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Hospital General de Elda

In research, Hospital General de Elda stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,527 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,857
of 22,385 · #17,753 all time
Rank in Spain
#380
of 426
Research works
480
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Hospital General de Elda

What is Hospital General de Elda known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,527 of 9,902 7.2%60 #7043

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital General de Elda 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 General de Elda work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Hospital General de Elda is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Social Sciences (16%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 69 fractional works · 66.1% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Generalde Elda105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences24%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6259.2%
    2. Health Professions65.5%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1716.3%
    2. Psychology43.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering32.6%
    2. Environmental Science11.0%
    3. Computer Science10.8%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.71×0 works
  2. Medicine3.08×62 works
  3. Health Professions2.07×6 works
  4. Nursing1.76×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.29×17 works
  6. Psychology1.28×4 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.82×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×4 works
  10. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  16. Engineering0.17×3 works
  17. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital General de Elda?

Ranked on the quality score, Francisca Sivera, Daniel Martinez-Mendez and Emilio Sebastiá-Forcada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital General de Elda.

  1. 1 Francisca Sivera Spain · #378,871 worldwide 5.3k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Daniel Martinez-Mendez Spain · #1,254,061 worldwide 702 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Emilio Sebastiá-Forcada Spain · #1,878,855 worldwide 651 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Maria del Mar Llorente Spain · #2,583,576 worldwide 142 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Santiago González-Parreño Spain · #2,588,779 worldwide 638 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Cristina Llorca Spain · #2,639,017 worldwide 547 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla Spain · #3,210,195 worldwide 3.4k citations · 179 works
  8. 8 José Manuel Cervera Spain · #3,381,326 worldwide 242 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Francisco Antonio Miralles-Muñoz Spain · #3,579,577 worldwide 1.2k citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Raquel Martin-Domenech Spain · #3,579,584 worldwide 100 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital General de Elda

What are the most cited papers from Hospital General de Elda?

The most cited paper from Hospital General de Elda is "Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020" (Emma B. Hodcroft et al., 2021), with 458 citations. Next come "Reverse shoulder arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty for acute proximal humeral fractures. A blinded, randomized, controlled, prospective study" (379) and "Trochanteric Gamma Nail and Compression Hip Screw for Trochanteric Fractures" (282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant through Europe in the summer of 2020 Emma B. Hodcroft et al. · Nature Open access194 authors 7 Jun 2021 458
2 Reverse shoulder arthroplasty versus hemiarthroplasty for acute proximal humeral fractures. A blinded, randomized, controlled, prospective study Emilio Sebastiá-Forcada, R. Cebrián-Gómez, Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla et al. · Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 30 Jul 2014 379
3 Trochanteric Gamma Nail and Compression Hip Screw for Trochanteric Fractures Alejandro Lizaur-Utrilla, Javier Sanz-Reig, F Miralles Mu oz et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma 28 Mar 2005 282
4 Multinational evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of gout: integrating systematic literature review and expert opinion of a broad panel of rheumatologists in the 3e initiative Francisca Sivera et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ReviewOpen access 18 Jul 2013 266
5 First evidence of microplastics isolated in European citizens’ lower airway Carlos Baeza-Martínez, Sonia Olmos, Miguel González-Pleiter et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials Open access 23 Jun 2022 238
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital General de Elda?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Regional Disparities, Career Development, Policy, Mortality and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.4×64 topics
  2. Complications6▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 2.6×8 topics
  4. Rehabilitation5▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 1.88×5 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 4.4×19 topics
  7. Regional Disparities4▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Career Development4▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Mortality4▲ 6.4×9 topics
  10. Inflammation4▲ 1.65×21 topics
  11. Knowledge Management4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  12. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×22 topics
  13. Economic Development4▲ 4.2×1 topic
  14. Policy4▲ 15×1 topic
  15. Revision Surgery4▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Risk Factors3▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Management3▲ 3.9×17 topics
  19. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Arthroplasty3▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  23. Outcomes2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Elderly Patients2▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Surgical Management2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  27. STEM Education2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  28. Shoulder Function2▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Surgery2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Employability2▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Gender Disparities2▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Graduate Attributes2▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Social Cognitive Theory2▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Autoantibodies2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  38. Functional Recovery2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Hip Fracture2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 41×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Career Development and Diversity and Higher Education and Employability.

Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCareer Development and D…2Career Development and Diversity: 2 fractional worksHigher Education and Emp…2Higher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…1Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSurgerySafety ResearchEducation2 others

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

  1. 1 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 2 works
  4. 4 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 General de Elda as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital General de Elda0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital General de Elda 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital General de Elda9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2025.

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