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Hospital Universitari de Vic

In research, Hospital Universitari de Vic stands highest in Medicine (#4,572 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,869 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,160
of 22,385 · #13,738 all time
Rank in Spain
#386
of 426
Research works
727
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Hospital Universitari de Vic

What is Hospital Universitari de Vic 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 #4,572 of 8,541 5.0%64 #3337
Health SciencesDomain #5,869 of 9,902 5.0%69 #3966

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Hospital Universitari de Vic is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (6%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 81.3% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 74.8% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalUniversitari de…96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine7274.8%
    2. Health Professions66.0%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology33.1%
    3. Neuroscience22.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology44.6%
    2. Social Sciences11.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering00.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.1%
    4. 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.04× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.89×72 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.04×3 works
  3. Health Professions2.26×6 works
  4. Psychology1.52×4 works
  5. Neuroscience1.45×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.06×0 works
  7. Nursing0.92×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×4 works
  9. Veterinary0.29×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.24×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  15. Engineering0.03×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitari de Vic?

Ranked on the quality score, Joan Espaulella, Eduard Batiste-Alentorn and Joan Serra-Batllés lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitari de Vic.

  1. 1 Joan Espaulella Spain · #1,304,923 worldwide 2.3k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Eduard Batiste-Alentorn Spain · #1,831,193 worldwide 680 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Joan Serra-Batllés Spain · #1,954,371 worldwide 2.1k citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Enric Bufill Spain · #2,342,842 worldwide 814 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Josep Maria Aragonès Spain · #2,617,092 worldwide 706 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Núria Molist‐Brunet Spain · #3,123,621 worldwide 872 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Lluís Llauger Spain · #3,341,834 worldwide 209 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 I. Molina Spain · #3,354,585 worldwide 445 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Josep Reixach Sadurní Spain · #3,460,637 worldwide 484 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Joan Espaulella‐Panicot Spain · #3,845,798 worldwide 510 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitari de Vic

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Universitari de Vic?

The most cited paper from Hospital Universitari de Vic is "Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial" (Hertzel C. Gerstein et al., 2019), with 3,173 citations. Next come "Acarbose for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the STOP-NIDDM randomised trial" (2,561) and "Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Resected Stage III Melanoma" (1,906).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dulaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes (REWIND): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial Hertzel C. Gerstein et al. · The Lancet Open access1,458 authors 9 Jun 2019 3,173
2 Acarbose for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the STOP-NIDDM randomised trial Jean‐Louis Chiasson, Robert G. Josse, Ramón Gomis et al. · The Lancet Jun 2002 2,561
3 Adjuvant Pembrolizumab versus Placebo in Resected Stage III Melanoma Alexander M.M. Eggermont et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Apr 2018 1,906
4 A proposed system for the nomenclature of hepatitis C viral genotypes Peter Simmonds et al. · Hepatology May 1994 1,024
5 A Leadless Intracardiac Transcatheter Pacing System DWIGHT W. REYNOLDS et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Nov 2015 932
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitari de Vic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis 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▲ 4.7×74 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 5.0×31 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 3.3×32 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 5.3×23 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.5×29 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 9.4×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 4.9×23 topics
  8. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.5×15 topics
  9. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  10. Complications4▲ 7.5×9 topics
  11. Elderly Patients3▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Management3▲ 4.3×19 topics
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 3.1×17 topics
  14. Mortality3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  15. Pathogenesis3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  16. Primary Care3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  17. Aging3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Depression3▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Guidelines3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Prevention3▲ 6.8×10 topics
  22. Diabetes3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  23. Surgical Management2▲ 6.3×9 topics
  24. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.4×13 topics
  25. Biomarkers2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Virulence Factors2▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Hypertension2▲ 7.1×8 topics
  30. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Physical Performance2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Surgery2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  33. Geriatric Assessment2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Health Services2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Necrotizing Fasciitis2▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Streptococcus Pyogenes2▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Comorbidity2▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment2▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Frailty2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Targeted Therapy2▲ 7.7×4 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Universitari de Vic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Frailty in Older Adults, Chronic Disease Management Strategies and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Streptococcal Infections…2Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults2Frailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…1Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…1Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeriatrics and GerontologyEpidemiologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  3. 3 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Occupational Therapy 1 works
  7. 7 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitari de Vic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Universitari de Vic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital Universitari de Vic0.00048% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Universitari de Vic 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital Universitari de Vic3.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2012.

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