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Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari

In research, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari stands highest in Medicine (#476 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#670 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#219 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Hepatology — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,649
of 28,054 · #3,014 all time
Rank in Spain
#55
of 658
Research works
9.5k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
208k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari 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 #476 of 10,443 13.5%1,414 #548
Health SciencesDomain #670 of 11,982 13.5%1,474 #713
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #219 of 1,144 13.4%188 #268
OncologySubfield #167 of 772 20.4%137 #225
Life SciencesDomain #1,720 of 7,800 15.1%231 #1746
SurgerySubfield #577 of 1,816 13.0%196 #706
EpidemiologySubfield #476 of 976 13.1%115 #432
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,140 of 3,579 16.5%145 #1966
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,745 of 2,175 18.7%62 #1516
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield #220 of 268 15.6%61 #271

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari 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#548 #476
  2. Health Sciences#713 #670
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#268 #219
  4. Oncology#225 #167
  5. Life Sciences#1,746 #1,720
  6. Surgery#706 #577
  7. Epidemiology#432 #476
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,966 #2,140
  9. Molecular Biology#1,516 #1,745
  10. Pathology and Forensic Medicine#271 #220
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 Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 187.7 works6.8×
  2. OncologySubfield · 137.1 works6.8×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 23.2 works6.7×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 61.4 works6.5×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 27.5 works5.6×
← 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 145 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 1,414 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari?

Ranked on the composite score, Enriqueta Felip, Marc Ribó and Francisco Guarner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari.

  1. 1 Enriqueta Felip Spain · #1,140 worldwide 3.3k citations · 245 works
  2. 2 Marc Ribó Spain · #6,816 worldwide 640 citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Francisco Guarner Spain · #9,445 worldwide 1.7k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 José Baselga Spain · #14,281 worldwide 1.1k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Carlos A. Molina Spain · #17,664 worldwide 425 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Xavier Montalbán Spain · #19,214 worldwide 1.2k citations · 189 works
  7. 7 Josep Tabernero Spain · #24,166 worldwide 2.2k citations · 356 works
  8. 8 Ana Oaknin Spain · #25,303 worldwide 779 citations · 148 works
  9. 9 Jordi Soler‐Soler Spain · #29,323 worldwide 525 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Marta Rubiera Spain · #30,029 worldwide 325 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari

Which keywords describe research at Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology219▲ 3.1×126 topics
  2. Treatment112▲ 5.1×46 topics
  3. Chemotherapy97▲ 7.7×24 topics
  4. Inflammation89▲ 2.4×74 topics
  5. Immunotherapy86▲ 6.7×19 topics
  6. Diagnosis82▲ 4.9×38 topics
  7. Clinical Trials61▲ 5.0×16 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors58▲ 7.3×14 topics
  9. Risk Factors58▲ 2.9×33 topics
  10. Quality of Life55▲ 2.1×47 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines53▲ 5.4×14 topics
  12. Management52▲ 3.7×28 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations47▲ 6.0×23 topics
  14. Global Burden45▲ 4.6×11 topics
  15. Biomarkers45▲ 3.6×16 topics
  16. Autoantibodies43▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Targeted Therapy42▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 5.3×8 topics
  19. Immunosuppressive Therapy42▲ 13×8 topics
  20. Immune Response41▲ 4.0×19 topics
  21. Complications40▲ 4.4×17 topics
  22. Genetics38▲ 3.0×19 topics
  23. Guidelines37▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Echocardiography34▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Fibrosis33▲ 9.9×8 topics
  26. Heart Failure33▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Surgical Management33▲ 4.4×19 topics
  28. Neuroprotection32▲ 5.1×14 topics
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction31▲ 7.4×8 topics
  30. Radiotherapy31▲ 4.5×13 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes31▲ 7.9×6 topics
  32. Lymphoma30▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Prognosis30▲ 5.0×9 topics
  34. Survival Analysis29▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy28▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Rituximab28▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Breast Cancer27▲ 6.2×11 topics
  38. Revascularization26▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Prevention Guidelines26▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Radiation Therapy24▲ 10×6 topics

Which research topics does Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…20Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 20 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…19Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 19 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 18 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…17CAR-T cell therapy research: 17 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…16Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 13 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…12Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 12 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 11 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 20 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 19 works
  3. 3 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 17 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 16 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 15 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 11 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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