontchaillou 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).

What does Hôpital Pontchaillou specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 31.9 works14×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 29.9 works6.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.41× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 169 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital Pontchaillou?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Héresbach, Pierre Brissot and B Launois lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital Pontchaillou.

  1. 1 D. Héresbach France · #125,372 worldwide 256 citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Pierre Brissot France · #149,250 worldwide 231 citations · 92 works
  3. 3 B Launois France · #185,082 worldwide 135 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Bruno Turlin France · #404,937 worldwide 108 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 H Jouan France · #429,180 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Jean‐François Bretagne France · #487,108 worldwide 70 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 R. Corre France · #510,073 worldwide 53 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 F. Pigot France · #527,892 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Yves Deugnier France · #551,072 worldwide 113 citations · 62 works
  10. 10 C Rioux France · #608,408 worldwide 29 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital Pontchaillou

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital Pontchaillou?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors and Clinical Practice 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.4×97 topics
  2. Treatment17▲ 6.7×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis15▲ 7.8×34 topics
  4. Echocardiography14▲ 25×7 topics
  5. Heart Failure14▲ 15×12 topics
  6. Chemotherapy12▲ 8.0×22 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors11▲ 12×13 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 8.8×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management9▲ 10×14 topics
  10. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 50×1 topic
  11. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 50×1 topic
  12. Immunotherapy7▲ 4.8×16 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Management7▲ 4.2×26 topics
  15. Obesity7▲ 4.3×9 topics
  16. Guidelines7▲ 6.9×12 topics
  17. Chamber Quantification6▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Diastolic Function6▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Molecular Characterization6▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Complications6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation6▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Surgery5▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Survival Analysis5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.1×16 topics
  29. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 9.5×6 topics
  30. Prognosis4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy4▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Gastric Cancer4▲ 17×3 topics
  33. PET Imaging4▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Remote Monitoring4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator4▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Dilated Cardiomyopathy4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Lymph Node Dissection4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Metastatic Gastric Cancer4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Hôpital Pontchaillou publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …3Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital Pontchaillou's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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.

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