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Finlay Institute

In research, Finlay Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,644 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#10,699 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,961 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,700
of 34,923
Rank in Cuba
#42
of 56
Research works
1.2k
▼ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.4k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.63×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Finlay Institute

What is Finlay Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #11,644 of 16,688 2.7%684
MedicineField #10,699 of 14,558 2.5%578
Life SciencesDomain #8,961 of 11,023 1.1%307
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #1,374 of 1,587 1.1%148
Social SciencesDomain #13,424 of 14,833 6.9%127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finlay Institute 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 Finlay Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Finlay Institute is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Social Sciences (12%), Health Professions (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 23 fractional works · 49.8% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 37.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 23.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFinlay Institute46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences23%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1837.8%
    2. Health Professions511.5%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences612.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting23.3%
    3. Decision Sciences12.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.8%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences36.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Environmental Science12.1%
    2. Computer Science11.9%
    3. Chemistry11.7%
    4. Engineering11.4%
    5. Materials Science00.9%
    6. Energy00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
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: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.72× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 18 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.37×5 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.74×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.72×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.98×1 works
  5. Medicine1.97×18 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.30×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×3 works
  8. Chemistry1.07×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.01×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.99×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.98×6 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.79×1 works
  14. Energy0.59×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.42×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.26×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  20. Psychology0.16×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  22. Engineering0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Finlay Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Nadine Álvarez, Concepción Campa and Dagmar García-Rivera lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finlay Institute.

  1. 1 Nadine Álvarez Cuba · #1,630,130 worldwide 873 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Concepción Campa Cuba · #2,425,781 worldwide 1.4k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Dagmar García-Rivera Cuba · #2,652,478 worldwide 1.3k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Darielys Santana-Mederos Cuba · #2,827,576 worldwide 582 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Yanet Climent Cuba · #2,837,999 worldwide 501 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Carmen Valenzuela‐Silva Cuba · #2,853,011 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Beatriz Paredes-Moreno Cuba · #3,017,354 worldwide 229 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Yury Valdés-Balbín Cuba · #3,184,777 worldwide 777 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Yanet Climent-Ruíz Cuba · #3,263,788 worldwide 360 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Meiby de la Caridad Rodríguez-González Cuba · #3,299,850 worldwide 202 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Finlay Institute

What are the most cited papers from Finlay Institute?

The most cited paper from Finlay Institute is "Vaccine against group B Neisseria meningitidis: protection trial and mass vaccination results in Cuba." (G V Sierra, H C Campa, N M Varcacel et al., 1991), with 515 citations. Next come "A Synthetic Conjugate Polysaccharide Vaccine Against Haemophilus influenzae Type b" (493) and "Properties and clinical performance of vaccines containing outer membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis" (411).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vaccine against group B Neisseria meningitidis: protection trial and mass vaccination results in Cuba. G V Sierra, H C Campa, N M Varcacel et al. · PubMed Dec 1991 515
2 A Synthetic Conjugate Polysaccharide Vaccine Against Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vicente G. Vérez-Bencomo et al. · Science 22 Jul 2004 493
3 Properties and clinical performance of vaccines containing outer membrane vesicles from Neisseria meningitidis Johan Holst, Diana Martin, Richard Arnold et al. · Vaccine 29 May 2009 411
4 Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles and Vaccine Applications Reinaldo Acevedo, Sonsire Fernández, Caridad Zayas et al. · Frontiers in Immunology Open access 24 Mar 2014 256
5 The Global Meningococcal Initiative meeting on prevention of meningococcal disease worldwide: Epidemiology, surveillance, hypervirulent strains, antibiotic resistance and high-risk populations Reinaldo Acevedo et al. · Expert Review of Vaccines Open access 10 Dec 2018 198
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Finlay Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Vaccine, Immunity, Pathogenesis, Medical Education and Global Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 5.1×32 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 7.2×12 topics
  3. Health Promotion4▲ 31×6 topics
  4. Vaccine3▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Immunity2▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Pathogenesis2▲ 9.6×7 topics
  7. Medical Education2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Pandemic2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  9. Global Health2▲ 27×3 topics
  10. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 57×1 topic
  11. Coronavirus2▲ 20×3 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-22▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 3.2×10 topics
  14. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Occupational Health2▲ 32×2 topics
  16. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Ergonomics2▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Nutrition2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  19. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  20. Workplace Safety2▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Bioactive Compounds2▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Healthcare Systems2▲ 74×1 topic
  23. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Diagnosis1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  25. Immune Response1▲ 5.3×5 topics
  26. Pain Management1▲ 13×3 topics
  27. antibody1▲ 30×1 topic
  28. spike protein1▲ 30×1 topic
  29. Immunogenicity1▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Aging Population1▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Antigen Presentation1▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Intramuscular Injections1▲ 330×1 topic
  33. Pharmacology1▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Social Support1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  35. Vaccine Administration1▲ 330×1 topic
  36. Research Methods1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Organizational Management1▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Phytochemicals1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Finlay Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces, Health and Medical Education and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…2Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …2Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…2Health and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksIntramuscular injections and effects: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksBusiness and Management …1Business and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 1 fractional worksMedical research and treatments: 1 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 1 fractional works
HealthOccupational TherapyGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  2. 2 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 2 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Intramuscular injections and effects Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  8. 8 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Medical research and treatments Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 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 available44.3%not open55.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Finlay Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% lower 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 Finlay Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Finlay Institute0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Finlay Institute 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2021Finlay Institute3.6% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.4% in 2004.

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