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Hospital Alemán

In research, Hospital Alemán stands highest in Medicine (#4,957 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,225 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,757
of 28,054 · #25,086 all time
Rank in Argentina
#73
of 188
Research works
1.2k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Hospital Alemán 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 #4,957 of 10,443 11.4%198 #7844
Health SciencesDomain #6,225 of 11,982 11.1%213 #9996

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Alemán 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 Hospital Alemán specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.7 works8.3×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Alemán?

Ranked on the composite score, Luís Rico, Silvia C. Pedreira and Luis A. Boerr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Alemán.

  1. 1 Luís Rico Argentina · #184,605 worldwide 78 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Silvia C. Pedreira Argentina · #426,447 worldwide 55 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Luis A. Boerr Argentina · #523,907 worldwide 28 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Lucas McCormack Argentina · #544,923 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jorge E. Toblli Argentina · #556,049 worldwide 72 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Edgar Carnero Contentti Argentina · #666,397 worldwide 67 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Francisco Schlottmann Argentina · #722,491 worldwide 56 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Ricardo Mastaï Argentina · #973,413 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Carlos Ameri Argentina · #1,088,928 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Lisandro Pereyra Argentina · #1,135,567 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Alemán

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Alemán?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Management, Surgery, Risk Factors and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 4.8×93 topics
  2. Treatment21▲ 6.9×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 8.4×31 topics
  4. Complications19▲ 15×16 topics
  5. Management16▲ 8.2×24 topics
  6. Risk Factors15▲ 5.4×20 topics
  7. Surgery13▲ 15×10 topics
  8. Guidelines11▲ 9.7×12 topics
  9. Inflammation11▲ 2.2×36 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 7.3×13 topics
  11. Chemotherapy9▲ 5.3×19 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis9▲ 6.0×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.1×18 topics
  15. Public Health9▲ 2.4×28 topics
  16. Prevention8▲ 7.9×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management8▲ 8.0×15 topics
  18. Quality of Life8▲ 2.2×25 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors8▲ 7.1×13 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.7×14 topics
  21. Pathogenesis7▲ 5.7×15 topics
  22. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Obesity6▲ 3.3×14 topics
  24. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  25. Children6▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Repair6▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Proton Pump Inhibitors6▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Survival Analysis6▲ 8.1×6 topics
  30. Chronic Pain5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization5▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  33. Endoscopic Stenting5▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Esophageal Perforation5▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Hernia Repair5▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Mesh Techniques5▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Chemoradiation4▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 7.8×7 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Alemán publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Hernia repair and management, Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…5Esophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…5Hernia repair and management: 5 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux …4Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…4Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 3 fractional worksUreteral procedures and …3Ureteral procedures and complications: 3 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…3Diverticular Disease and Complications: 3 fractional works
SurgeryGastroenterologyEmergency MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Hernia repair and management Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 4 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  8. 8 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 3 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Alemán's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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