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Hospital de Viladecans

In research, Hospital de Viladecans stands highest in Medicine (#14,385 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,637 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,880
of 42,892
Rank in Spain
#798
of 927
Research works
229
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Viladecans 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 #14,385 of 17,978 7.6%159
Health SciencesDomain #16,637 of 20,462 7.7%173

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Viladecans 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Viladecans?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Patient Satisfaction, Management, Clinical Outcomes and Cardiac Risk.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×38 topics
  2. Mortality2▲ 10×6 topics
  3. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.9×9 topics
  4. Guidelines2▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Management1▲ 5.8×11 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Treatment1▲ 3.4×14 topics
  8. COVID-191▲ 2.9×8 topics
  9. Diagnosis1▲ 4.2×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  11. Inflammation1▲ 1.71×14 topics
  12. Cardiac Risk1▲ 40×1 topic
  13. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Perioperative1▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital de Viladecans publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…0Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 0 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 0 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksInfection Control and Ve…0Infection Control and Ventilation: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOphthalmologyOncologyPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Viladecans's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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