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Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital

In research, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,245 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,745 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,090 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology — Rheumatology is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,703
of 28,054 · #6,644 all time
Rank in Spain
#185
of 658
Research works
5.1k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital 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 #1,245 of 10,443 9.3%534 #1323
Health SciencesDomain #1,745 of 11,982 9.2%561 #1667
Life SciencesDomain #5,090 of 7,800 9.8%83 #4023
SurgerySubfield #1,384 of 1,816 9.5%77 #1441

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital 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#1,323 #1,245
  2. Health Sciences#1,667 #1,745
  3. Life Sciences#4,023 #5,090
  4. Surgery#1,441 #1,384
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 Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 33.4 works10×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 534 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos López, Fernando Rivera and José Berciano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital.

  1. 1 Carlos López Spain · #13,245 worldwide 730 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Fernando Rivera Spain · #14,425 worldwide 913 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 José Berciano Spain · #27,172 worldwide 492 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Jon Infante Spain · #102,144 worldwide 256 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Julio Pascual Spain · #113,695 worldwide 165 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Miguel Á. González‐Gay Spain · #114,664 worldwide 666 citations · 239 works
  7. 7 Diana Tordesillas‐Gutiérrez Spain · #126,063 worldwide 247 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Pascual Sánchez‐Juan Spain · #149,914 worldwide 171 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Onofre Combarros Spain · #154,561 worldwide 132 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Santiago Montes‐Moreno Spain · #194,277 worldwide 119 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology87▲ 3.1×111 topics
  2. Treatment40▲ 4.7×43 topics
  3. Inflammation40▲ 2.7×62 topics
  4. Diagnosis36▲ 5.4×38 topics
  5. Quality of Life28▲ 2.8×40 topics
  6. Management25▲ 4.5×29 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 3.0×30 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 3.7×21 topics
  9. Autoantibodies22▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Immunosuppressive Therapy21▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Guidelines20▲ 6.1×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy19▲ 3.8×22 topics
  13. Immune Response18▲ 4.5×17 topics
  14. Risk Factors18▲ 2.3×32 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 4.5×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations17▲ 5.7×23 topics
  17. Immunotherapy17▲ 3.4×18 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders17▲ 4.1×18 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors16▲ 5.2×14 topics
  20. Heart Failure16▲ 5.2×12 topics
  21. Mortality16▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Obesity16▲ 3.0×22 topics
  23. Complications15▲ 4.2×15 topics
  24. Thrombosis14▲ 7.3×7 topics
  25. Rituximab13▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Echocardiography13▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease13▲ 7.6×9 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 7.4×3 topics
  29. Surgical Management13▲ 4.4×18 topics
  30. Transplantation13▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Endothelial Dysfunction13▲ 7.7×7 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-213▲ 5.5×6 topics
  33. Pathophysiology12▲ 5.9×10 topics
  34. Graft Survival12▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Fibrosis12▲ 9.0×8 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines11▲ 7.5×6 topics
  37. Rejection10▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma10▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Heart Transplant9▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Lung Transplant9▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Vasculitis and related conditions.

Transplantation: Methods…9Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythemat…8Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…7Vasculitis and related conditions: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…7COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…6Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 5 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 8 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 6 works
  8. 8 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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