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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

In research, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias stands highest in Medicine (#2,648 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,536 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,526 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Rheumatology is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,422
of 28,054 · #7,189 all time
Rank in Spain
#226
of 658
Research works
4.8k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias 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 #2,648 of 10,443 7.5%492 #1793
Health SciencesDomain #3,536 of 11,982 7.6%521 #2268
Life SciencesDomain #4,526 of 7,800 7.9%92 #3383
SurgerySubfield #1,544 of 1,816 5.9%76 #1863
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #997 of 1,144 7.7%65 #1298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,793 #2,648
  2. Health Sciences#2,268 #3,536
  3. Life Sciences#3,383 #4,526
  4. Surgery#1,863 #1,544
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,298 #997
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 26.4 works9.0×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 65.4 works6.6×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.5 works6.3×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.59× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.71× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 492 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias?

Ranked on the composite score, Emilio Esteban, Manuel Gorostidi and Eliécer Coto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias.

  1. 1 Emilio Esteban Spain · #15,620 worldwide 907 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Manuel Gorostidi Spain · #135,253 worldwide 138 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Eliécer Coto Spain · #138,732 worldwide 107 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Victoria Álvarez Spain · #178,781 worldwide 153 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Santiago Melón Spain · #204,250 worldwide 152 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ángel J. Lacave Spain · #211,472 worldwide 158 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 José María Viéitez Spain · #226,238 worldwide 152 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Juan P. Rodrigo Spain · #268,587 worldwide 200 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Víctor Asensi Spain · #328,487 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Marı́a de Oña Spain · #371,852 worldwide 96 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 3.2×107 topics
  2. Inflammation45▲ 3.4×69 topics
  3. Diagnosis45▲ 7.5×37 topics
  4. Treatment37▲ 4.8×42 topics
  5. Management28▲ 5.6×26 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 3.5×33 topics
  7. Complications24▲ 7.6×16 topics
  8. Quality of Life24▲ 2.5×41 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations22▲ 7.9×23 topics
  10. Chemotherapy21▲ 4.7×23 topics
  11. Guidelines21▲ 6.9×13 topics
  12. Risk Factors20▲ 2.9×24 topics
  13. Immunotherapy19▲ 4.1×17 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure16▲ 5.7×13 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk15▲ 7.5×8 topics
  17. Echocardiography15▲ 8.5×7 topics
  18. Autoantibodies14▲ 9.7×8 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors14▲ 5.0×14 topics
  21. Surgical Management14▲ 5.3×18 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease13▲ 8.6×9 topics
  23. Global Burden12▲ 3.6×12 topics
  24. Immune Response12▲ 3.3×17 topics
  25. Prognosis12▲ 5.5×9 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders11▲ 3.1×18 topics
  27. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.5×20 topics
  28. Surgery11▲ 5.0×11 topics
  29. Radiotherapy11▲ 4.4×11 topics
  30. Children10▲ 6.8×7 topics
  31. Thrombosis10▲ 5.7×7 topics
  32. Cytokines10▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. TGF-ß10▲ 9.9×4 topics
  34. Rituximab9▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Pathophysiology9▲ 4.8×9 topics
  36. Clinical Management9▲ 8.0×8 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation8▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Regulatory T Cells7▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…7Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 7 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…6Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…6Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 6 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 5 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…4Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRheumatologyImmunologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 7 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  4. 4 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 6 works
  5. 5 Hernia repair and management Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 4 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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