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Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona

In research, Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona stands highest in Medicine (#4,356 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,565 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,555
of 28,054 · #20,828 all time
Rank in Spain
#350
of 658
Research works
565
▲ 154% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,356 of 10,443 10.6%163 #5712
Health SciencesDomain #5,565 of 11,982 11.3%174 #7465

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona 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).

What does Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 36.3 works7.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.95× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona?

Ranked on the composite score, Ignacio J. Ansotegui and Ramón Cugat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona.

  1. 1 Ignacio J. Ansotegui Spain · #29,238 worldwide 417 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ramón Cugat Spain · #363,290 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 3.9×87 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 4.1×33 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×48 topics
  4. Complications11▲ 9.9×14 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 3.8×31 topics
  6. Diagnosis9▲ 4.7×26 topics
  7. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.6×22 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.2×20 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.0×12 topics
  10. Management7▲ 4.1×20 topics
  11. Mortality6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  12. Surgical Management6▲ 6.9×15 topics
  13. Obesity6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  14. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  15. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.9×12 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  17. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  18. Risk Factors5▲ 2.2×20 topics
  19. Breast Cancer5▲ 9.2×10 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.6×14 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.6×20 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  24. Low Back Pain4▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Prevalence4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  26. Biomechanics4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Survival Analysis4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Genetic Variants3▲ 9.1×6 topics
  31. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  32. Muscle Mass3▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Pathophysiology3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Stem Cells3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  35. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Shoulder Function3▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Obstructive Sleep Apnea3▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Sleep-Disordered Breathing3▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Dosimetry3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Radiation Therapy3▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea …3Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…2Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…2Tendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyRadiationSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 3 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Quirónsalud Barcelona's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 154% 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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