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Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

In research, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo stands highest in Medicine (#4,991 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,885 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,764 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,757
of 28,054 · #14,085 all time
Rank in Brazil
#207
of 714
Research works
2.8k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo 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 #4,991 of 10,443 7.2%328 #5300
Health SciencesDomain #5,885 of 11,982 7.0%390 #5775
Social SciencesDomain #7,764 of 10,521 12.6%121 #11463
Life SciencesDomain #6,150 of 7,800 8.1%65 #7228
SurgerySubfield #1,638 of 1,816 5.6%62 #2647
Social SciencesField #5,823 of 6,365 11.0%64 #8327

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo 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#5,300 #4,991
  2. Health Sciences#5,775 #5,885
  3. Social Sciences#11,463 #7,764
  4. Life Sciences#7,228 #6,150
  5. Surgery#2,647 #1,638
  6. Social Sciences#8,327 #5,823
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 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 61.7 works4.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.14× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.56× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.38× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo?

Ranked on the composite score, Karina Braga Ribeiro, José Cássio de Moraes and Rodolfo Delfini Cançado lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo.

  1. 1 Karina Braga Ribeiro Brazil · #274,101 worldwide 103 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 José Cássio de Moraes Brazil · #549,559 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Rodolfo Delfini Cançado Brazil · #593,283 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Rita Barradas Barata Brazil · #644,118 worldwide 36 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Sérgio Luiz Checchia Brazil · #726,169 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Maria Amélia de Sousa Mascena Veras Brazil · #727,676 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Alberto Naoki Miyazaki Brazil · #764,019 worldwide 24 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Marcelo Fregoneze Brazil · #779,769 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Luciana Andrade da Silva Brazil · #781,510 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Sidney Roberto Nadal Brazil · #874,061 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology89▲ 3.8×109 topics
  2. Quality of Life47▲ 5.5×45 topics
  3. Public Health45▲ 5.2×36 topics
  4. Mental Health37▲ 4.2×32 topics
  5. Risk Factors30▲ 4.5×26 topics
  6. Inflammation26▲ 2.1×52 topics
  7. Healthcare Access25▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Treatment24▲ 3.3×38 topics
  9. Social Determinants22▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Health Policy18▲ 20×5 topics
  11. Depression18▲ 3.5×21 topics
  12. Prevalence16▲ 6.7×13 topics
  13. Diagnosis16▲ 2.9×33 topics
  14. Global Burden14▲ 4.3×11 topics
  15. Social Determinants of Health14▲ 10×5 topics
  16. Complications13▲ 4.4×16 topics
  17. Primary Care13▲ 5.6×7 topics
  18. Chronic Diseases12▲ 8.1×6 topics
  19. Psychological Impact12▲ 6.3×8 topics
  20. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.1×11 topics
  21. Psychopathology12▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Cervical Cancer11▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Health11▲ 4.7×6 topics
  24. Clinical Practice11▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Adolescents11▲ 4.8×9 topics
  26. Aging Population10▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Brazilian Health System10▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Community-Based Care10▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Drug Resistance10▲ 6.0×8 topics
  30. Parenting10▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Maternal Health9▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Adolescence9▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 6.3×5 topics
  34. Psychoanalysis9▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Breast Cancer8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  36. Diagnostic Labels8▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Nursing8▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Patient Safety8▲ 9.0×6 topics
  39. Infection Control8▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Stigma8▲ 9.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Psychology and Mental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…10Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 10 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…8Psychology and Mental Health: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 7 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…7Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 7 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 7 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 6 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 6 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil6Public Health in Brazil: 6 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 5 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsClinical PsychologyHealth Information ManagementInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 10 works
  2. 2 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 7 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 7 works
  6. 6 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 5 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available69.4%not open30.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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