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Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía

In research, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía stands highest in Medicine (#3,425 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,227 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,657
of 22,385 · #17,130 all time
Rank in Spain
#283
of 426
Research works
708
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía

What is Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía 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 #3,425 of 8,541 4.4%156 #4458
Health SciencesDomain #4,227 of 9,902 4.5%162 #5615

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía 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 Universitario Infanta Sofía work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Psychology (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 180 fractional works · 79.3% of its workMedicine: 172 fractional works · 75.9% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalUniversitario…227fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences79%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17275.9%
    2. Health Professions62.7%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology135.8%
    2. Neuroscience62.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology52.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Psychology83.4%
    2. Social Sciences41.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science10.6%
    2. Computer Science10.5%
    3. Materials Science10.5%
    4. Engineering10.4%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×172 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×5 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.30×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.74×6 works
  5. Psychology1.13×8 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×13 works
  7. Health Professions1.01×6 works
  8. Dentistry0.91×1 works
  9. Nursing0.64×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  15. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  23. Engineering0.03×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía?

Ranked on the quality score, Alfredo Tagarro, Ramón Pajares and Marina Mata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía.

  1. 1 Alfredo Tagarro Spain · #736,267 worldwide 2.3k citations · 166 works
  2. 2 Ramón Pajares Spain · #796,944 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Marina Mata Spain · #851,201 worldwide 3.2k citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Patricia González‐Ruano Spain · #854,269 worldwide 1k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Santiago Muñoz‐Fernández Spain · #921,637 worldwide 3.6k citations · 164 works
  6. 6 Antonio Luis Picardo Spain · #1,150,544 worldwide 1.8k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Noemí Manceñido Spain · #1,288,037 worldwide 1.3k citations · 90 works
  8. 8 Gerardo Gutiérrez‐Gutiérrez Spain · #1,419,594 worldwide 3.6k citations · 188 works
  9. 9 Sharona Azriel Spain · #1,475,677 worldwide 1k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Ana Barrios Spain · #1,515,389 worldwide 2k citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía?

The most cited paper from Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía is "Updated 2016 EAU Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer" (Johannes Alfred Witjes, Thierry Lebrét, Éva Compérat et al., 2016), with 1,521 citations. Next come "Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Noninvasive Ventilation on Reintubation and Postextubation Respiratory Failure in High-Risk Patients" (633) and "Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Reintubation in Low-Risk Patients" (564).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Updated 2016 EAU Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer Johannes Alfred Witjes, Thierry Lebrét, Éva Compérat et al. · European Urology 2 Jul 2016 1,521
2 Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Noninvasive Ventilation on Reintubation and Postextubation Respiratory Failure in High-Risk Patients Gonzalo Hernández, Concepción Vaquero, Laura Colinas et al. · JAMA 5 Oct 2016 633
3 Effect of Postextubation High-Flow Nasal Cannula vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Reintubation in Low-Risk Patients Gonzalo Hernández, Concepción Vaquero, Paloma González Arenas et al. · JAMA Open access 15 Mar 2016 564
4 Frequency, risk factors, and trends for venous thromboembolism among hospitalized cancer patients M. López Gómez, César Gómez-Raposo, Francisco Lobo Samper · Cancer Open access 28 Apr 2008 552
5 Screening and Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children in Madrid, Spain Alfredo Tagarro, Cristina Epalza, Mar Santos et al. · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Open access 8 Apr 2020 519
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Quality of Life and ACE2 Receptor.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 4.4×97 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 6.5×38 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 2.8×43 topics
  4. Diagnosis13▲ 6.3×33 topics
  5. Quality of Life11▲ 3.2×33 topics
  6. Complications10▲ 9.0×13 topics
  7. Autoantibodies8▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.1×21 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress7▲ 1.86×23 topics
  10. Risk Factors7▲ 2.7×22 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Immune Response6▲ 5.0×18 topics
  13. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.9×19 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.0×12 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  16. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Mortality6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Genetics6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors6▲ 5.9×12 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.6×18 topics
  22. Surgery5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  23. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.0×17 topics
  24. Obesity5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  25. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  26. Guidelines5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.5×5 topics
  28. Laparoscopic Repair4▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  30. Vaccine4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  32. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis4▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Optical Coherence Tomography4▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Hernia Repair4▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Mesh Techniques4▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  37. Histopathological Study3▲ 56×2 topics
  38. Stroke3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  39. Prophylaxis3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hernia repair and management, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, Medicine and Dermatology Studies History and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Hernia repair and manage…4Hernia repair and management: 4 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behç…3Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 3 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…2Retinal and Optic Conditions: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…2Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOphthalmologyDermatologyInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 3 works
  3. 3 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 2 works
  6. 6 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  10. 10 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 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 available44.8%not open55.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía0.00091% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía3.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2017.

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