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Hospital Universitario San Rafael

In research, Hospital Universitario San Rafael stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,878 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,205 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,658
of 28,054 · #29,588 all time
Rank in Spain
#541
of 658
Research works
385
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Hospital Universitario San Rafael 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,878 of 11,982 4.5%73 #14789
MedicineField #9,205 of 10,443 4.2%66 #13067

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.0 works9.4×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.52× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 66 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitario San Rafael?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Neurological Disorders, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 4.4×59 topics
  2. Complications8▲ 16×11 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 6.3×20 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 3.9×16 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.5×22 topics
  6. Revision Surgery5▲ 39×2 topics
  7. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Inflammation4▲ 2.2×29 topics
  9. Neurological Disorders4▲ 7.8×14 topics
  10. Surgery4▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.4×11 topics
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 3.2×14 topics
  14. Arthroplasty3▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Outcomes3▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Mortality3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.4×15 topics
  20. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  21. Management2▲ 3.2×10 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.2×9 topics
  23. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  24. Spinal Fusion2▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Surgical Management2▲ 5.6×8 topics
  26. Guidelines2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  27. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Wear Particles2▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Low Back Pain2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Prophylaxis2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Spinal Surgery2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment2▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  34. Global Health2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  36. Mortality Risk2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  37. Bacteremia2▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Children2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Intervertebral Disc2▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Lumbar Disc Degeneration2▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Universitario San Rafael publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…1Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksDevelopmental and Educational Neuropsychology: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…1Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologyNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology1 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.0%domestic only73.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitario San Rafael's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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