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Hospital General de Catalunya

In research, Hospital General de Catalunya stands highest in Medicine (#10,234 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,417 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,076
of 28,054 · #26,606 all time
Rank in Spain
#555
of 658
Research works
508
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Hospital General de Catalunya 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 #10,234 of 17,978 9.3%381
Health SciencesDomain #12,417 of 20,462 9.4%409

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital General de Catalunya 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 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 General de Catalunya?

Ranked on the composite score, Eduard Carbonell i Esteller, Víctor Macías and Xavier González lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital General de Catalunya.

  1. 1 Eduard Carbonell i Esteller Spain · #854,074 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Víctor Macías Spain · #991,124 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Xavier González Spain · #1,191,266 worldwide 5 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital General de Catalunya

Which keywords describe research at Hospital General de Catalunya?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Breast Cancer, Radiotherapy and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.9×56 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 10×12 topics
  3. Quality of Life3▲ 3.4×25 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 6.7×14 topics
  5. Diagnosis3▲ 4.4×19 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 1.76×22 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 3.0×20 topics
  8. COVID-192▲ 2.4×10 topics
  9. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.3×10 topics
  10. Management2▲ 3.5×14 topics
  11. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  12. Public Health2▲ 1.81×10 topics
  13. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  14. Breast Cancer2▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  17. Global Burden2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  18. Guidelines2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 2.1×11 topics
  20. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  21. Mortality2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  22. Cancer1▲ 1.47×11 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  24. Surgical Management1▲ 5.0×10 topics
  25. Prevention1▲ 4.6×9 topics
  26. Catheter Ablation1▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Fatigue1▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Stroke1▲ 9.8×5 topics
  29. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations1▲ 3.6×10 topics
  31. Meta-Analysis1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  32. Surgery1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Community Engagement1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  35. Human Dignity1▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Informed Consent1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Shift Work1▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Sleep Deprivation1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Development1▲ 6.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital General de Catalunya publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue, Cancer and Skin Lesions, Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research and Ethics and bioethics in healthcare.

Sleep and Work-Related F…1Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 1 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions1Cancer and Skin Lesions: 1 fractional worksCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research: 1 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 1 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyDermatologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 1 works
  3. 3 Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research Dermatology 1 works
  4. 4 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  10. 10 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital General de Catalunya's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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