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Hospital Costa del Sol

In research, Hospital Costa del Sol stands highest in Medicine (#3,506 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,128 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,593
of 22,385 · #17,157 all time
Rank in Spain
#298
of 426
Research works
1.1k
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Hospital Costa del Sol

What is Hospital Costa del Sol 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 #3,506 of 8,541 6.3%120 #5711
Health SciencesDomain #4,128 of 9,902 6.2%130 #6772

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Costa del Sol 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 Costa del Sol work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Hospital Costa del Sol is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 151 fractional works · 81.3% of its workMedicine: 140 fractional works · 75.4% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Costadel Sol186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14075.4%
    2. Health Professions84.5%
    3. Nursing20.9%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology116.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    4. Neuroscience20.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Social Sciences42.2%
    2. Psychology21.3%
    3. Decision Sciences10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Environmental Science31.6%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Engineering00.2%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Costa del Sol specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.2 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.55× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.92×140 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.68×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.55×5 works
  4. Nursing1.87×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.73×8 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.13×11 works
  7. Veterinary0.75×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.70×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.53×2 works
  10. Psychology0.44×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.37×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.32×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.17×4 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  21. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Costa del Sol?

Ranked on the quality score, José María Navarro, Fernando Fernández Sánchez and Andrés Sánchez-Yagüe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Costa del Sol.

  1. 1 José María Navarro Spain · #526,070 worldwide 2.7k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Fernando Fernández Sánchez Spain · #751,124 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Andrés Sánchez-Yagüe Spain · #788,476 worldwide 4.2k citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Daniel P. Simon Spain · #1,095,496 worldwide 1k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Abián Montesdeoca Melián Spain · #1,356,543 worldwide 6k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Antonio Rueda Spain · #1,385,921 worldwide 3.1k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Alicia Padilla Galo Spain · #1,452,081 worldwide 1.3k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Fermín Capitán‐Cañadas Spain · #1,634,030 worldwide 970 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Javier de la Torre Lima Spain · #1,684,204 worldwide 2.1k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 José Miguel Rosales Zábal Spain · #1,699,282 worldwide 745 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Costa del Sol

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Costa del Sol?

The most cited paper from Hospital Costa del Sol is "Effect of CPAP on Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Resistant Hypertension" (Miguel Ángel Martínez‐García et al., 2013), with 668 citations. Next come "Endoscopic diagnosis and management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NVUGIH): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2021" (629) and "Time Trends and Impact of Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Perforation in Clinical Practice" (589).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of CPAP on Blood Pressure in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Resistant Hypertension Miguel Ángel Martínez‐García et al. · JAMA Open access 11 Dec 2013 668
2 Endoscopic diagnosis and management of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (NVUGIH): European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guideline – Update 2021 Ian Mark Gralnek, Adrian John Stanley, AJ Morris et al. · Endoscopy Open access 10 Feb 2021 629
3 Time Trends and Impact of Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Perforation in Clinical Practice Ángel Lanas, Luis Alberto Garcia-Rodriguez, Mónica Polo-Tomás et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology 5 May 2009 589
4 Prophylactic TNF blockade uncouples efficacy and toxicity in dual CTLA-4 and PD-1 immunotherapy Elísabeth Pérez-Ruiz, Luna Minute, Itziar Otano et al. · Nature Open access May 2019 496
5 Susceptibility to Amoxicillin-Clavulanate-Induced Liver Injury Is Influenced by Multiple HLA Class I and II Alleles M. Isabel Lucena et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 18 Apr 2011 477
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Costa del Sol?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Treatment, Inflammation, Complications, Quality of Life, Mortality and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 4.2×73 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 3.2×40 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 4.8×26 topics
  4. Quality of Life10▲ 3.8×30 topics
  5. Guidelines9▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis8▲ 4.8×24 topics
  7. Complications8▲ 8.1×15 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×18 topics
  9. Mortality7▲ 6.8×10 topics
  10. Heart Failure6▲ 7.0×10 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.87×18 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  13. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.0×19 topics
  14. Pandemic5▲ 2.7×6 topics
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  16. Metastasis4▲ 6.7×11 topics
  17. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  18. Catheter Ablation4▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Management4▲ 2.9×14 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Genetics4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Surgical Management4▲ 4.7×15 topics
  23. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Immunology3▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Asthma3▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Echocardiography3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  28. Health Promotion3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  29. Elderly3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  30. Risk Stratification3▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Stroke Prevention3▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Surgery3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  33. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Pain Management3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  37. Stroke3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Pain3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Allergic Diseases2▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Costa del Sol publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes and Anesthesia and Pain Management.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…3Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…2Asthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 2 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis2Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologyGeriatrics and GerontologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  4. 4 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 2 works
  9. 9 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Costa del Sol's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Costa del Sol as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital Costa del Sol0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Costa del Sol 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital Costa del Sol7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.9% in 2014.

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