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Hospital Materno-Infantil

In research, Hospital Materno-Infantil stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,308 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,345 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law is 9.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,713
of 22,385 · #11,695 all time
Rank in Spain
#143
of 426
Research works
3.2k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Hospital Materno-Infantil

What is Hospital Materno-Infantil 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 #2,308 of 9,902 3.9%235 #5623
MedicineField #2,345 of 8,541 3.9%193 #5186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Materno-Infantil 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 Materno-Infantil work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Hospital Materno-Infantil is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 271 fractional works · 66.7% of its workMedicine: 221 fractional works · 54.4% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 7.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalMaterno-Infantil407fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences15%

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. Medicine22154.4%
    2. Health Professions4310.7%
    3. Nursing41.0%
    4. Dentistry20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences389.4%
    2. Psychology133.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Environmental Science317.6%
    2. Computer Science41.1%
    3. Engineering30.6%
    4. Chemistry10.1%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology235.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology71.8%
    3. Neuroscience40.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Materno-Infantil specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSubfield · 23.0 works9.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.06× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 221 worksMedicineNursing: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.06×44 works
  2. Medicine2.83×221 works
  3. Nursing2.14×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×7 works
  5. Environmental Science1.53×31 works
  6. Dentistry1.13×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×23 works
  8. Psychology1.02×13 works
  9. Social Sciences0.74×38 works
  10. Neuroscience0.57×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.30×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.20×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.19×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.14×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.04×3 works
  21. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Materno-Infantil?

Ranked on the quality score, Walter Plasencia, Neus Potau and Manuela Martínez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Materno-Infantil.

  1. 1 Walter Plasencia Spain · #182,404 worldwide 7.5k citations · 105 works
  2. 2 Neus Potau Spain · #1,482,449 worldwide 5.6k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Manuela Martínez Spain · #2,152,312 worldwide 2.4k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 T. Acha Spain · #3,343,295 worldwide 460 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Enric Vicens-Calvet Spain · #3,628,116 worldwide 1.6k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Lourdes Urquía Martí Spain · #4,172,122 worldwide 246 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Raquel García Rodríguez Spain · #4,202,699 worldwide 92 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Javier Lucaya Spain · #4,243,972 worldwide 2.6k citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Francisco Jesús García-Martín Spain · #4,574,061 worldwide 298 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Orlando Falcón Spain · #4,618,512 worldwide 2k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Materno-Infantil

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Materno-Infantil?

The most cited paper from Hospital Materno-Infantil is "The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence" (Selma Feldman Witchel, Sharon E. Oberfield, Robert L. Rosenfield et al., 2015), with 3,108 citations. Next come "Outcome of Cord-Blood Transplantation from Related and Unrelated Donors" (1,266) and "Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn's disease" (1,090).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Diagnosis of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome during Adolescence Selma Feldman Witchel, Sharon E. Oberfield, Robert L. Rosenfield et al. · Hormone Research in Paediatrics Open access 2015 3,108
2 Outcome of Cord-Blood Transplantation from Related and Unrelated Donors Éliane Gluckman, Vanderson Rocha, Agnès Boyer-Chammard et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Aug 1997 1,266
3 Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn's disease Frank M. Ruemmele et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis Open access 6 Jun 2014 1,090
4 Tissue levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids during early human development Manuela Martínez · The Journal of Pediatrics Apr 1992 817
5 Gut microbiota in children with type 1 diabetes differs from that in healthy children: a case-control study Mora Murri, Isabel Leiva, Juan Miguel Gómez‐Zumaquero et al. · BMC Medicine Open access 21 Feb 2013 793
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Materno-Infantil?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Social Determinants, Maternal Health, Biodiversity Conservation, Arborization, Urban Forestry and Health Inequalities.

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 3.1×103 topics
  2. Public Health29▲ 4.9×34 topics
  3. Quality of Life18▲ 3.1×37 topics
  4. Social Determinants16▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Maternal Health16▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation15▲ 9.9×4 topics
  7. Arborization14▲ 468×1 topic
  8. Urban Forestry14▲ 468×1 topic
  9. Risk Factors14▲ 3.1×26 topics
  10. Diagnosis14▲ 3.6×32 topics
  11. Mental Health13▲ 2.3×21 topics
  12. Sustainable Development13▲ 2.0×6 topics
  13. Health Inequalities12▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Treatment12▲ 2.4×33 topics
  15. Child Health11▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Prenatal Care11▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Public Policy10▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Management10▲ 3.0×21 topics
  20. Health Promotion10▲ 7.6×9 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality9▲ 10.0×5 topics
  22. Environmental Education9▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Waste Management8▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Surgical Management8▲ 5.0×16 topics
  25. Primary Care8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  26. Water Resources8▲ 8.1×1 topic
  27. Complications8▲ 4.0×16 topics
  28. Healthcare Access8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  29. Prenatal Diagnosis8▲ 13×7 topics
  30. Preterm Infants8▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Child Development8▲ 4.6×6 topics
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension8▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Cervical Cancer7▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Psychological Impact6▲ 5.0×9 topics
  35. Critical Care6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Training6▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Community Health6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Health Policy5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  40. Healthcare Quality5▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Materno-Infantil publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Urban Arborization and Environmental Studies, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Environmental Sustainability and Education and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Urban Arborization and E…14Urban Arborization and Environmental Studies: 14 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 11 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 8 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 4 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 4 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Urban Arborization and Environmental Studies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 14 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 11 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 8 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  8. 8 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  9. 9 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Materno-Infantil's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Materno-Infantil as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Hospital Materno-Infantil0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Materno-Infantil 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 Materno-Infantil3.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.6% in 1992.

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