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Hospital de Clínicas

In research, Hospital de Clínicas stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,395 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,201 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,707 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,494
of 28,054 · #12,652 all time
Rank in Uruguay
#4
of 17
Research works
3.3k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Hospital de Clínicas 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 #6,395 of 11,982 2.6%507 #5631
MedicineField #6,201 of 10,443 2.6%433 #5112
Life SciencesDomain #5,707 of 7,800 7.4%71 #5904
Health ProfessionsField #1,818 of 1,928 2.6%62 #3079
Social SciencesDomain #10,222 of 10,521 4.0%76 #14272
SurgerySubfield #1,785 of 1,816 0.9%79 #3111

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital de Clínicas 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. Health Sciences#5,631 #6,395
  2. Medicine#5,112 #6,201
  3. Life Sciences#5,904 #5,707
  4. Health Professions#3,079 #1,818
  5. Social Sciences#14,272 #10,222
  6. Surgery#3,111 #1,785
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.

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: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.44× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 433 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital de Clínicas?

Ranked on the composite score, Cecilia Guillermo, Eloísa Riva and Nelia Hernández lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital de Clínicas.

  1. 1 Cecilia Guillermo Uruguay · #520,623 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Eloísa Riva Uruguay · #548,782 worldwide 74 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Nelia Hernández Uruguay · #793,965 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Víctor Dayan Uruguay · #878,674 worldwide 25 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Mark Barna Uruguay · #967,902 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 J Dighiero Uruguay · #1,018,023 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Gabriel Krygier Uruguay · #1,123,248 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Lucı́a Delgado Uruguay · #1,141,983 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Cristina Vázquez Uruguay · #1,169,113 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 David Garrido Uruguay · #1,214,472 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital de Clínicas

Which keywords describe research at Hospital de Clínicas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Quality of Life, Healthcare Access, Health Policy, Treatment, Diagnosis and Social Determinants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 3.4×124 topics
  2. Public Health57▲ 5.7×37 topics
  3. Quality of Life56▲ 5.6×44 topics
  4. Treatment35▲ 4.2×44 topics
  5. Healthcare Access30▲ 16×7 topics
  6. Diagnosis30▲ 4.7×38 topics
  7. Risk Factors27▲ 3.6×27 topics
  8. Health Policy27▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Inflammation26▲ 1.86×63 topics
  10. Healthcare23▲ 3.0×13 topics
  11. Social Determinants22▲ 15×8 topics
  12. Management19▲ 3.5×27 topics
  13. Educational Technology18▲ 2.2×6 topics
  14. Chemotherapy17▲ 3.6×23 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 2.2×30 topics
  16. Drug Resistance16▲ 8.5×9 topics
  17. Complications16▲ 4.7×17 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations16▲ 5.3×21 topics
  19. Breast Cancer15▲ 9.5×11 topics
  20. Immunotherapy15▲ 3.0×19 topics
  21. Patient Safety14▲ 14×7 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors14▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Chronic Diseases14▲ 8.2×8 topics
  24. Mortality14▲ 3.6×12 topics
  25. Infection Control14▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health13▲ 8.7×4 topics
  27. Healthcare Regulation13▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Medical Devices13▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Primary Care13▲ 4.9×10 topics
  30. Aging Population12▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Surgical Management12▲ 4.3×19 topics
  32. Prognosis12▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Maternal Health11▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Smart Library10▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Brazilian Health System10▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Community-Based Care10▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Cervical Cancer10▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Health Inequalities9▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Mastectomy9▲ 79×1 topic
  40. Papanicolaou Test9▲ 79×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital de Clínicas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care and Women's cancer prevention and management.

Healthcare Regulation13Healthcare Regulation: 13 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…10Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 10 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…10Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 10 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…9Women's cancer prevention and management: 9 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 9 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 7 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…5Palliative and Oncologic Care: 5 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 5 fractional worksPsychology and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 4 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 13 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 10 works
  3. 3 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 10 works
  4. 4 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 9 works
  6. 6 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  7. 7 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Health Education and Validation Education 5 works
  9. 9 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 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 available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.8%domestic only50.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital de Clínicas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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