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Riga East University Hospital

In research, Riga East University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,606 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,324 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,518
of 28,054 · #30,446 all time
Rank in Latvia
#17
of 33
Research works
516
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Riga East 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 #8,606 of 10,443 7.4%127 #13178
Health SciencesDomain #10,324 of 11,982 7.7%133 #15777

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Riga East 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).

What does Riga East University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 27.1 works7.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.85× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Riga East University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Guntis Karelis, Zanete Zvirbule and Haralds Plaudis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Riga East University Hospital.

  1. 1 Guntis Karelis Latvia · #667,412 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Zanete Zvirbule Latvia · #1,106,348 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Haralds Plaudis Latvia · #1,293,876 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 V. Lietuvietis Latvia · #1,496,793 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Riga East University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Riga East University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Complications, Guidelines, Surgery and Clinical Practice 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.3×67 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 3.7×41 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 5.3×26 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 6.1×27 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.1×26 topics
  6. Complications7▲ 8.7×11 topics
  7. Guidelines7▲ 9.1×11 topics
  8. Management6▲ 4.7×18 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.5×12 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  11. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.9×16 topics
  12. Immune Response6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  13. Mortality6▲ 5.8×9 topics
  14. Surgery5▲ 9.3×8 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.93×22 topics
  16. Cancer5▲ 2.3×24 topics
  17. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  18. Surgical Management5▲ 7.0×11 topics
  19. Pain Management5▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Prevention4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  21. Postoperative Pain4▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Global Burden4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  23. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.8×14 topics
  24. Chronic Pain4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.3×14 topics
  26. Vaccine4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Cancer Incidence4▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Meta-Analysis4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Perioperative Care4▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Survival Analysis4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.8×16 topics
  33. Cervical Cancer3▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Cholecystitis3▲ 41×1 topic
  35. ERCP3▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Analgesia3▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Regional Anesthesia3▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Gastric Cancer3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Breast Reconstruction2▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Riga East University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Anesthesia and Pain Management, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Gallbladder and Bile Duc…3Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…3Anesthesia and Pain Management: 3 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …2Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health2Gut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…1Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 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 available66.0%not open34.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Riga East University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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