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Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde

In research, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,461 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#5,846 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,733 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,654
of 22,385 · #19,335 all time
Rank in ??
#188
of 487
Research works
362
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde

What is Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde 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 #5,461 of 9,902 2.2%100 #9823
MedicineField #5,846 of 8,541 1.3%67 #9636
Social SciencesDomain #7,733 of 9,585 7.7%73 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde 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 Pernambucana de Saúde work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde is in Health Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (25%), Health Professions (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 115 fractional works · 52.1% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 35.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 31 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 8.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 36.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 25.3% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 9.4% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFaculdadePernambucana de…221fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences37%

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. Medicine7835.2%
    2. Health Professions3113.9%
    3. Dentistry52.2%
    4. Nursing20.9%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences5625.3%
    2. Psychology209.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.5%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science94.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.6%
    3. Engineering10.3%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 4.53× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.26× its world share, 31 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.83× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.98× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.26×31 works
  2. Dentistry4.53×5 works
  3. Psychology2.98×20 works
  4. Social Sciences2.00×56 works
  5. Medicine1.83×78 works
  6. Nursing1.74×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.69×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.61×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.53×9 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×3 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  19. Energy0.08×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Engineering0.02×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde?

Ranked on the quality score, L. R. Travassos, Tatiana Cristina Montenegro Ferreira and Rebeca Luiz de Freitas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde.

  1. 1 L. R. Travassos #3,194,432 worldwide 504 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Tatiana Cristina Montenegro Ferreira #3,567,376 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Rebeca Luiz de Freitas #3,629,359 worldwide 62 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Diego Moura Soares #3,859,512 worldwide 502 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Reneide Muniz da Silva #4,273,825 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Jéssica Gomes Alcoforado de Melo #4,402,913 worldwide 47 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Thálita Cavalcanti Menezes da Silva #4,562,776 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Tuanny Caroline Pereira de Santana #4,723,480 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Taciana Barbosa Duque #4,752,661 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Clarissa Maria Dubeux Lopes Barros #4,753,841 worldwide 23 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde

What are the most cited papers from Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde?

The most cited paper from Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde is "Vitamin A and Pregnancy: A Narrative Review" (Sabina Bastos Maia, Alex Sandro Rolland Souza, Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha et al., 2019), with 230 citations. Next come "Viral and Atypical Bacterial Detection in Acute Respiratory Infection in Children Under Five Years" (200) and "Prevalência de Sintomas de Ansiedade e Depressão em Estudantes de Medicina" (129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vitamin A and Pregnancy: A Narrative Review Sabina Bastos Maia, Alex Sandro Rolland Souza, Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha et al. · Nutrients ReviewOpen access 22 Mar 2019 230
2 Viral and Atypical Bacterial Detection in Acute Respiratory Infection in Children Under Five Years Patrícia G. M. Bezerra, Murilo Carlos Amorim de Britto, Jailson Barros Correia et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 18 Apr 2011 200
3 Prevalência de Sintomas de Ansiedade e Depressão em Estudantes de Medicina Tatheane Couto de Vasconcelos, Bruno Rafael Tavares Dias, Larissa Rocha Andrade et al. · Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica Open access Mar 2015 129
4 Neurodevelopment of 24 children born in Brazil with congenital Zika syndrome in 2015: a case series study Lucas V. Alves, Camila Esteves Paredes, Germanna C Silva et al. · BMJ Open Open access Jul 2018 103
5 Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia in children under five years of age in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in Brazil: a case control study Eduardo Jorge da Fonseca Lima, Maria Júlia Gonçalves Mello, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque et al. · BMC Pediatrics Open access 22 Sep 2016 88
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Healthcare Access, Mental Health, Social Determinants, Educational Technology, Risk Factors 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-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. Public Health30▲ 9.3×20 topics
  2. Quality of Life25▲ 7.7×31 topics
  3. Epidemiology22▲ 2.5×71 topics
  4. Mental Health20▲ 6.2×25 topics
  5. Healthcare Access17▲ 29×5 topics
  6. Educational Technology16▲ 6.1×9 topics
  7. Risk Factors16▲ 6.4×20 topics
  8. Social Determinants15▲ 34×5 topics
  9. Treatment13▲ 4.9×18 topics
  10. Health Policy13▲ 38×4 topics
  11. Healthcare13▲ 5.2×9 topics
  12. Prevalence12▲ 14×9 topics
  13. Health11▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Primary Care11▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Nursing10▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Adolescents10▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Chronic Diseases9▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Maternal Health8▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Online Learning8▲ 4.4×4 topics
  21. Depression8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Palliative Care8▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Brazilian Health System8▲ 86×1 topic
  24. Community-Based Care8▲ 86×1 topic
  25. End-of-Life8▲ 40×3 topics
  26. Communication8▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Psychological Impact7▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Family7▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Patient Care7▲ 27×3 topics
  30. Cocaine7▲ 112×1 topic
  31. Crack7▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Knowledge Management7▲ 5.7×2 topics
  33. Drug Resistance7▲ 11×7 topics
  34. Nursing Education7▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Information Technology7▲ 6.4×1 topic
  36. Smart Library7▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Spirituality7▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Content Validity6▲ 106×1 topic
  39. Health Research6▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Infection Control6▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Youth, Drugs, and Violence, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic and Health Education and Validation.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…8Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 8 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence7Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 7 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 7 fractional worksHealth Education and Val…6Health Education and Validation: 6 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…6Palliative and Oncologic Care: 6 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 5 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 5 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…4Psychology and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 4 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsDemographyInformation SystemsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 7 works
  3. 3 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 7 works
  4. 4 Health Education and Validation Education 6 works
  5. 5 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  6. 6 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  7. 7 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 4 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 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 available91.3%not open8.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde0.00068% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde 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 Pernambucana de Saúde5.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 2019.

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