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Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis

In research, Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,487 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,910 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,667
of 22,385 · #18,804 all time
Rank in Brazil
#485
of 684
Research works
409
▲ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis

What is Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,487 of 9,902 5.6%80 #11458
MedicineField #5,910 of 8,541 4.3%62 #9987

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 84 fractional works · 56.0% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 43.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 17.8% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 12.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFaculdade deMedicina de…150fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6543.3%
    2. Health Professions1610.4%
    3. Dentistry21.5%
    4. Nursing10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Computer Science95.9%
    2. Engineering95.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy42.5%
    4. Environmental Science42.4%
    5. Materials Science10.7%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences127.8%
    2. Psychology53.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Neuroscience64.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.60× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.94×16 works
  2. Dentistry3.08×2 works
  3. Neuroscience2.60×6 works
  4. Medicine2.25×65 works
  5. Veterinary1.87×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.44×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.26×1 works
  8. Nursing1.14×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.13×4 works
  10. Psychology1.12×5 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×6 works
  12. Computer Science0.76×9 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.70×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.62×12 works
  15. Environmental Science0.48×4 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×2 works
  18. Engineering0.39×9 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.14×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis?

Ranked on the quality score, Rosana Bizon Vieira Carias, Mariana R.C. Clemente and Luis Eduardo Santos Fontes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis.

  1. 1 Rosana Bizon Vieira Carias Brazil · #1,641,284 worldwide 1.5k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Mariana R.C. Clemente Brazil · #1,755,561 worldwide 177 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Luis Eduardo Santos Fontes Brazil · #2,841,461 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 P. Canary Brazil · #2,981,698 worldwide 713 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 André Kinder Brazil · #3,743,293 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Daniel Przybysz Brazil · #3,916,592 worldwide 181 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Nathalia Veiga Moliterno Brazil · #4,195,274 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Sheylla Karine Medeiros Brazil · #4,482,818 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Esther Rieko Takamori Brazil · #4,760,855 worldwide 338 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Sheylla Karine Medeiros Brazil · #4,900,275 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis

What are the most cited papers from Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis?

The most cited paper from Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis is "Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis" (Diana Rucker, Raj S. Padwal, Stephanie K Li et al., 2007), with 805 citations. Next come "International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients" (481) and "Desafios e oportunidades para telessaúde em tempos da pandemia pela COVID-19: uma reflexão sobre os espaços e iniciativas no contexto brasileiro" (395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and overweight: updated meta-analysis Diana Rucker, Raj S. Padwal, Stephanie K Li et al. · BMJ Open access 15 Nov 2007 805
2 International Study to Evaluate PCR Methods for Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Blood Samples from Chagas Disease Patients Alejandro Gabriel Schijman et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 11 Jan 2011 481
3 Desafios e oportunidades para telessaúde em tempos da pandemia pela COVID-19: uma reflexão sobre os espaços e iniciativas no contexto brasileiro Rosângela Caetano, Angélica Baptista Silva, Ana Cristina Carneiro Menezes Guedes et al. · Cadernos de Saúde Pública Open access 2020 395
4 Robust Stability and Stabilization of Uncertain Discrete-Time Markovian Jump Linear Systems Carlos E. de Souza · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control May 2006 274
5 Breastfeeding indicators trends in Brazil for three decades Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Patrícia de Moraes Mello Boccolini, Fernanda Ramos Monteiro et al. · Revista de Saúde Pública Open access 29 Nov 2017 252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Healthcare Access, Radiotherapy, Social Determinants, Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.0×61 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 5.4×30 topics
  3. Public Health10▲ 4.6×17 topics
  4. Healthcare Access6▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  6. Treatment6▲ 3.1×23 topics
  7. Mental Health5▲ 2.5×18 topics
  8. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.6×13 topics
  9. Genetics5▲ 4.6×14 topics
  10. Radiotherapy5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  11. Social Determinants5▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Healthcare4▲ 2.5×7 topics
  13. Chronic Diseases4▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Diagnosis4▲ 2.8×20 topics
  15. Health Policy4▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Prevalence3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  17. Complications3▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Primary Care3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  19. Autism Spectrum Disorders3▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  21. Brazilian Health System3▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Community-Based Care3▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Tumor Staging3▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Waste Management3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  25. Lung Cancer3▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Executive Functioning2▲ 13×2 topics
  28. CT Screening2▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Maternal Health2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  30. Positron Emission Tomography2▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Neurobiology2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Psychological Factors2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  35. Social Skills Interventions2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Child Health2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Digital Innovation2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Disaster Response2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Prenatal Care2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Smart Library2▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…3Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 2 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 2 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…2Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCognitive NeuroscienceInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  4. 4 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Women's cancer prevention and management 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis0.00076% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Faculdade de Medicina de Petrópolis2.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2021.

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