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Hospital de Sant Pau

In research, Hospital de Sant Pau stands highest in Medicine (#915 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,269 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,706 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Dermatology and Rheumatology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,203
of 28,054 · #3,400 all time
Rank in Spain
#70
of 658
Research works
7.7k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
160k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Sant Pau 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 #915 of 10,443 13.2%869 #786
Health SciencesDomain #1,269 of 11,982 13.1%912 #1013
Life SciencesDomain #1,706 of 7,800 15.7%165 #1735
SurgerySubfield #1,025 of 1,816 10.8%121 #900
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #746 of 1,144 11.3%91 #736
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #523 of 738 10.6%90 #509
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,911 of 3,579 15.9%76 #2905
Social SciencesDomain #8,762 of 10,521 16.8%61 #8851

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Sant Pau 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#786 #915
  2. Health Sciences#1,013 #1,269
  3. Life Sciences#1,735 #1,706
  4. Surgery#900 #1,025
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#736 #746
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#509 #523
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,905 #2,911
  8. Social Sciences#8,851 #8,762
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hospital de Sant Pau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 89.9 works7.3×
  2. DermatologySubfield · 21.3 works6.9×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 30.2 works5.6×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 37.4 works5.5×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.52× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 869 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Sant Pau?

Ranked on the composite score, Margarita Majem, Jordi Mancebo and Cèsar Díaz‐Torné lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Sant Pau.

  1. 1 Margarita Majem Spain · #5,729 worldwide 945 citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Jordi Mancebo Spain · #24,505 worldwide 706 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Cèsar Díaz‐Torné Spain · #26,532 worldwide 823 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Rafael Blesa Spain · #28,905 worldwide 398 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Isabel Illa Spain · #30,416 worldwide 407 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Lina Badimón Spain · #34,599 worldwide 833 citations · 138 works
  7. 7 Xavier Badı́a Spain · #41,339 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Eulàlia Baselga Spain · #42,782 worldwide 237 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Germán Soriano Spain · #52,009 worldwide 267 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Eduardo F. Tizzano Spain · #55,256 worldwide 307 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Sant Pau

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Sant Pau?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Autoantibodies 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. Epidemiology137▲ 2.9×127 topics
  2. Inflammation85▲ 3.5×79 topics
  3. Treatment63▲ 4.4×46 topics
  4. Quality of Life57▲ 3.3×53 topics
  5. Diagnosis53▲ 4.8×39 topics
  6. Chemotherapy45▲ 5.4×24 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress42▲ 2.2×52 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 3.0×35 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines34▲ 5.3×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy34▲ 4.0×18 topics
  11. Management34▲ 3.7×30 topics
  12. Autoantibodies32▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Complications32▲ 5.5×17 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors32▲ 6.2×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure32▲ 6.3×13 topics
  16. Risk Factors32▲ 2.5×33 topics
  17. Guidelines32▲ 5.8×12 topics
  18. Biomarkers31▲ 3.9×16 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome31▲ 3.2×23 topics
  20. Obesity31▲ 3.4×20 topics
  21. Genetics30▲ 3.6×20 topics
  22. Clinical Trials28▲ 3.6×18 topics
  23. Echocardiography27▲ 8.5×7 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders25▲ 3.8×20 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction24▲ 7.0×12 topics
  26. Myocardial Infarction23▲ 8.5×7 topics
  27. Neurodegeneration22▲ 6.3×9 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Risk21▲ 5.7×9 topics
  29. TGF-ß21▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis21▲ 6.2×12 topics
  31. Radiotherapy21▲ 4.6×13 topics
  32. Metastasis20▲ 5.0×12 topics
  33. Prognosis19▲ 5.0×9 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy19▲ 8.7×8 topics
  35. Regulatory T Cells18▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation18▲ 5.2×6 topics
  37. Fibrosis17▲ 7.9×8 topics
  38. Rituximab15▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Prophylaxis15▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. Cardiac Imaging15▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital de Sant Pau publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Psoriasis: Treatment and…12Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 12 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…12Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 12 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 12 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 9 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…8Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 8 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 8 fractional works
ImmunologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 12 works
  2. 2 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 12 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 8 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  8. 8 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 8 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 8 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Sant Pau's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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