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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

In research, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz stands highest in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#30 of 828 worldwide), Health Sciences (#700 of 11,982 worldwide) and General Health Professions (#68 of 916 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Virology — Parasitology is 21.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,351
of 28,054 · #1,620 all time
Rank in Brazil
#9
of 714
Research works
26k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
490k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 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
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #30 of 828 16.9%478 #71
Health SciencesDomain #700 of 11,982 14.4%2,392 #746
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #68 of 916 13.4%459 #104
MedicineField #778 of 10,443 15.2%1,711 #835
Life SciencesDomain #703 of 7,800 15.2%1,019 #773
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #32 of 345 15.6%326 #60
Health ProfessionsField #240 of 1,928 12.7%572 #300
Social SciencesDomain #1,430 of 10,521 12.8%1,412 #1255
EpidemiologySubfield #141 of 976 15.6%296 #173
Social SciencesField #1,253 of 6,365 11.6%947 #1253

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#71 #30
  2. Health Sciences#746 #700
  3. General Health Professions#104 #68
  4. Medicine#835 #778
  5. Life Sciences#773 #703
  6. Infectious Diseases#60 #32
  7. Health Professions#300 #240
  8. Social Sciences#1,255 #1,430
  9. Epidemiology#173 #141
  10. Social Sciences#1,253 #1,253
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Fundação Oswaldo Cruz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 21.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 121.3 works21×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 325.5 works8.8×
  3. VirologySubfield · 27.7 works8.8×
  4. HealthSubfield · 111.8 works7.0×
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 477.7 works6.7×
  6. EndocrinologySubfield · 27.7 works6.5×
  7. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 459.2 works6.2×
← 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: 1.17× its world share, 300 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 389 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.73× its world share, 258 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 50 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 108 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 58 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 308 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.01× its world share, 572 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 1,711 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 58 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.09× its world share, 30 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 133 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 71 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 143 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 947 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz?

Ranked on the composite score, Zilton A. Andrade, Patrícia Brasil and Maria Cecí­lia de Souza Minayo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

  1. 1 Zilton A. Andrade Brazil · #38,420 worldwide 231 citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Patrícia Brasil Brazil · #47,480 worldwide 296 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Maria Cecí­lia de Souza Minayo Brazil · #50,530 worldwide 179 citations · 121 works
  4. 4 Maria Fernanda Lima‐Costa Brazil · #54,824 worldwide 401 citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Suely Ferreira Deslandes Brazil · #56,681 worldwide 125 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Z. Brener Brazil · #57,937 worldwide 241 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Edson Duarte Moreira Brazil · #61,774 worldwide 250 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Beatriz Grinsztejn Brazil · #67,367 worldwide 457 citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Francisco José Roma Paumgartten Brazil · #68,422 worldwide 223 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Marilda Mendonça Siqueira Brazil · #68,965 worldwide 142 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Which keywords describe research at Fundação Oswaldo Cruz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Healthcare Access, Drug Resistance, Health Policy, Vector Control and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,043▲ 4.9×126 topics
  2. Public Health627▲ 8.0×63 topics
  3. Vaccine Development319▲ 23×11 topics
  4. Healthcare Access307▲ 20×10 topics
  5. Drug Resistance301▲ 20×9 topics
  6. Quality of Life282▲ 3.6×53 topics
  7. Treatment277▲ 4.2×46 topics
  8. Diagnosis251▲ 5.0×39 topics
  9. Health Policy247▲ 29×7 topics
  10. Vector Control240▲ 38×4 topics
  11. Primary Care223▲ 11×14 topics
  12. Social Determinants218▲ 19×8 topics
  13. Pandemic210▲ 3.6×11 topics
  14. Mental Health208▲ 2.6×39 topics
  15. COVID-19208▲ 2.8×26 topics
  16. Social Determinants of Health204▲ 17×7 topics
  17. Chronic Diseases199▲ 14×9 topics
  18. Immune Response196▲ 6.4×22 topics
  19. Immunity190▲ 8.7×11 topics
  20. Aging Population177▲ 36×4 topics
  21. Vaccine174▲ 7.9×11 topics
  22. Brazilian Health System171▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Community-Based Care171▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Public Policy165▲ 6.2×19 topics
  25. Biodiversity156▲ 3.9×22 topics
  26. Pathogenesis145▲ 5.2×23 topics
  27. Genome Sequence140▲ 31×4 topics
  28. Health139▲ 6.4×19 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-2130▲ 7.4×6 topics
  30. Parasite118▲ 97×2 topics
  31. Neurological Manifestations118▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Arboviral Diseases118▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Zika Virus118▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Leishmaniasis117▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Sandflies117▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Health Inequalities115▲ 18×5 topics
  37. Maternal Health105▲ 7.0×4 topics
  38. Cardiomyopathy100▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Chagas Disease99▲ 111×1 topic
  40. Trypanosoma cruzi99▲ 111×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundação Oswaldo Cruz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies and Trypanosoma species research and implications.

Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 171 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 118 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…117Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 117 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…99Trypanosoma species research and implications: 99 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 82 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 78 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…55Parasites and Host Interactions: 55 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 54 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 52 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 50 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologySociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 171 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 118 works
  3. 3 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 117 works
  4. 4 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 99 works
  5. 5 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 82 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 78 works
  7. 7 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 55 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 54 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 52 works
  10. 10 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 50 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 available77.0%not open23.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundação Oswaldo Cruz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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