Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · São Paulo · Brazil

Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz

In research, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,092 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,944 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

hospitalalemao.org.br/default.aspxROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#15,871
of 28,054 · #23,837 all time
Rank in Brazil
#286
of 714
Research works
563
▲ 131% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Hospital Alemão 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,092 of 11,982 15.6%154 #8680
MedicineField #5,944 of 10,443 15.2%136 #9241

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Alemão 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).

What does Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.40× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.97× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.65× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz?

Ranked on the composite score, Ricardo V. Cohen and Erivelto Volpi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz.

  1. 1 Ricardo V. Cohen Brazil · #523,684 worldwide 51 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Erivelto Volpi Brazil · #1,091,379 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Public Health, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Risk Factors and Healthcare Access.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.4×75 topics
  2. Quality of Life15▲ 5.2×38 topics
  3. Public Health13▲ 4.7×22 topics
  4. Chemotherapy13▲ 9.5×21 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 4.1×24 topics
  6. Risk Factors10▲ 4.5×23 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 7.7×13 topics
  8. Complications8▲ 8.3×15 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 4.1×21 topics
  10. Healthcare Access7▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×22 topics
  12. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.6×15 topics
  13. Management7▲ 4.7×18 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.2×13 topics
  15. Social Determinants6▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Diabetes6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  17. Obesity6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 5.3×11 topics
  19. Biomarkers6▲ 4.3×10 topics
  20. Weight Loss6▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Guidelines5▲ 5.8×12 topics
  22. Health Policy5▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Prevention5▲ 6.3×12 topics
  24. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Drug Resistance5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  28. Primary Care4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  29. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Prevalence4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  33. Hypertension4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Robotic Surgery4▲ 14×5 topics
  36. BRAF Mutation4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Chronic Pain4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  38. Patient Safety4▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Survival Analysis4▲ 6.9×6 topics
  40. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.6×10 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Public Health in Brazil, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…3Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil3Public Health in Brazil: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 3 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 2 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolit…2Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional works
SurgerySociology and Political ScienceOncologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 2 works
  7. 7 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  8. 8 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 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 available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 131% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in São Paulo

All research institutions in São Paulo

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.