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Hospital Santa Caterina

In research, Hospital Santa Caterina stands highest in Medicine (#8,071 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,370 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,530
of 34,923
Rank in Spain
#582
of 646
Research works
197
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Hospital Santa Caterina

What is Hospital Santa Caterina 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 #8,071 of 14,558 10.0%138
Health SciencesDomain #9,370 of 16,688 10.6%153

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Santa Caterina 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 Santa Caterina work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Hospital Santa Caterina is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 77.1% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 73.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital SantaCaterina39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences6%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2973.2%
    2. Health Professions12.7%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26.4%
    2. Neuroscience23.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    1. Social Sciences13.1%
    2. Psychology11.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Environmental Science11.5%
    2. Engineering01.3%
    3. Computer Science00.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.41×0 works
  2. Medicine3.81×28 works
  3. Neuroscience2.43×2 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.43×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×2 works
  7. Nursing1.16×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.04×1 works
  9. Psychology0.45×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.34×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.24×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.08×0 works
  16. Engineering0.08×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Santa Caterina?

Ranked on the quality score, M Sàbat, Secundino López Pousa and Joan Vilalta Franch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Santa Caterina.

  1. 1 M Sàbat Spain · #1,087,150 worldwide 1.9k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Secundino López Pousa Spain · #1,188,953 worldwide 6.1k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 Joan Vilalta Franch Spain · #1,770,222 worldwide 4.1k citations · 129 works
  4. 4 Cristina Soler Spain · #1,881,275 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Javier Pamplona Spain · #3,398,514 worldwide 139 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Joana Ferrer Spain · #3,585,874 worldwide 587 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Jordi Llinàs Reglà Spain · #3,653,603 worldwide 771 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Antoni Turon Estrada Spain · #4,104,209 worldwide 968 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Manuela Lozano-Gallego Spain · #4,646,365 worldwide 267 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Marta Hernández-Ferràndiz Spain · #4,835,295 worldwide 396 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Santa Caterina

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Santa Caterina?

The most cited paper from Hospital Santa Caterina is "The Trail Making Test" (Jordi Llinàs Reglà, Joan Vilalta Franch, Secundino López Pousa et al., 2015), with 430 citations. Next come "Molecular diversity of Escherichia coli in the human gut: New ecological evidence supporting the role of adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) in Crohnʼs disease" (399) and "Endoplasmic reticulum stress enhances fibrotic remodeling in the lungs" (373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Trail Making Test Jordi Llinàs Reglà, Joan Vilalta Franch, Secundino López Pousa et al. · Assessment 28 Aug 2015 430
2 Molecular diversity of Escherichia coli in the human gut: New ecological evidence supporting the role of adherent-invasive E. coli (AIEC) in Crohnʼs disease Margarita Martínez-Medina, Xavier Aldeguer, Mireia López‐Siles et al. · Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Open access 23 Feb 2009 399
3 Endoplasmic reticulum stress enhances fibrotic remodeling in the lungs William E. Lawson, Dong‐Sheng Cheng, Amber L. Degryse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 13 Jun 2011 373
4 Vascular cognitive disorder: a new diagnostic category updating vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia Gustavo C. Román, Perminder Singh Sachdev, Donald R. Royall et al. · Journal of the Neurological Sciences 13 Oct 2004 285
5 Differential features of burden between spouse and adult-child caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease: An exploratory comparative design Josep Lluís Conde‐Sala, Josep Garre‐Olmo, Oriol Turró Garriga et al. · International Journal of Nursing Studies 6 Apr 2010 284
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Santa Caterina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cognitive Impairment, Diagnosis, Echocardiography, Diagnostic Criteria, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease and Immune Response.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 3.5×45 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.0×26 topics
  3. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 24×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 6.0×18 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.4×13 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 3.9×20 topics
  7. Echocardiography2▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Pandemic2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 2.9×16 topics
  10. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Immune Response2▲ 6.7×9 topics
  12. Mortality1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.1×13 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-21▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Thrombosis1▲ 12×3 topics
  16. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 14×2 topics
  17. Clinical Characteristics1▲ 25×1 topic
  18. Cytokine Storm1▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Multiple Sclerosis1▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Neurological Disorders1▲ 5.2×11 topics
  21. Neuromyelitis Optica1▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Pathophysiology1▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Autoantibodies1▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Public Health1▲ 2.0×13 topics
  25. Neuropathology1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Santa Caterina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Ultrasound in Clinical Applications.

Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…1Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 1 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic Care: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…1Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 0 fractional worksCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineInfectious DiseasesNeurologyCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research Dermatology 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Santa Caterina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital Santa Caterina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital Santa Caterina0.00016% in 20251990200020102020

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