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Institut Català de la Salut

In research, Institut Català de la Salut stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,264 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,142 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,881 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,038
of 22,385 · #3,400 all time
Rank in Spain
#93
of 426
Research works
4.1k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Institut Català de la Salut

What is Institut Català de la Salut 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,264 of 9,902 7.4%652 #1446
MedicineField #1,142 of 8,541 7.4%589 #1337
Life SciencesDomain #2,881 of 6,403 8.2%85 #2872
SurgerySubfield #845 of 1,532 7.6%72 #1205
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #649 of 1,037 7.3%69 #689
Social SciencesDomain #7,183 of 9,585 8.2%69 #6368

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut Català de la Salut 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,446 #1,264
  2. Medicine#1,337 #1,142
  3. Life Sciences#2,872 #2,881
  4. Surgery#1,205 #845
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#689 #649
  6. Social Sciences#6,368 #7,183
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institut Català de la Salut work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Institut Català de la Salut is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 738 fractional works · 78.4% of its workMedicine: 661 fractional works · 70.2% of its workSurgery: 81 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 76 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 57 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEpidemiology: 56 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 96 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 82 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut Catalàde la Salut942fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine66170.2%
    2. Health Professions656.9%
    3. Nursing80.9%
    4. Dentistry40.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology525.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology202.2%
    3. Neuroscience171.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    1. Social Sciences363.8%
    2. Psychology262.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting80.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.7%
    5. Decision Sciences30.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.3%
    1. Engineering80.9%
    2. Computer Science70.7%
    3. Environmental Science60.7%
    4. Mathematics30.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut Català de la Salut specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 57.2 works5.8×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 661 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.65×661 works
  2. Health Professions2.61×65 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.14×20 works
  4. Nursing1.78×8 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×4 works
  6. Neuroscience1.10×17 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×52 works
  8. Psychology0.90×26 works
  9. Dentistry0.79×4 works
  10. Veterinary0.49×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×7 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.30×36 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×8 works
  15. Mathematics0.24×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.13×6 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.10×3 works
  18. Computer Science0.09×7 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×3 works
  20. Engineering0.06×8 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut Català de la Salut?

Ranked on the quality score, Francesc Fina, Ermengol Coma and Queralt Miró Catalina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Català de la Salut.

  1. 1 Francesc Fina Spain · #340,127 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Ermengol Coma Spain · #372,671 worldwide 1.4k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 Queralt Miró Catalina Spain · #493,970 worldwide 939 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Josep Vidal‐Alaball Spain · #513,244 worldwide 4.2k citations · 259 works
  5. 5 Montserrat Martínez Spain · #571,441 worldwide 356 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Manuel Medina Spain · #650,014 worldwide 1.9k citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Anna Ruiz‐Comellas Spain · #733,701 worldwide 738 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Francesc López Seguí Spain · #797,305 worldwide 2.4k citations · 123 works
  9. 9 Anna Escalé-Besa Spain · #1,074,893 worldwide 301 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Núria Nadal Spain · #1,276,960 worldwide 942 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Català de la Salut

What are the most cited papers from Institut Català de la Salut?

The most cited paper from Institut Català de la Salut is "Fatty acid synthase and the lipogenic phenotype in cancer pathogenesis" (Javier A. Menéndez, Ruth Lupu, 2007), with 3,020 citations. Next come "Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF)" (2,794) and "Screening for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations in Lung Cancer" (2,388).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fatty acid synthase and the lipogenic phenotype in cancer pathogenesis Javier A. Menéndez, Ruth Lupu · Nature reviews. Cancer Review 20 Sep 2007 3,020
2 Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Judith O. Harker, Antoni Salvà et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A Open access Jun 2001 2,794
3 Screening for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutations in Lung Cancer Rafael Rosell et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Aug 2009 2,388
4 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
5 ESGO/ESTRO/ESP guidelines for the management of patients with endometrial carcinoma Nicole Concin et al. · International Journal of Gynecological Cancer Open access 23 Dec 2020 2,012
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Català de la Salut?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Risk Factors and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology130▲ 3.5×127 topics
  2. Quality of Life53▲ 3.9×46 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease43▲ 4.0×33 topics
  4. Diagnosis42▲ 4.8×39 topics
  5. Inflammation42▲ 2.1×68 topics
  6. Treatment40▲ 3.4×46 topics
  7. Risk Factors35▲ 3.4×32 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines34▲ 6.5×14 topics
  9. Public Health31▲ 2.2×46 topics
  10. Mental Health28▲ 2.1×29 topics
  11. Management27▲ 3.5×27 topics
  12. Chemotherapy26▲ 3.9×24 topics
  13. Pandemic26▲ 2.8×8 topics
  14. COVID-1926▲ 2.1×22 topics
  15. Mortality24▲ 4.5×12 topics
  16. Global Burden24▲ 4.7×12 topics
  17. Primary Care24▲ 6.9×13 topics
  18. Clinical Trials24▲ 3.8×16 topics
  19. Guidelines24▲ 5.3×11 topics
  20. Heart Failure23▲ 5.5×13 topics
  21. Immunotherapy22▲ 3.3×19 topics
  22. Complications22▲ 4.6×15 topics
  23. Obesity21▲ 2.8×22 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations18▲ 4.3×19 topics
  25. Social Support18▲ 3.5×16 topics
  26. Echocardiography18▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Medical Education17▲ 6.8×13 topics
  28. Health Promotion17▲ 5.6×11 topics
  29. Healthcare Quality16▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Surgery16▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Critical Care15▲ 6.5×8 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-215▲ 5.2×6 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 6.6×7 topics
  34. Cognitive Impairment14▲ 6.0×10 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes14▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Aging Population13▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Quality Improvement13▲ 7.0×8 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Repair12▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Geriatric Assessment12▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut Català de la Salut publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aging, Health, and Disability, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Aging, Health, and Disab…9Aging, Health, and Disability: 9 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…8Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…8Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…8Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 8 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …7COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 7 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 7 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 6 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeriatrics and GerontologyNeurologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 8 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 8 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 Hernia repair and management Surgery 8 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 7 works
  9. 9 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 7 works
  10. 10 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Català de la Salut's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institut Català de la Salut as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Institut Català de la Salut0.0034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Català de la Salut 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 2025Institut Català de la Salut8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 1999.

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