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Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

In research, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,087 of 9,902 worldwide), Health Professions (#608 of 1,895 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,978 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Surgery (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 4.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,331
of 22,385 · #7,495 all time
Rank in Brazil
#293
of 684
Research works
3.5k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

What is Faculdade de Medicina do ABC 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 #3,087 of 9,902 5.3%610 #3642
Health ProfessionsField #608 of 1,895 9.0%80 #1073
MedicineField #2,978 of 8,541 4.7%520 #3369
SurgerySubfield #985 of 1,532 3.4%98 #1968
Life SciencesDomain #4,706 of 6,403 4.4%80 #6542
Social SciencesDomain #7,073 of 9,585 10.0%134 #9421
Social SciencesField #4,815 of 5,988 12.8%83 #6489

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade de Medicina do ABC 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#3,642 #3,087
  2. Health Professions#1,073 #608
  3. Medicine#3,369 #2,978
  4. Surgery#1,968 #985
  5. Life Sciences#6,542 #4,706
  6. Social Sciences#9,421 #7,073
  7. Social Sciences#6,489 #4,815
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Faculdade de Medicina do ABC work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Social Sciences (9%), Health Professions (9%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 676 fractional works · 70.4% of its workMedicine: 575 fractional works · 59.9% of its workSurgery: 105 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 41 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 35 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 89 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 48 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 18 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 147 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEducation: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 40 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 26 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 90 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFaculdade deMedicina do ABC960fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences15%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine57559.9%
    2. Health Professions899.3%
    3. Nursing50.5%
    4. Dentistry50.5%
    5. Veterinary20.2%
    1. Social Sciences899.3%
    2. Psychology404.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities50.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.5%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology444.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology161.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences151.6%
    4. Neuroscience131.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Computer Science171.7%
    2. Environmental Science141.5%
    3. Engineering80.8%
    4. Materials Science30.3%
    5. Chemistry30.3%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Faculdade de Medicina do ABC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 60.5 works4.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 105.2 works4.7×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.52× its world share, 89 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 575 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.52×89 works
  2. Medicine3.12×575 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.61×16 works
  4. Psychology1.36×40 works
  5. Veterinary1.26×2 works
  6. Nursing1.05×5 works
  7. Dentistry1.00×5 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×44 works
  9. Neuroscience0.85×13 works
  10. Social Sciences0.73×89 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×15 works
  13. Environmental Science0.30×14 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×6 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.28×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.22×17 works
  17. Chemistry0.18×3 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.17×5 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×4 works
  20. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×3 works
  22. Engineering0.06×8 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×1 works
  25. Energy0.03×0 works
  26. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC?

Ranked on the quality score, Rafael F. Ambar, Mário Paulo Faro and Victor Zaia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.

  1. 1 Rafael F. Ambar Brazil · #532,404 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Mário Paulo Faro Brazil · #848,780 worldwide 2.3k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Victor Zaia Brazil · #1,020,684 worldwide 682 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Gabriel Zorello Laporta Brazil · #1,383,165 worldwide 2k citations · 154 works
  5. 5 Roberta Fachini Jardim Criado Brazil · #1,429,048 worldwide 1.5k citations · 119 works
  6. 6 Rafaela Farias Vidigal Nascimento Brazil · #1,479,197 worldwide 347 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Cíntia de Azevedo-Marques Périco Brazil · #1,687,309 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Â. Fêde Brazil · #1,699,516 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Iara Coelho Zito Guerriero Brazil · #1,796,109 worldwide 533 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Regiani Guarnieri Brazil · #1,963,929 worldwide 853 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC

What are the most cited papers from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC?

The most cited paper from Faculdade de Medicina do ABC is "Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019" (Jonathan Kocarnik et al., 2021), with 2,100 citations. Next come "Effect of Dexamethasone on Days Alive and Ventilator-Free in Patients With Moderate or Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19" (1,309) and "Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019)" (1,274).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019 Jonathan Kocarnik et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access601 authors 30 Dec 2021 2,100
2 Effect of Dexamethasone on Days Alive and Ventilator-Free in Patients With Moderate or Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and COVID-19 Bruno Martins Tomazini et al. · JAMA Open access 2 Sep 2020 1,309
3 Mental health in elite athletes: International Olympic Committee consensus statement (2019) Claudia L. Reardon et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 16 May 2019 1,274
4 The international EAACI/GA²LEN/EuroGuiDerm/APAAACI guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis, and management of urticaria Torsten Zuberbier et al. · Allergy Open access 18 Sep 2021 1,253
5 The emotional impact of Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (new Coronavirus disease) Carlos Kennedy Tavares Lima, Poliana Moreira de Medeiros Carvalho, Igor de Araújo Araruna Silva Lima et al. · Psychiatry Research Open access 12 Mar 2020 1,212
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Treatment, Healthcare Access, Diagnosis, Health Policy and Social Determinants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology146▲ 3.8×123 topics
  2. Quality of Life94▲ 6.8×50 topics
  3. Public Health79▲ 5.6×44 topics
  4. Treatment58▲ 5.0×48 topics
  5. Diagnosis45▲ 5.0×38 topics
  6. Healthcare Access41▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Risk Factors40▲ 3.8×34 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 3.4×34 topics
  9. Inflammation36▲ 1.77×62 topics
  10. Mental Health33▲ 2.4×31 topics
  11. Healthcare31▲ 2.9×17 topics
  12. Health Policy31▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Social Determinants30▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Management29▲ 3.7×29 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 3.6×22 topics
  16. Complications26▲ 5.6×16 topics
  17. Prevalence26▲ 6.7×15 topics
  18. Chemotherapy25▲ 3.6×22 topics
  19. Depression24▲ 2.9×23 topics
  20. Obesity24▲ 3.3×24 topics
  21. Psychological Impact24▲ 7.9×9 topics
  22. Social Support23▲ 4.5×15 topics
  23. Drug Resistance23▲ 8.2×9 topics
  24. Breast Cancer21▲ 8.6×11 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors21▲ 4.9×14 topics
  26. Primary Care20▲ 5.7×8 topics
  27. Adolescents19▲ 5.4×10 topics
  28. Chronic Diseases18▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Health18▲ 4.7×14 topics
  30. Aging Population18▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Patient Safety18▲ 12×7 topics
  32. Infection Control17▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Healthcare Regulation16▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment16▲ 8.8×6 topics
  35. Cervical Cancer16▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Maternal Health16▲ 6.7×4 topics
  37. Medical Devices16▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Nursing Care16▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Social Determinants of Health16▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Health Inequalities15▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Faculdade de Medicina do ABC publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care and Women's cancer prevention and management.

Healthcare Regulation16Healthcare Regulation: 16 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…13Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 13 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 13 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…13Women's cancer prevention and management: 13 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…12Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 12 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 11 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 11 fractional worksStoma care and complicat…9Stoma care and complications: 9 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 8 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 8 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 16 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 13 works
  3. 3 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 13 works
  4. 4 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 12 works
  6. 6 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  7. 7 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 11 works
  8. 8 Stoma care and complications Surgery 9 works
  9. 9 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 8 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 available73.1%not open26.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade de Medicina do ABC's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Faculdade de Medicina do ABC as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Faculdade de Medicina do ABC0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Faculdade de Medicina do ABC 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 do ABC7.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.0% in 2020.

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