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Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

In research, Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla stands highest in Medicine (#1,528 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,830 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,219 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology — Rheumatology is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,557
of 28,054 · #10,235 all time
Rank in Spain
#181
of 658
Research works
1.1k
▲ 97% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla 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 #1,528 of 10,443 15.2%299 #3125
Health SciencesDomain #1,830 of 11,982 15.1%317 #3720
Life SciencesDomain #5,219 of 7,800 13.7%62 #6203

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,125 #1,528
  2. Health Sciences#3,720 #1,830
  3. Life Sciences#6,203 #5,219
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 23.2 works12×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 299 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla?

Ranked on the composite score, Carmen Alvarez-Domı́nguez, R. González and Carmen González‐Vela lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla.

  1. 1 Carmen Alvarez-Domı́nguez Spain · #387,520 worldwide 122 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 R. González Spain · #618,303 worldwide 32 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Carmen González‐Vela Spain · #622,226 worldwide 38 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Raquel López‐Mejías Spain · #739,670 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 José P. Vaqué Spain · #740,954 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Belén Atienza‐Mateo Spain · #832,156 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Montserrat Rivero Spain · #1,193,207 worldwide 11 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 César González‐Blanch Spain · #1,265,505 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 María José García Spain · #1,477,184 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Autoantibodies, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Metabolic Syndrome and Fibrosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 2.6×101 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.9×62 topics
  3. Treatment24▲ 4.4×40 topics
  4. Diagnosis19▲ 4.6×36 topics
  5. Autoantibodies18▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 4.4×18 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.1×34 topics
  8. Immunosuppressive Therapy13▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Management13▲ 3.8×24 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.6×27 topics
  11. COVID-1912▲ 2.0×18 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.7×15 topics
  13. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.5×17 topics
  14. Fibrosis11▲ 13×8 topics
  15. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.5×22 topics
  16. Immune Response11▲ 4.3×16 topics
  17. Guidelines10▲ 5.0×11 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.9×8 topics
  20. Rituximab10▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations9▲ 4.7×23 topics
  22. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 8.2×7 topics
  23. Pathogenesis8▲ 3.7×18 topics
  24. Heart Failure8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 8.2×3 topics
  26. Graft Survival7▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Hepatic Steatosis7▲ 11×2 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-27▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. TGF-ß7▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Echocardiography7▲ 5.7×7 topics
  31. Immunopathogenesis6▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Toll-like Receptors6▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Interstitial Lung Disease6▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus6▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Antiphospholipid Syndrome6▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Interferon-inducible Genes6▲ 30×1 topic
  37. ANCA-associated6▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Vasculitides6▲ 53×1 topic
  39. NAFLD6▲ 11×1 topic
  40. NASH6▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Vasculitis and related conditions, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Systemic Lupus Erythemat…6Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 6 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…6Vasculitis and related conditions: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…5Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…5Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksOtitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis: 4 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…4Migraine and Headache Studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional works
RheumatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 6 works
  2. 2 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis Rheumatology 4 works
  8. 8 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  10. 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 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 available56.9%not open43.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 97% 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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