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Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas

In research, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,861 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,929 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,155
of 28,054 · #18,763 all time
Rank in Venezuela
#19
of 30
Research works
1.6k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas 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 #10,861 of 11,982 3.5%114 #7994
MedicineField #9,929 of 10,443 3.5%101 #7149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas 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 Clínico Universitario de Caracas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.3 works9.6×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 5.92× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas?

Ranked on the composite score, Ezequiel Bellorín-Font, O Agüero and Harry Acquatella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas.

  1. 1 Ezequiel Bellorín-Font Venezuela · #254,933 worldwide 120 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 O Agüero Venezuela · #501,802 worldwide 18 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Harry Acquatella Venezuela · #631,788 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 H Römer Venezuela · #690,056 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Elízabeth Ball Venezuela · #861,808 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 José R. Weisinger Venezuela · #865,360 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Renata Sánchez Venezuela · #1,026,990 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Ana María Sáenz Venezuela · #1,110,594 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Inflammation, Pathogenesis and Obesity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 5.2×71 topics
  2. Complications10▲ 15×15 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 5.7×25 topics
  4. Diagnosis8▲ 6.6×18 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.9×27 topics
  6. Surgical Management7▲ 13×12 topics
  7. Public Health6▲ 3.2×23 topics
  8. Obesity5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  9. Pathogenesis5▲ 7.2×13 topics
  10. Management5▲ 4.5×12 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.5×21 topics
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×17 topics
  13. Children4▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.5×13 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  16. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Health Promotion3▲ 7.7×7 topics
  19. Robotic Surgery3▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.3×10 topics
  22. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  23. Surgery3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  24. Survival Analysis3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  25. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  27. Hernia Repair3▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Mesh Techniques3▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  30. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  32. Epidemiological Analysis2▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Fetal Outcome2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Adults2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Postoperative Complications2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor2▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Molecular Pathology2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Odontogenic Tumors2▲ 48×1 topic
  40. University Students2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

Hernia repair and manage…3Hernia repair and management: 3 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial P…2Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 2 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 2 fractional worksBacterial Identification…1Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOral SurgeryHepatologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower 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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