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Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile

In research, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,290 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,769 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,619 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,563
of 28,054 · #12,990 all time
Rank in Chile
#50
of 107
Research works
2.8k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,290 of 11,982 5.0%370 #5865
MedicineField #5,769 of 10,443 5.3%323 #4810
SurgerySubfield #1,619 of 1,816 4.3%75 #2112

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile 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. Health Sciences#5,865 #6,290
  2. Medicine#4,810 #5,769
  3. Surgery#2,112 #1,619
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 Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 75.0 works6.9×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.31× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.04× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 323 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile?

Ranked on the composite score, Jaime Poníachik, W. E. Coutts and Zoltán Berger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile.

  1. 1 Jaime Poníachik Chile · #157,651 worldwide 181 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 W. E. Coutts Chile · #746,381 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Zoltán Berger Chile · #890,597 worldwide 28 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Patricio Cabané T Chile · #1,283,774 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Francisco de Borja Varona Moya Chile · #1,304,312 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Javier Brahm Chile · #1,378,391 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Jorge A. Bevilacqua Chile · #1,413,320 worldwide 23 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Juan Pablo Roblero Chile · #1,465,072 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Treatment, Medical Education, Health Promotion, Diagnosis, Healthcare Quality and Community 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 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. Epidemiology88▲ 4.8×108 topics
  2. Public Health34▲ 5.1×30 topics
  3. Treatment27▲ 4.9×38 topics
  4. Quality of Life24▲ 3.6×40 topics
  5. Diagnosis23▲ 5.2×33 topics
  6. Inflammation22▲ 2.3×53 topics
  7. Medical Education21▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Health Promotion20▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Management19▲ 5.3×25 topics
  10. Healthcare Quality19▲ 40×5 topics
  11. Community Health18▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Global Health18▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Healthcare Systems18▲ 81×2 topics
  14. Complications18▲ 7.7×15 topics
  15. Health Policy17▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 4.5×20 topics
  17. Social Determinants of Health17▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Risk Factors12▲ 2.4×24 topics
  19. Rehabilitation12▲ 6.5×12 topics
  20. Surgical Management11▲ 6.0×18 topics
  21. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.9×21 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.6×7 topics
  24. Mortality10▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 3.6×13 topics
  26. Guidelines9▲ 4.2×10 topics
  27. Nutrition9▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Autoantibodies8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  29. Hepatic Steatosis8▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Anatomy8▲ 24×5 topics
  31. NAFLD8▲ 14×1 topic
  32. NASH8▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 8.3×7 topics
  34. Therapy7▲ 7.9×6 topics
  35. Nutritional Support7▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Informed Consent6▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Genetic Factors6▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Medical Ethics6▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Patient Autonomy6▲ 37×2 topics
  40. End-of-Life Care6▲ 11×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Education, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

Health and Medical Educa…17Health and Medical Education: 17 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …6Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 6 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMedical research and treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 17 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  3. 3 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Medical research and treatments Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 4 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 3 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 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 available69.5%not open30.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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