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Hospital de León

In research, Hospital de León stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,967 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,328 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,995
of 28,054 · #23,001 all time
Rank in Spain
#442
of 658
Research works
1.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Hospital de León 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 #5,967 of 11,982 4.9%157 #8291
MedicineField #7,328 of 10,443 4.9%147 #7585

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

What does Hospital de León specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.7 works6.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.67× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 147 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de León?

Ranked on the composite score, Jesús Espinel, Santiago Vivas and Tomas Benito‐González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de León.

  1. 1 Jesús Espinel Spain · #502,093 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Santiago Vivas Spain · #651,822 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Tomas Benito‐González Spain · #725,935 worldwide 44 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Miguel Ángel Rodríguez García Spain · #738,615 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Javier Gualis Spain · #861,942 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Mario Castaño Spain · #979,363 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Felipe Fernández‐Vázquez Spain · #1,036,179 worldwide 61 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Armando Pérez de Prado Spain · #1,052,791 worldwide 54 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Ángel Rodríguez Sánchez Spain · #1,053,598 worldwide 9 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Óscar Balboa Spain · #1,113,965 worldwide 1 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de León

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de León?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Quality of Life, Surgical Management, Management and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.9×83 topics
  2. Diagnosis14▲ 7.6×31 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 5.4×31 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 4.2×35 topics
  5. Inflammation9▲ 2.4×42 topics
  6. Complications9▲ 9.5×15 topics
  7. Management8▲ 5.2×23 topics
  8. Surgical Management7▲ 8.6×16 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.6×14 topics
  10. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.9×20 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×19 topics
  12. Obesity5▲ 3.5×13 topics
  13. Echocardiography5▲ 9.6×8 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.7×14 topics
  15. Rehabilitation4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  16. Children4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  17. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.2×17 topics
  18. Autoantibodies4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  20. Heart Failure4▲ 4.9×7 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 4.8×6 topics
  22. Imaging4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  23. Immune Response4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Surgery3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  26. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  28. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Breast Cancer3▲ 7.2×10 topics
  30. Rituximab3▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  32. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  33. Thrombosis3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  34. Adults3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Atherosclerosis3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  37. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Intussusception2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Meckel's Diverticulum2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Prophylaxis2▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de León publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…2Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and A…2Contact Dermatitis and Allergies: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 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 Esophageal and GI Pathology 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 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 2 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de León's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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