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Hospital Universitario de Santander

In research, Hospital Universitario de Santander stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,008 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,710 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#41,662
of 42,892
Rank in Colombia
#196
of 216
Research works
166
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
597
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Hospital Universitario de Santander 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
Health SciencesDomain #19,008 of 20,462 4.9%138
MedicineField #17,710 of 17,978 4.6%125

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 24.5 works3.9×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 27.2 works3.6×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.85× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitario de Santander?

Ranked on the composite score, Jairo Lizarazo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitario de Santander.

  1. 1 Jairo Lizarazo Colombia · #1,022,304 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitario de Santander

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitario de Santander?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Public Health, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Health Promotion and Clinical Practice 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 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 5.3×42 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 8.7×18 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 5.1×13 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 5.0×13 topics
  5. Complications2▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  7. Guidelines2▲ 11×8 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 7.6×7 topics
  9. Health Promotion1▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Immune Response1▲ 7.0×7 topics
  11. Management1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  12. Treatment1▲ 3.3×10 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  14. Mortality1▲ 5.6×6 topics
  15. Vector Control1▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  17. Risk Factors1▲ 2.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Universitario de Santander publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Anatomy and Medical Technology, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Mosquito-borne diseases …1Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Tech…1Anatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 0 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 0 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…0Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 0 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 0 works
  9. 9 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Hernia repair and management Surgery 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitario de Santander's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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