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Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica

In research, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica stands highest in Medicine (#9,071 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,241 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#28,521
of 42,892
Rank in Chile
#91
of 141
Research works
437
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #9,071 of 17,978 7.7%289
Health SciencesDomain #11,241 of 20,462 8.2%313

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica 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 Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 23.5 works3.2×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 26.6 works3.0×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 3.75× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Medical Education, Quality of Life, Digital Marketing, Cardiovascular Disease, Mechanical Ventilation, Health Promotion and Public Health.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.8×28 topics
  2. Quality of Life2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  3. Medical Education2▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×9 topics
  7. Digital Marketing1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  8. Health Promotion1▲ 9.6×6 topics
  9. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Mental Health1▲ 2.0×8 topics
  11. Nutrition1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  12. Risk Factors1▲ 2.5×7 topics
  13. Surgical Management1▲ 6.9×6 topics
  14. Treatment1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Management1▲ 3.4×7 topics
  17. Mortality1▲ 4.6×7 topics
  18. Obesity1▲ 3.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Business, Innovation, and Economy, Neuroscience of respiration and sleep and Health and Medical Education.

Respiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…1Business, Innovation, and Economy: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience of respirat…1Neuroscience of respiration and sleep: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…1Health and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 0 fractional worksPharmacology and Obesity Treatment: 0 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…0Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 0 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …0Cancer survivorship and care: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and EconometricsEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmacology 0 works
  7. 7 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 0 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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