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Hospital Costa del Sol

In research, Hospital Costa del Sol stands highest in Medicine (#4,772 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,940 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,146
of 28,054 · #21,791 all time
Rank in Spain
#372
of 658
Research works
1.1k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Hospital Costa del Sol 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 #4,772 of 10,443 7.8%120 #6523
Health SciencesDomain #5,940 of 11,982 7.6%130 #7885

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.82× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Costa del Sol?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrés Sánchez-Yagüe, N. Blázquez-Sánchez and R. Rivera Irigoín lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Costa del Sol.

  1. 1 Andrés Sánchez-Yagüe Spain · #164,835 worldwide 127 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 N. Blázquez-Sánchez Spain · #697,483 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 R. Rivera Irigoín Spain · #813,465 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 M. de Troya‐Martín Spain · #816,727 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Enrique Guerado Spain · #834,682 worldwide 21 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Francisco Rivas‐Ruiz Spain · #895,295 worldwide 51 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 José Miguel Rosales Zábal Spain · #921,225 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Alicia Padilla‐Galo Spain · #1,276,394 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Francisco Ruíz Mateas Spain · #1,308,502 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Ángeles Pérez Aísa Spain · #1,341,468 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Costa del Sol

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Costa del Sol?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Inflammation, Treatment, Mortality, Complications, Quality of Life 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.2×68 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.4×37 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 4.6×25 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.8×29 topics
  5. Guidelines8▲ 11×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 4.7×22 topics
  7. Mortality7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  8. Complications7▲ 8.4×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  10. Heart Failure5▲ 7.9×9 topics
  11. Pandemic5▲ 2.9×6 topics
  12. Catheter Ablation4▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.9×12 topics
  14. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Management4▲ 3.0×13 topics
  16. Metastasis4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  18. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Surgical Management3▲ 5.2×14 topics
  21. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Asthma3▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Echocardiography3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  24. Risk Stratification3▲ 27×1 topic
  25. Stroke Prevention3▲ 16×1 topic
  26. Elderly3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  27. Health Promotion3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  28. Immunology3▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Surgery3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  30. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Pain Management3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Chronic Pain3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  34. Stroke3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  36. Allergic Diseases2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  38. Eosinophils2▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Postoperative Pain2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 34×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…1Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and T…1Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 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 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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