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Santa Lucía University General Hospital

In research, Santa Lucía University General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,177 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,746 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,850
of 28,054 · #23,094 all time
Rank in Spain
#415
of 658
Research works
672
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Santa Lucía University General 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 #5,177 of 10,443 8.2%118 #6395
Health SciencesDomain #6,746 of 11,982 8.0%126 #8154

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Santa Lucía University General 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).

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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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 Santa Lucía University General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Alfredo Pérez González, Juan Antonio Castillo and Pablo Conesa‐Zamora lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Lucía University General Hospital.

  1. 1 Alfredo Pérez González Spain · #467,716 worldwide 78 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Juan Antonio Castillo Spain · #1,034,711 worldwide 18 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Pablo Conesa‐Zamora Spain · #1,157,514 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 José Luis Vázquez Rojas Spain · #1,242,226 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Luis García de Guadiana‐Romualdo Spain · #1,590,917 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Lucía University General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Santa Lucía University General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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▲ 3.7×64 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.4×40 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 5.6×29 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 5.9×24 topics
  5. Quality of Life7▲ 3.2×22 topics
  6. Guidelines7▲ 9.3×10 topics
  7. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.9×19 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.5×20 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations5▲ 7.2×16 topics
  10. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  11. Management5▲ 3.8×21 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×17 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Surgical Management4▲ 6.0×11 topics
  16. Echocardiography4▲ 9.0×7 topics
  17. Heart Failure4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  19. Genetic Variants4▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Obesity4▲ 3.1×13 topics
  21. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  22. Vaccine Development3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.8×13 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  25. Immunity3▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Critical Care3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  28. Drug Resistance3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Prophylaxis3▲ 14×3 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Respiratory Distress Syndrome2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Septic Shock2▲ 20×2 topics
  33. BRAF Mutation2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Pain Management2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  36. Pregnancy2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Neurotoxicity2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Preterm Infants2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Regulatory T Cells2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Sepsis2▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Santa Lucía University General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory viral infections research, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Respiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…2Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 2 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…2Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…2Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Santa Lucía University General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower 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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