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Fundação de Medicina Tropical

In research, Fundação de Medicina Tropical stands highest in Medicine (#9,290 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,687 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,205
of 28,054 · #15,912 all time
Rank in Brazil
#170
of 714
Research works
508
▲ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Fundação de Medicina Tropical 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 #9,290 of 10,443 13.9%68 #11947
Health SciencesDomain #10,687 of 11,982 13.4%80 #14600

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundação de Medicina Tropical 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).

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: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.78× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundação de Medicina Tropical?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcus Lacerda, Sinésio Talhari and Fernando Val lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundação de Medicina Tropical.

  1. 1 Marcus Lacerda Brazil · #182,414 worldwide 296 citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Sinésio Talhari Brazil · #395,888 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Fernando Val Brazil · #476,725 worldwide 80 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro Brazil · #480,306 worldwide 183 citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Marcelo Cordeiro‐Santos Brazil · #549,881 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Vanderson de Souza Sampaio Brazil · #561,226 worldwide 67 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra Brazil · #1,006,708 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Luíz Carlos de Lima Ferreira Brazil · #1,122,926 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Brazil · #1,407,976 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Djane Clarys Baía-da-Silva Brazil · #1,494,633 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Fundação de Medicina Tropical

Which keywords describe research at Fundação de Medicina Tropical?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Diagnosis, Drug Resistance, Public Health, Treatment, Vector Control and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 8.4×62 topics
  2. Vaccine Development15▲ 46×6 topics
  3. Diagnosis15▲ 12×20 topics
  4. Public Health12▲ 6.3×22 topics
  5. Drug Resistance12▲ 32×8 topics
  6. Treatment12▲ 7.1×22 topics
  7. Vector Control10▲ 65×4 topics
  8. Immune Response8▲ 11×14 topics
  9. Toxins8▲ 63×4 topics
  10. Genome Sequence7▲ 65×3 topics
  11. Evolution7▲ 22×6 topics
  12. Arboviral Diseases7▲ 77×1 topic
  13. Zika Virus7▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Pathogenesis6▲ 9.6×13 topics
  15. Envenoming6▲ 386×1 topic
  16. Snake Venom6▲ 386×1 topic
  17. Global Burden6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  18. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 53×4 topics
  19. Pandemic5▲ 3.8×8 topics
  20. Health Policy5▲ 24×3 topics
  21. Vaccine5▲ 8.8×10 topics
  22. Immunity5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  23. Artemisinin Resistance4▲ 107×1 topic
  24. Plasmodium falciparum4▲ 107×1 topic
  25. Transmission4▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Viral Transmission4▲ 22×4 topics
  27. Vaccination4▲ 43×3 topics
  28. Patient Safety4▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Social Determinants4▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Control4▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Rabies4▲ 176×1 topic
  32. Virus4▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Infection Control4▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Healthcare Regulation4▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Medical Devices4▲ 116×1 topic
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 17×6 topics
  38. Healthcare Access3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  39. SARS-CoV-23▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Virulence Factors3▲ 16×5 topics

Which research topics does Fundação de Medicina Tropical publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Malaria Research and Control and Rabies epidemiology and control.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksVenomous Animal Envenomation and Studies: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…4Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksRabies epidemiology and …4Rabies epidemiology and control: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 4 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasis Studies: 3 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…3Trypanosoma species research and implications: 3 fractional worksParvovirus B19 Infection Studies: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneticsVirologyHealth Information Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  2. 2 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies Genetics 6 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Rabies epidemiology and control Virology 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 4 works
  6. 6 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  9. 9 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 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 available82.5%not open17.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.1%domestic only70.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundação de Medicina Tropical's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 100% 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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