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Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

In research, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova stands highest in Medicine (#2,710 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,239 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,188
of 22,385 · #11,915 all time
Rank in Spain
#233
of 426
Research works
1.3k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

What is Hospital Arnau de Vilanova 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 #2,710 of 8,541 7.4%161 #3486
Health SciencesDomain #3,239 of 9,902 7.3%170 #4172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Arnau de Vilanova 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 Hospital Arnau de Vilanova work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Hospital Arnau de Vilanova is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 189 fractional works · 78.9% of its workMedicine: 179 fractional works · 74.7% of its workSurgery: 41 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Arnau deVilanova240fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17974.7%
    2. Health Professions93.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology156.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Social Sciences52.1%
    2. Psychology51.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering93.7%
    2. Environmental Science20.9%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Arnau de Vilanova specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 41.3 works7.3×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.0 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: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 5 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.89×179 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.81×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.35×9 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×15 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.18×1 works
  6. Nursing0.74×1 works
  7. Psychology0.64×5 works
  8. Neuroscience0.48×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.45×0 works
  10. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  11. Engineering0.25×9 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.22×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.18×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.16×5 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×2 works
  18. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Arnau de Vilanova?

Ranked on the quality score, Juan José Soler‐Cataluña, Antonio Llombart‐Cussac and Julio Doménech lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Arnau de Vilanova.

  1. 1 Juan José Soler‐Cataluña Spain · #85,126 worldwide 15k citations · 286 works
  2. 2 Antonio Llombart‐Cussac Spain · #251,363 worldwide 17k citations · 703 works
  3. 3 Julio Doménech Spain · #358,269 worldwide 1.7k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Pablo Catalán Spain · #400,729 worldwide 2.6k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Pilar Román-Sánchez Spain · #987,420 worldwide 2.2k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Zutoia Balciscueta Spain · #1,062,762 worldwide 746 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 José Vidal-Martínez Spain · #1,407,951 worldwide 1.6k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Caridad Valero Spain · #1,453,736 worldwide 415 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Rafael Gisbert‐Criado Spain · #1,584,405 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Cristina Miralles Spain · #1,792,768 worldwide 819 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Arnau de Vilanova

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Arnau de Vilanova?

The most cited paper from Hospital Arnau de Vilanova is "Severe acute exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" (Juan José Soler‐Cataluña, 2005), with 1,977 citations. Next come "HLA-B*5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir" (1,847) and "Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose regulation in Spain: the Di@bet.es Study" (1,160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Severe acute exacerbations and mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Juan José Soler‐Cataluña · Thorax Open access 29 Jul 2005 1,977
2 HLA-B*5701 Screening for Hypersensitivity to Abacavir Simon Alexander Mallal, Elizabeth Jane Phillips, Giampiero Carosi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Feb 2008 1,847
3 Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose regulation in Spain: the Di@bet.es Study Federico Soriguer et al. · Diabetologia Open access 10 Oct 2011 1,160
4 The Effect of Abemaciclib Plus Fulvestrant on Overall Survival in Hormone Receptor–Positive, ERBB2-Negative Breast Cancer That Progressed on Endocrine Therapy—MONARCH 2 George W. Sledge, Masakazu Toi, Patrick Neven et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 29 Sep 2019 1,016
5 Clinical validity of circulating tumour cells in patients with metastatic breast cancer: a pooled analysis of individual patient data François‐Clément Bidard et al. · The Lancet Oncology 11 Mar 2014 848
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Arnau de Vilanova?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Management, Chemotherapy and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.5×91 topics
  2. Complications12▲ 9.8×14 topics
  3. Diagnosis11▲ 5.1×28 topics
  4. Treatment11▲ 3.9×35 topics
  5. Quality of Life11▲ 3.1×31 topics
  6. Management10▲ 5.2×23 topics
  7. Inflammation10▲ 1.86×50 topics
  8. Rehabilitation9▲ 9.3×9 topics
  9. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.0×19 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.4×14 topics
  11. Global Burden7▲ 5.4×9 topics
  12. Arthroplasty7▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Revision Surgery7▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Total Hip Replacement7▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.5×23 topics
  16. Mortality7▲ 4.8×10 topics
  17. Biomechanics6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  18. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  20. Breast Cancer6▲ 9.8×8 topics
  21. Guidelines6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  22. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.6×11 topics
  23. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.2×11 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Metastatic Breast Cancer5▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Outcomes5▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Foot Strike Patterns5▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Running Injuries5▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.5×14 topics
  31. Osteoarthritis4▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Survival Analysis4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  33. Respiratory4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  35. COPD4▲ 25×1 topic
  36. spirometry4▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Shoulder Function4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Molecular Subtypes4▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Arnau de Vilanova publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…5Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 5 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…4Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…4Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 3 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …3Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAdrenal Hormones and Disorders: 2 fractional works
SurgeryBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Adrenal Hormones and Disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Arnau de Vilanova's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hospital Arnau de Vilanova as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hospital Arnau de Vilanova0.00089% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Arnau de Vilanova 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%Hospital Arnau de Vilanova10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2003.

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