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Hospital de León

In research, Hospital de León stands highest in Medicine (#4,423 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,374 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,674
of 22,385 · #14,606 all time
Rank in Spain
#302
of 426
Research works
1.4k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Hospital de León

What is Hospital de León 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 #4,423 of 8,541 4.4%147 #4574
Health SciencesDomain #5,374 of 9,902 4.5%157 #5451

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de León 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 de León work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Hospital de León is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 182 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 171 fractional works · 76.6% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital de León224fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17176.6%
    2. Health Professions73.3%
    3. Dentistry20.8%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology125.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology62.8%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Psychology52.4%
    2. Social Sciences31.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering31.2%
    2. Computer Science20.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital de León specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 34.3 works6.5×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.81× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.98×171 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.81×6 works
  3. Veterinary2.39×1 works
  4. Dentistry1.56×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.25×7 works
  6. Nursing1.07×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×12 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.99×1 works
  9. Psychology0.78×5 works
  10. Neuroscience0.69×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.28×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.20×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  15. Energy0.16×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.10×3 works
  19. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  20. Engineering0.08×3 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de León?

Ranked on the quality score, Miguel Cordero‐Coma, Tomás Benito‐González and Felipe Fernández‐Vázquez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de León.

  1. 1 Miguel Cordero‐Coma Spain · #593,128 worldwide 3.1k citations · 124 works
  2. 2 Tomás Benito‐González Spain · #821,843 worldwide 1.7k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Felipe Fernández‐Vázquez Spain · #1,410,247 worldwide 3.9k citations · 205 works
  4. 4 Carolina González‐Cortés Spain · #1,483,483 worldwide 758 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Vicente Simó Spain · #1,680,430 worldwide 279 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Jose G Ruiz de Morales Spain · #1,685,570 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Esteban García-Porrero Spain · #1,851,610 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
  8. 8 David Alonso Spain · #1,889,979 worldwide 944 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Violeta Martínez‐Robles Spain · #1,938,041 worldwide 549 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Sara Calleja Spain · #1,944,450 worldwide 728 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de León

What are the most cited papers from Hospital de León?

The most cited paper from Hospital de León is "A Comparison of Four Methods of Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation" (Andrés Esteban, Fernando Frutos–Vivar, Martin J. Tobin et al., 1995), with 1,575 citations. Next come "Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenic Obesity: ESPEN and EASO Consensus Statement" (968) and "The ALIEN study: incidence and outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome in the era of lung protective ventilation" (607).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Four Methods of Weaning Patients from Mechanical Ventilation Andrés Esteban, Fernando Frutos–Vivar, Martin J. Tobin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 9 Feb 1995 1,575
2 Definition and Diagnostic Criteria for Sarcopenic Obesity: ESPEN and EASO Consensus Statement Lorenzo M. Donini et al. · Obesity Facts Open access 2022 968
3 The ALIEN study: incidence and outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome in the era of lung protective ventilation on behalf of the ALIEN Network, Jesús Villar, Jesús Blanco et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 14 Oct 2011 607
4 Secondary prevention in the clinical management of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Core components, standards and outcome measures for referral and delivery Massimo Francesco Piepoli, Ugo Corrà, Stamatis N. Adamopoulos et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Open access 20 Jun 2012 604
5 Incidence, organ dysfunction and mortality in severe sepsis: a Spanish multicentre study Jesús Blanco, Arturo Muriel-Bombín, Víctor Sagredo-Meneses et al. · Critical Care Open access 17 Dec 2008 536
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de León?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Quality of Life, Surgical Management, Prognostic Factors and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.8×91 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 5.3×35 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 6.9×32 topics
  4. Quality of Life13▲ 4.0×35 topics
  5. Inflammation11▲ 2.3×45 topics
  6. Complications10▲ 9.0×15 topics
  7. Management8▲ 4.7×23 topics
  8. Surgical Management8▲ 9.0×16 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors8▲ 7.8×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 2.6×22 topics
  11. Obesity6▲ 3.5×14 topics
  12. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.5×20 topics
  13. Guidelines5▲ 5.1×11 topics
  14. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.3×17 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.3×14 topics
  16. Echocardiography5▲ 8.5×8 topics
  17. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  18. Autoantibodies5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  19. Heart Failure5▲ 4.7×9 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Children4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders4▲ 3.3×12 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Immune Response4▲ 3.2×13 topics
  25. Imaging4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations4▲ 3.9×16 topics
  27. Pathophysiology4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  28. Breast Cancer4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  31. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Rituximab3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  35. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Thrombosis3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  37. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  38. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  39. Adults3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de León publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryOncologyHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de León's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 de León as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hospital de León0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital de León 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 de León4.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.1% in 2024.

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