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Departamento de Epidemiología

In research, Departamento de Epidemiología stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,385 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#8,568 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,953 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,948
of 28,054 · #14,391 all time
Rank in Guatemala
#4
of 12
Research works
2.1k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Departamento de Epidemiología 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,385 of 11,982 4.7%223 #6193
MedicineField #8,568 of 10,443 5.1%163 #5959
Social SciencesDomain #9,953 of 10,521 4.7%84 #9506

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Departamento de Epidemiología 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. Health Sciences#6,193 #9,385
  2. Medicine#5,959 #8,568
  3. Social Sciences#9,506 #9,953
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 Departamento de Epidemiología specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 41.9 works8.6×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 36.6 works7.2×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.37× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.42× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.16× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Departamento de Epidemiología?

Ranked on the composite score, Maria João Branco, Colin Cyvoct and José Germain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Departamento de Epidemiología.

  1. 1 Maria João Branco Guatemala · #571,864 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Colin Cyvoct Guatemala · #735,682 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 José Germain Guatemala · #754,868 worldwide 2 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Dmitrieva La Guatemala · #866,644 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Manuel López Pérez Guatemala · #1,192,338 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Fluer Fs Guatemala · #1,584,268 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Departamento de Epidemiología

Which keywords describe research at Departamento de Epidemiología?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare Access, Social Determinants, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Vaccine Development and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 4.9×104 topics
  2. Public Health51▲ 9.5×52 topics
  3. Quality of Life23▲ 4.2×39 topics
  4. Risk Factors22▲ 5.5×27 topics
  5. Healthcare Access21▲ 21×8 topics
  6. Social Determinants20▲ 25×8 topics
  7. Mental Health18▲ 3.4×26 topics
  8. Treatment18▲ 4.0×33 topics
  9. Diagnosis17▲ 5.0×29 topics
  10. COVID-1915▲ 3.0×25 topics
  11. Vaccine Development15▲ 16×10 topics
  12. Obesity14▲ 4.9×17 topics
  13. Chronic Diseases13▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Health Inequalities13▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Drug Resistance13▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Health Promotion13▲ 11×12 topics
  17. Pandemic12▲ 3.1×10 topics
  18. Maternal Health12▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Health Policy12▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Immune Response11▲ 5.2×15 topics
  21. Pathogenesis11▲ 5.8×19 topics
  22. Child Health10▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Prenatal Care10▲ 94×1 topic
  24. Nutrition10▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Vector Control9▲ 22×4 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health8▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Physical Activity8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  28. Primary Care8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  29. Neurological Manifestations8▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Arboviral Diseases8▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Vaccine8▲ 5.1×10 topics
  32. Zika Virus8▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Psychological Impact7▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Educational Interventions7▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Patient Safety7▲ 12×7 topics
  36. Healthcare Policy6▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Infection Control6▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Epidemiological Analysis6▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Healthy Lifestyles6▲ 39×1 topic
  40. University Students6▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Departamento de Epidemiología publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Public Health and Environmental Issues.

Maternal and Neonatal He…10Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …8Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 8 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…6Health and Lifestyle Studies: 6 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…6Public Health and Environmental Issues: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 5 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…5Women's cancer prevention and management: 5 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 5 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…4Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealth Information Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 10 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 5 works
  6. 6 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 5 works
  7. 7 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 4 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 available61.0%not open39.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.9%domestic only34.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Departamento de Epidemiología's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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