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Hospital Regional de Concepción

In research, Hospital Regional de Concepción stands highest in Medicine (#4,849 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,899 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,421
of 22,385 · #17,620 all time
Rank in Chile
#80
of 104
Research works
602
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
4.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Hospital Regional de Concepción

What is Hospital Regional de Concepción 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
MedicineField #4,849 of 8,541 1.5%88 #5950
Health SciencesDomain #5,899 of 9,902 1.9%93 #6807

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Hospital Regional de Concepción is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 78.1% of its workMedicine: 99 fractional works · 72.9% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Regionalde Concepción136fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9972.9%
    2. Health Professions43.2%
    3. Dentistry21.8%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences64.6%
    2. Psychology21.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.8%
    2. Neuroscience21.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Environmental Science53.5%
    2. Engineering21.2%
    3. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.65× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 99 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 6 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.79×99 works
  2. Dentistry3.65×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.23×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.13×2 works
  5. Neuroscience0.97×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×6 works
  7. Environmental Science0.71×5 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.70×0 works
  9. Psychology0.40×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.36×6 works
  11. Nursing0.31×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  18. Engineering0.08×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Regional de Concepción?

Ranked on the quality score, Esteban Torche, M. Loreto Spencer and Marcela Espinoza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Regional de Concepción.

  1. 1 Esteban Torche Chile · #2,388,326 worldwide 475 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 M. Loreto Spencer Chile · #2,495,286 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Marcela Espinoza Chile · #3,542,587 worldwide 89 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jorge A. Gajardo Chile · #3,643,363 worldwide 49 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Vera A. Wilhelm Chile · #3,824,384 worldwide 89 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Carlos Felipe Barrera-Ramírez Chile · #4,148,897 worldwide 730 citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Juan Pablo Cabrera Chile · #4,179,432 worldwide 499 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Mauricio Chandía Chile · #4,358,926 worldwide 210 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Reinaldo Venegas Chile · #4,551,491 worldwide 85 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Michael Frelinghuysen Chile · #4,825,091 worldwide 148 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Regional de Concepción

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Regional de Concepción?

The most cited paper from Hospital Regional de Concepción is "Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock" (Glenn Hernández, Gustavo Adolfo Ospina-Tascón, Lucas Petri Damiani et al., 2019), with 943 citations. Next come "Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer" (305) and "Differential subcellular distribution of glucose transporters GLUT1–6 and GLUT9 in human cancer: Ultrastructural localization of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in breast tumor tissues" (271).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status vs Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock Glenn Hernández, Gustavo Adolfo Ospina-Tascón, Lucas Petri Damiani et al. · JAMA Open access 17 Feb 2019 943
2 Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer REACCT Collaborative et al. · JAMA Surgery Open access222 authors 30 Jun 2021 305
3 Differential subcellular distribution of glucose transporters GLUT1–6 and GLUT9 in human cancer: Ultrastructural localization of GLUT1 and GLUT5 in breast tumor tissues Alejandro Godoy, Viviana Ulloa, Federico Rodríguez et al. · Journal of Cellular Physiology Open access 7 Mar 2006 271
4 Vasoconstrictive effect of bile acids on isolated human placental chorionic veins Waldo Sepúlveda, Claudio Daniel González, M.A. Cruz et al. · European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology Dec 1991 253
5 Cost of treating diabetic foot ulcers in five different countries Peter R. Cavanagh, Christopher E. Attinger, Zulfiqarali G. Abbas et al. · Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews Open access 23 Jan 2012 212
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Regional de Concepción?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Prognostic Factors, Quality of Life, Mortality, Diagnosis, Public Health and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.4×64 topics
  2. Surgical Management7▲ 12×14 topics
  3. Quality of Life7▲ 3.5×24 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 3.0×16 topics
  5. Diagnosis5▲ 4.3×16 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 1.76×19 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors5▲ 8.1×10 topics
  8. Mortality5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 2.9×18 topics
  10. Complications4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  11. Management4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  12. Treatment4▲ 2.3×15 topics
  13. Guidelines4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Surgery4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  15. Prevention4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  16. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  17. Healthcare Access3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  18. Biomechanics3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  19. Health Promotion3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  20. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Chemotherapy3▲ 2.9×15 topics
  23. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  24. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  26. Echocardiography2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  27. Medical Education2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  30. Clinical Management2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  31. Global Health2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Radiosurgery2▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Cardiac Risk2▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  37. Perioperative2▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Chronic Rhinosinusitis2▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Nasal Polyps2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Cancer Incidence2▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Regional de Concepción publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Sinusitis and nasal conditions, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Tracheal and airway disorders.

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal cond…2Sinusitis and nasal conditions: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…2Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksTumors and Oncological Cases: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Tumors and Oncological Cases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Regional de Concepción's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Regional de Concepción as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital Regional de Concepción0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Regional de Concepción 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 Regional de Concepción2.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.6% in 2021.

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