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St Clara Hospital

In research, St Clara Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,886 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,542 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,323
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#391
of 407
Research works
187
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
St Clara Hospital

What is St Clara Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,886 of 14,558 10.0%140
Health SciencesDomain #10,542 of 16,688 10.1%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Clara 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St Clara Hospital work in?

In all years, 81% of research at St Clara Hospital is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 151 fractional works · 80.8% of its workMedicine: 140 fractional works · 74.9% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 15.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt Clara Hospital187fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14074.9%
    2. Health Professions73.6%
    3. Nursing21.0%
    4. Dentistry20.9%
    5. Veterinary10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology137.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences52.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities42.0%
    3. Psychology21.2%
    4. Decision Sciences10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Engineering21.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringDentistry: 39.46× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.98× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 39.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry39.46×2 works
  2. Medicine2.98×5 works
  3. Nursing1.95×0 works
  4. Psychology1.56×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.91×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.83×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.80×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  9. Engineering0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St Clara Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Willem S. Meijer, Albert F. Grootendorst and Rob Rodrigues Pereira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Clara Hospital.

  1. 1 Willem S. Meijer Netherlands · #814,201 worldwide 1.9k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Albert F. Grootendorst Netherlands · #1,763,228 worldwide 908 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Rob Rodrigues Pereira Netherlands · #2,031,456 worldwide 2.3k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 M.M.P. Paulssen Netherlands · #3,647,977 worldwide 159 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Giard Rw Netherlands · #4,190,515 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Pedro Vázquez González Netherlands · #4,761,519 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 José Ramón Rodríguez Morales Netherlands · #4,906,115 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Isabel González Alemán Netherlands · #5,039,107 worldwide 77 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Freddy Castillo Guerra Netherlands · #5,318,073 worldwide 28 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Esther Gilda González Carmona Netherlands · #5,972,300 worldwide 43 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at St Clara Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St Clara Hospital?

The most cited paper from St Clara Hospital is "The Effect of Bisoprolol on Perioperative Mortality and Myocardial Infarction in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery" (Don Poldermans, Eric H. Boersma, Jeroen Joost Bax et al., 1999), with 1,501 citations. Next come "Comparison of Conventional Anterior Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal-Hernia Repair" (546) and "Controlled Clinical Trial of Selective Decontamination for the Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis" (460).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effect of Bisoprolol on Perioperative Mortality and Myocardial Infarction in High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery Don Poldermans, Eric H. Boersma, Jeroen Joost Bax et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 9 Dec 1999 1,501
2 Comparison of Conventional Anterior Surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal-Hernia Repair Mike S.L. Liem, Yolanda van der Graaf, Cees J. van Steensel et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 May 1997 546
3 Controlled Clinical Trial of Selective Decontamination for the Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Ernest J. T. Luiten, Wim C.J. Hop, Johan Frederik Lange et al. · Annals of Surgery Open access Jul 1995 460
4 Subcutaneous metastases after laparoscopic colectomy Frits J. Berends · The Lancet Jul 1994 372
5 Open versus closed establishment of pneumoperitoneum in laparoscopic surgery H. J. Bonjer, Eric J. Hazebroek, Geert Kazemier et al. · British journal of surgery May 1997 292
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Which keywords describe research at St Clara Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines, Complications, Surgical Management and Management.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.8×47 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 5.5×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 6.3×19 topics
  4. Inflammation11▲ 2.5×28 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 8.5×12 topics
  6. Guidelines9▲ 9.8×9 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  8. Management8▲ 5.4×13 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 7.7×10 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×21 topics
  11. Surgical Management7▲ 8.3×11 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Global Burden6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Pathophysiology5▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Public Health5▲ 2.1×11 topics
  16. Pregnancy5▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.6×5 topics
  18. Surgery5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  19. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  20. Children5▲ 10.0×3 topics
  21. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Biomarkers4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  23. Critical Care4▲ 9.8×7 topics
  24. Chronic Pain4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  25. Hemostasis4▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Antithrombotic Therapy3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Global Health3▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Health Promotion3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  29. Breast Cancer3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Cancer Incidence3▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  32. Prophylaxis3▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Acute Kidney Injury3▲ 32×3 topics
  35. Sepsis3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Renal Failure3▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 8.0×5 topics

Which research topics does St Clara Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies, Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes.

Orthodontics and Dentofa…1Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 1 fractional worksComparative constitutional jurisprudence studies: 1 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 0 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After Surgery: 0 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 0 fractional worksOropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies: 0 fractional worksDental Erosion and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 0 fractional works
OrthodonticsPolitical Science and International RelationsSurgeryRheumatology1 others

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

  1. 1 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 1 works
  2. 2 Comparative constitutional jurisprudence studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Dental Erosion and Treatment Orthodontics 0 works
  9. 9 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 0 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St Clara Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St Clara Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%St Clara Hospital0.000028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St Clara Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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