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Hospital de l'Esperança

In research, Hospital de l'Esperança stands highest in Medicine (#5,988 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,220 of 16,688 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,889 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,464
of 22,385 · #15,770 all time
Rank in Spain
#333
of 426
Research works
854
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Hospital de l'Esperança

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 #5,988 of 14,558 5.3%607
Health SciencesDomain #7,220 of 16,688 5.4%651
SurgerySubfield #1,889 of 3,248 5.7%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hospital de l'Esperança work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Hospital de l'Esperança is in Health Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (19%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 46.7% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 39.6% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 11.9% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital del'Esperança83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences33%

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. Medicine3339.6%
    2. Health Professions55.9%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1619.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities45.4%
    3. Psychology33.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.7%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    1. Computer Science66.9%
    2. Environmental Science22.3%
    3. Engineering11.5%
    4. Mathematics00.6%
    5. Chemistry00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.06× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.22×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.13×2 works
  3. Medicine2.06×33 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.86×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.50×16 works
  6. Dentistry1.45×1 works
  7. Psychology1.28×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.06×1 works
  9. Nursing0.99×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.89×6 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.51×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.49×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.46×2 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  21. Energy0.11×0 works
  22. Engineering0.10×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Esther Duarte, Elvira Bisbe and Ester Marco lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de l'Esperança.

  1. 1 Esther Duarte Spain · #567,096 worldwide 3.2k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Elvira Bisbe Spain · #748,590 worldwide 2.6k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Ester Marco Spain · #1,003,409 worldwide 3.5k citations · 134 works
  4. 4 S Pérez Herms Spain · #1,124,084 worldwide 12k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ferrán Escalada Spain · #1,669,922 worldwide 1.8k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Jesus Javier Ballesteros Spain · #1,853,476 worldwide 660 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Josep Ma Muniesa Spain · #2,185,440 worldwide 1.3k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Miguel Castilla Spain · #2,220,645 worldwide 904 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 María de la Almudena Álvarez Tejero Spain · #2,334,990 worldwide 706 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Javier Ramos Lázaro Spain · #2,832,134 worldwide 102 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de l'Esperança

What are the most cited papers from Hospital de l'Esperança?

The most cited paper from Hospital de l'Esperança is "Goodpasture syndrome during the course of a Schönlein-Henoch purpura" (Luis O. Carreras, Rafael Poveda, Jordi Bas et al., 2002), with 1,475 citations. Next come "Randomized comparative study of therapeutic paracentesis with and without intravenous albumin in cirrhosis" (648) and "Detection, evaluation, and management of preoperative anaemia in the elective orthopaedic surgical patient: NATA guidelines" (545).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Goodpasture syndrome during the course of a Schönlein-Henoch purpura Luis O. Carreras, Rafael Poveda, Jordi Bas et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases May 2002 1,475
2 Randomized comparative study of therapeutic paracentesis with and without intravenous albumin in cirrhosis Pere Ginès, Lluçia Titó, Vicente Arroyo et al. · Gastroenterology Jun 1988 648
3 Detection, evaluation, and management of preoperative anaemia in the elective orthopaedic surgical patient: NATA guidelines Lawrence T. Goodnough, Alice G. Maniatis, Peter H. Earnshaw et al. · British Journal of Anaesthesia Open access 10 Dec 2010 545
4 Neurorehabilitation using the virtual reality based Rehabilitation Gaming System: methodology, design, psychometrics, usability and validation Mónica S. Cameirão, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Esther Duarte Oller et al. · Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation Open access 22 Sep 2010 378
5 Molecular characterization of two high-level ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates detected in Catalonia, Spain Jordi Cámara, J.A. Serra, Josefina Ayats et al. · Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 7 May 2012 342
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de l'Esperança?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Educational Technology, Public Health, Distance Learning, Quality of Life, Teacher Professional Development, Treatment 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-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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.9×49 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 4.2×17 topics
  3. Educational Technology5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×16 topics
  5. Quality of Life4▲ 3.6×19 topics
  6. Treatment4▲ 4.0×20 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 4.1×16 topics
  8. Education3▲ 2.3×9 topics
  9. Qualitative Research3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  10. Teacher Training3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  11. Distance Learning3▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Aging2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  14. Prevalence2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  15. History2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  16. Educational Reform2▲ 21×3 topics
  17. Online Learning2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Social Inequality2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  19. Adolescents2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  20. Consumer Behavior2▲ 3.8×2 topics
  21. Pedagogical Content Knowledge2▲ 82×1 topic
  22. Teacher Knowledge2▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Inclusive Education2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  24. Technology2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  25. Financial Literacy2▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Retirement Planning2▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Health2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  29. Health Policy2▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Society2▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Surgical Management2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  32. Aging Population2▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Mortality Risk2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  34. Cocaine1▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Crack1▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Elderly Patients1▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Glaucoma1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Physical Performance1▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Art1▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Research Methods1▲ 10×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algori…1Matrix Theory and Algorithms: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…1Respiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksCinema History and Criti…1Cinema History and Criticism: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Education: 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 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  7. 7 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Cinema History and Criticism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Education Information Systems 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital de l'Esperança as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hospital de l'Esperança0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital de l'Esperança 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Hospital de l'Esperança8.6% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.2% in 2013.

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