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Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia

In research, Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia stands highest in Medicine (#7,914 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,526 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,470
of 28,054 · #23,245 all time
Rank in Spain
#518
of 658
Research works
786
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia 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 #7,914 of 10,443 4.9%115 #10497
Health SciencesDomain #9,526 of 11,982 4.8%124 #11503

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia 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 Reina Sofía de Murcia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 27.9 works7.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.18× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia?

Ranked on the composite score, Manuel A. Bueno Sánchez, N. Sanz and José María Álvarez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia.

  1. 1 Manuel A. Bueno Sánchez Spain · #750,930 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 N. Sanz Spain · #823,418 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 José María Álvarez Spain · #1,049,549 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Carmen Sánchez Álvarez Spain · #1,129,499 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 José Hernández Martínez Spain · #1,234,651 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Francisco Miguel González Valverde Spain · #1,287,006 worldwide 9 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Pascual Piñera Spain · #1,351,551 worldwide 13 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 M Onteniente Candela Spain · #1,358,717 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 C Caballero Requejo Spain · #1,472,078 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 D Barcía Spain · #1,552,815 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 4.2×72 topics
  2. Diagnosis12▲ 8.4×26 topics
  3. Quality of Life11▲ 4.9×25 topics
  4. Treatment11▲ 5.9×29 topics
  5. Complications10▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×34 topics
  7. Management7▲ 5.7×19 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  9. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.8×12 topics
  10. Guidelines5▲ 7.4×11 topics
  11. Health Promotion5▲ 9.8×5 topics
  12. Children5▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Mortality5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  14. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.5×12 topics
  19. Revision Surgery4▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Autoantibodies4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Laparoscopic Repair3▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  25. Healthcare Quality3▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  27. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Surgery3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  30. Adults3▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Immunogenicity3▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Bioanalytical Methods3▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Biosimilars3▲ 83×1 topic
  34. Chronic Pain2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  35. Family Caregivers2▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Imaging2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  37. Pain Management2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Self-Care2▲ 188×1 topic
  39. TGF-ß2▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods, Nursing care and research, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Biosimilars and Bioanaly…3Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 3 fractional worksNursing care and research2Nursing care and research: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…2Hernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksStoma care and complicat…2Stoma care and complications: 2 fractional worksTattoo and Body Piercing Complications: 2 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 1 fractional works
ImmunologyPharmacySurgeryGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 3 works
  2. 2 Nursing care and research Pharmacy 2 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Stoma care and complications Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications Cultural Studies 2 works
  10. 10 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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