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Hospital de l'Esperança

In research, Hospital de l'Esperança stands highest in Medicine (#10,000 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#12,695 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#3,691 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,320
of 28,054 · #25,839 all time
Rank in Spain
#640
of 658
Research works
854
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Hospital de l'Esperança known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,000 of 17,978 5.7%607
Health SciencesDomain #12,695 of 20,462 5.7%651
SurgerySubfield #3,691 of 4,227 7.0%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de l'Esperança 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: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de l'Esperança?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Sobrino, J Lloveras and Àlex Smithson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de l'Esperança.

  1. 1 Javier Sobrino Spain · #579,911 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 J Lloveras Spain · #602,385 worldwide 39 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Àlex Smithson Spain · #747,009 worldwide 72 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 J Sans-Sabrafén Spain · #756,509 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 E. Cáceres Spain · #1,021,121 worldwide 35 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 M. Algara Spain · #1,101,049 worldwide 23 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 S Woessner Spain · #1,237,830 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Juan José Ballesteros Sampol Spain · #1,250,816 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 F. Escolano Spain · #1,555,384 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de l'Esperança

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de l'Esperança?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Epidemiology, Teacher Professional Development, Distance Learning, Public Health, Teacher Training, Inflammation and Risk 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×40 topics
  2. Educational Technology5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  4. Public Health4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  5. Quality of Life3▲ 3.2×16 topics
  6. Treatment3▲ 3.8×17 topics
  7. Risk Factors3▲ 4.0×13 topics
  8. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Distance Learning3▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Qualitative Research3▲ 4.4×5 topics
  11. Teacher Training3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  12. Education3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  13. Prevalence2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  14. Aging2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior2▲ 4.4×2 topics
  16. E-Learning2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  17. Online Learning2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  18. Pedagogical Content Knowledge2▲ 102×1 topic
  19. Teacher Knowledge2▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Adolescents2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  21. Technology2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  22. Financial Literacy2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Inclusive Education2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  24. Retirement Planning2▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Educational Reform2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Health2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  27. Social Inequality2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  30. Surgical Management2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  31. Cocaine1▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Crack1▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Elderly Patients1▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Physical Performance1▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Art1▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment1▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Frailty1▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Health Policy1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Narrative1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Research Methods1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de l'Esperança publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis, Youth, Drugs, and Violence and Frailty in Older Adults.

Mathematics Education an…2Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 2 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…2Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 2 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence1Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 1 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 1 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…1Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…1Respiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Education: 1 fractional worksCinema History and Criti…1Cinema History and Criticism: 1 fractional works
EducationAccountingDemographyGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 2 works
  2. 2 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 2 works
  3. 3 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 1 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  5. 5 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 1 works
  6. 6 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Education Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Cinema History and Criticism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de l'Esperança's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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