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Costa Rican Department of Social Security

In research, Costa Rican Department of Social Security stands highest in Medicine (#9,469 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,903 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,518
of 28,054 · #24,502 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#16
of 26
Research works
1.4k
▲ 120% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Costa Rican Department of Social Security 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 #9,469 of 10,443 1.8%136 #8976
Health SciencesDomain #10,903 of 11,982 1.6%159 #9605

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Costa Rican Department of Social Security 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: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 2.65× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Costa Rican Department of Social Security?

Ranked on the composite score, Oswaldo Gutiérrez Sotelo and Marco Luis Herrera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Costa Rican Department of Social Security.

  1. 1 Oswaldo Gutiérrez Sotelo Costa Rica · #1,136,427 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Marco Luis Herrera Costa Rica · #1,377,508 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Costa Rican Department of Social Security

Which keywords describe research at Costa Rican Department of Social Security?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Healthcare Access, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Nutrition and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 3.9×77 topics
  2. Public Health19▲ 5.7×23 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 5.5×28 topics
  4. Risk Factors12▲ 4.6×18 topics
  5. Health Promotion12▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Treatment11▲ 4.0×27 topics
  7. Healthcare Access10▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 1.97×26 topics
  9. Quality of Life10▲ 2.8×17 topics
  10. Nutrition9▲ 8.4×6 topics
  11. Mental Health8▲ 2.4×12 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.2×12 topics
  13. Sustainable Development7▲ 1.83×7 topics
  14. Healthcare Policy7▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Management6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Obesity6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  17. Pathogenesis6▲ 5.2×17 topics
  18. Prevention6▲ 6.2×10 topics
  19. Environmental Management6▲ 6.1×2 topics
  20. Global Health6▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Community-based Resource Management6▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Water Quality6▲ 6.1×1 topic
  23. Social Determinants5▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Classification5▲ 4.5×4 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.4×13 topics
  29. Antifungal Therapy4▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Educational Interventions4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  33. Community Health4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  34. Rituximab4▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Vaccine Development4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  36. Breast Cancer4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Healthy Lifestyles4▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Occupational Health4▲ 13×4 topics
  40. University Students4▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Costa Rican Department of Social Security publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Environmental Issues, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Business, Innovation, and Economy and Health and Medical Education.

Public Health and Enviro…6Public Health and Environmental Issues: 6 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 4 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …2Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …2Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 2 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available63.8%not open36.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Costa Rican Department of Social Security's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 120% 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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