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Hospital / health system · Ponferrada · Spain

Hospital El Bierzo

In research, Hospital El Bierzo stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,777 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,164 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,023
of 28,054 · #26,634 all time
Rank in Spain
#636
of 658
Research works
563
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Hospital El Bierzo 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,777 of 20,462 4.0%436
MedicineField #15,164 of 17,978 3.3%395

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital El Bierzo 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.92× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital El Bierzo?

Ranked on the composite score, Angel Fernández‐Flores and Joan Merino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital El Bierzo.

  1. 1 Angel Fernández‐Flores Spain · #1,263,590 worldwide 15 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Joan Merino Spain · #1,347,941 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital El Bierzo

Which keywords describe research at Hospital El Bierzo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Angioplasty, Immune Response, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Treatment, Prognostic Factors and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.1×44 topics
  2. Quality of Life3▲ 3.4×19 topics
  3. Mental Health3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  4. Risk Factors3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  5. Treatment3▲ 3.8×17 topics
  6. Depression2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  7. Immune Response2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  8. Angioplasty2▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Education2▲ 2.0×7 topics
  10. Diabetes2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors2▲ 7.4×8 topics
  12. Diagnosis2▲ 3.2×13 topics
  13. Rituximab2▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Atherosclerosis2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  15. Cultural Studies2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  16. Anxiety2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Psychological Distress2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  19. Revascularization2▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Clinical Management1▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Executive Functions1▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Neuropsychological Assessment1▲ 93×2 topics
  23. Psychological Impact1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  24. Claudication1▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Healthcare Workers1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  26. Melanoma1▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Peripheral Arterial Disease1▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Spanish-Speaking1▲ 291×1 topic
  29. Substance Addiction1▲ 291×1 topic
  30. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia1▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Environmental Conservation1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Genomic Aberrations1▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Social Isolation1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Therapeutic Targets1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Wound Healing1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  37. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Quarantine1▲ 10×1 topic
  39. Renal Transplantation1▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Renal Function1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital El Bierzo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Modern Theater Studies, Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Historical and Modern Th…1Historical and Modern Theater Studies: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…1Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksSpanish Culture and Identity: 1 fractional worksUrbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies: 1 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 1 fractional worksGenetic and rare skin di…1Genetic and rare skin diseases.: 1 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 1 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 1 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySurgeryGeneticsPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Modern Theater Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Spanish Culture and Identity Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Genetic and rare skin diseases. Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital El Bierzo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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