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Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology

In research, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology stands highest in Medicine (#2,108 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,020 of 11,982 worldwide) and Oncology (#283 of 772 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 24.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,606
of 28,054 · #10,656 all time
Rank in Spain
#150
of 658
Research works
644
▲ 155% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology 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 #2,108 of 10,443 25.6%194 #3926
Health SciencesDomain #3,020 of 11,982 25.7%195 #5417
OncologySubfield #283 of 772 27.6%73 #622
Life SciencesDomain #3,225 of 7,800 24.1%62 #5890

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology 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#3,926 #2,108
  2. Health Sciences#5,417 #3,020
  3. Oncology#622 #283
  4. Life Sciences#5,890 #3,225
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 Institute of Oncology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 73.2 works24×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 40.7 works9.9×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.54× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.75× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology?

Ranked on the composite score, Javier Cortés, Paolo Nucíforo and Claudia Aura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology.

  1. 1 Javier Cortés Spain · #8,051 worldwide 1.5k citations · 203 works
  2. 2 Paolo Nucíforo Spain · #65,471 worldwide 506 citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Claudia Aura Spain · #145,384 worldwide 204 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 José Jiménez Spain · #184,706 worldwide 106 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Marta Guzmán Spain · #193,595 worldwide 187 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Raquel Pérez-López Spain · #196,948 worldwide 106 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 T. Macarulla Mercadé Spain · #270,947 worldwide 137 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Jonathan R. Whitfield Spain · #418,774 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Rodrigo A. Toledo Spain · #460,454 worldwide 50 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Cinta Hierro Spain · #480,199 worldwide 67 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology

Which keywords describe research at Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Breast Cancer and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy44▲ 23×21 topics
  2. Immunotherapy39▲ 21×16 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy29▲ 48×5 topics
  4. Tumor Microenvironment25▲ 21×8 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors22▲ 19×13 topics
  6. Clinical Trials22▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Breast Cancer19▲ 30×10 topics
  8. Precision Medicine15▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Cancer15▲ 4.3×37 topics
  10. Genomic Instability15▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Immune Checkpoint Blockade15▲ 50×1 topic
  12. PD-1 and PD-L115▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Lymphoma15▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Biomarkers14▲ 7.7×10 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 9.6×9 topics
  16. Cancer Immunotherapy14▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy14▲ 8.8×14 topics
  18. Molecular Subtypes13▲ 59×3 topics
  19. Cancer Genomics13▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Cell-Free DNA13▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Mutational Signatures13▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Somatic Mutations13▲ 59×2 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization12▲ 26×5 topics
  24. Tumor Regression12▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Genomic Profiling12▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 19×5 topics
  27. Survival Analysis12▲ 17×6 topics
  28. Metastatic Breast Cancer12▲ 79×2 topics
  29. Metastasis11▲ 12×10 topics
  30. Radiotherapy11▲ 11×12 topics
  31. BRAF Mutation11▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations10▲ 9.0×11 topics
  33. PET Imaging10▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Cetuximab10▲ 46×2 topics
  35. Leukemia10▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Metastatic10▲ 59×2 topics
  37. CAR T Cells10▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Chimeric Antigen Receptor10▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Fluorouracil10▲ 110×1 topic
  40. KRAS Mutations10▲ 110×1 topic

Which research topics does Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 15 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…10CAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…10Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 8 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…7HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 7 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 5 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 15 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 13 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 10 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  6. 6 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 7 works
  8. 8 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.2%domestic only40.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 155% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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