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Hospital de Cruces

In research, Hospital de Cruces stands highest in Medicine (#3,964 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,324 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,604
of 28,054 · #11,367 all time
Rank in Spain
#304
of 658
Research works
3.5k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Cruces 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 #3,964 of 10,443 6.9%336 #2966
Health SciencesDomain #5,324 of 11,982 7.0%355 #3716

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

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

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 39.8 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.91× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 336 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Cruces?

Ranked on the composite score, Fernando Pérez-Ruiz, Itziar Astigarraga and J.L. Díaz-Pérez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Cruces.

  1. 1 Fernando Pérez-Ruiz Spain · #10,638 worldwide 1.7k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Itziar Astigarraga Spain · #226,551 worldwide 113 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 J.L. Díaz-Pérez Spain · #240,017 worldwide 86 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Sonia Gaztambide Spain · #241,225 worldwide 125 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Luís Castaño Spain · #266,931 worldwide 130 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Alfredo Vallo Spain · #314,422 worldwide 94 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Juan Rodríguez‐Soriano Spain · #349,564 worldwide 67 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Olga Merino Spain · #350,641 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Guillermo López-Vivanco Spain · #504,186 worldwide 63 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Mikel Prieto Spain · #515,137 worldwide 52 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Cruces

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Cruces?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Management and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology70▲ 4.2×115 topics
  2. Diagnosis27▲ 6.8×38 topics
  3. Treatment26▲ 5.0×41 topics
  4. Immunotherapy21▲ 6.9×17 topics
  5. Inflammation20▲ 2.3×61 topics
  6. Chemotherapy18▲ 6.1×24 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors18▲ 9.6×14 topics
  8. Management16▲ 4.9×25 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 5.8×14 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations13▲ 7.2×21 topics
  11. Quality of Life13▲ 2.0×32 topics
  12. Risk Factors13▲ 2.7×23 topics
  13. Surgical Management13▲ 7.2×19 topics
  14. Radiotherapy12▲ 7.2×12 topics
  15. Pathogenesis11▲ 5.2×22 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.1×30 topics
  17. Complications10▲ 4.7×16 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 2.7×19 topics
  19. Surgery9▲ 5.8×11 topics
  20. Mortality8▲ 3.4×11 topics
  21. Guidelines8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  22. Echocardiography8▲ 6.8×8 topics
  23. Molecular Classification8▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Clinical Management8▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 7.3×5 topics
  28. Thrombosis7▲ 6.1×7 topics
  29. Pancreatic Cancer7▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction7▲ 7.1×5 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 7.6×9 topics
  32. Prognosis6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Hypertension6▲ 5.1×8 topics
  34. Nutritional Support6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Prophylaxis6▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Rituximab6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 9.5×4 topics
  38. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  39. Glioblastoma5▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide5▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital de Cruces publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…5Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…4Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPoisoning and overdose t…4Poisoning and overdose treatments: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…3Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional works
GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Cruces's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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