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Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

In research, Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,832 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,762 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Rheumatology is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,327
of 28,054 · #22,540 all time
Rank in Colombia
#71
of 173
Research works
1.6k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.5k
3.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,832 of 11,982 4.7%391 #10231
MedicineField #5,762 of 10,443 4.5%335 #8828

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud 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).

What does Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 30.0 works13×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 20.0 works7.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 335 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud?

Ranked on the composite score, Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez, Diana Buitrago‐García and Rafael Parra‐Medina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud.

  1. 1 Ingrid Arévalo-Rodríguez Colombia · #287,211 worldwide 80 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Diana Buitrago‐García Colombia · #622,461 worldwide 34 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Rafael Parra‐Medina Colombia · #879,843 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Juan José Diaztagle Fernández Colombia · #1,155,098 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 P. Santos-Moreno Colombia · #1,228,114 worldwide 7 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Claudia Patricia Casas Colombia · #1,233,000 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud

Which keywords describe research at Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Autoantibodies, Inflammation, Treatment, Cardiovascular Risk and Medical Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 4.3×102 topics
  2. Public Health36▲ 4.8×31 topics
  3. Inflammation36▲ 3.3×45 topics
  4. Treatment30▲ 4.8×38 topics
  5. Health Promotion29▲ 18×8 topics
  6. Autoantibodies26▲ 21×8 topics
  7. Quality of Life22▲ 2.9×39 topics
  8. Diagnosis21▲ 4.4×34 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Risk20▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Risk Factors20▲ 3.5×22 topics
  11. Medical Education19▲ 15×11 topics
  12. Rheumatoid Arthritis16▲ 33×3 topics
  13. Global Health16▲ 21×5 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors16▲ 7.2×13 topics
  15. Cytokines16▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Healthcare Quality16▲ 29×4 topics
  17. Community Health15▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Health Policy15▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Healthcare Systems15▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Mental Health15▲ 2.0×15 topics
  21. Biological Therapy15▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs15▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Social Determinants of Health15▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.8×16 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.9×20 topics
  26. Obesity12▲ 3.2×14 topics
  27. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.4×22 topics
  28. Management12▲ 2.9×21 topics
  29. Immune Response11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  30. Nutrition11▲ 4.6×4 topics
  31. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.7×8 topics
  32. Complications10▲ 3.9×16 topics
  33. Healthcare Access9▲ 6.3×7 topics
  34. Thrombosis9▲ 6.3×6 topics
  35. University Students9▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Chronic Diseases9▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. SARS-CoV-29▲ 5.2×6 topics
  38. Educational Interventions8▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Epidemiological Analysis8▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Healthy Lifestyles8▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Health and Medical Education, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Public Health and Environmental Issues.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…15Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 15 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 14 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 8 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in …5Ethics and bioethics in healthcare: 5 fractional worksNursing care and research: 5 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 4 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 4 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional works
RheumatologyGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 15 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 14 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Nursing care and research Pharmacy 5 works
  8. 8 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 4 works
  9. 9 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 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 available79.8%not open20.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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