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Hospital Rafael Méndez

In research, Hospital Rafael Méndez stands highest in Medicine (#17,068 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,635 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#41,326
of 42,892
Rank in Spain
#907
of 927
Research works
185
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Hospital Rafael Méndez 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 #17,068 of 17,978 4.2%136
Health SciencesDomain #19,635 of 20,462 4.1%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Rafael Méndez 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.86× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Rafael Méndez?

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

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 4.0×33 topics
  2. Treatment4▲ 7.7×20 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 7.9×19 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 4.4×15 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.6×13 topics
  6. Management2▲ 5.8×10 topics
  7. Pain Management2▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.5×8 topics
  9. Surgical Management1▲ 9.2×6 topics
  10. Complications1▲ 6.9×8 topics
  11. Guidelines1▲ 7.4×7 topics
  12. CT Diagnosis1▲ 108×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.9×8 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Children1▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  18. Bouveret's Syndrome1▲ 228×1 topic
  19. Gallstone Ileus1▲ 228×1 topic
  20. Medication Adherence1▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Rafael Méndez publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas, Uterine Myomas and Treatments, Pharmaceutical studies and practices and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Biliary and Gastrointest…1Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…1Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies a…1Pharmaceutical studies and practices: 1 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…1Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional worksPI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer: 0 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis0Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 0 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 0 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation M…0Microbial Inactivation Methods: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 0 works
  7. 7 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 0 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 0 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Rafael Méndez's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.