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Hôtel-Dieu de France

In research, Hôtel-Dieu de France stands highest in Medicine (#5,980 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,754 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,989
of 28,054 · #23,274 all time
Rank in Lebanon
#17
of 25
Research works
1.1k
▲ 52% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Hôtel-Dieu de France 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 #5,980 of 10,443 11.9%167 #7087
Health SciencesDomain #7,754 of 11,982 11.7%173 #9468

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôtel-Dieu de France 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 Hôtel-Dieu de France specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 39.5 works8.0×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.15× its world share, 167 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hôtel-Dieu de France?

Ranked on the composite score, Khalil Kharrat, Amer Sebaaly and Carla Irani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôtel-Dieu de France.

  1. 1 Khalil Kharrat Lebanon · #305,603 worldwide 53 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Amer Sebaaly Lebanon · #950,609 worldwide 29 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Carla Irani Lebanon · #989,864 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 S. Slaba Lebanon · #1,026,171 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Tarek Smayra Lebanon · #1,362,334 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hôtel-Dieu de France

Which keywords describe research at Hôtel-Dieu de France?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Chemotherapy, Inflammation and Surgical Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.9×78 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.6×39 topics
  3. Quality of Life11▲ 3.5×28 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 4.1×36 topics
  5. Complications9▲ 8.4×16 topics
  6. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.5×18 topics
  7. Rehabilitation7▲ 8.8×8 topics
  8. Diagnosis7▲ 3.7×31 topics
  9. Mortality7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  10. Surgical Treatment6▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Risk Factors6▲ 2.6×22 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors6▲ 6.1×12 topics
  14. Spinal Fusion6▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Biomechanics5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  18. Management5▲ 3.0×22 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.9×15 topics
  20. Low Back Pain5▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Genetics4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.8×18 topics
  23. Guidelines4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  24. Surgical Management4▲ 4.9×16 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  26. Surgery4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  28. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  29. Pain Management4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Chronic Pain4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  32. Breast Cancer3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  33. Spinal Surgery3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Thrombosis3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  35. Autoantibodies3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  36. Rituximab3▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Dysphagia3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Intervertebral Disc3▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Lumbar Disc Degeneration3▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Lymphoma3▲ 8.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Hôtel-Dieu de France publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

Spine and Intervertebral…3Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …3Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…2Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…2Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…2Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryRheumatologyGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hôtel-Dieu de France's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 52% 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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