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Hospital Felício Rocho

In research, Hospital Felício Rocho stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,848 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,409 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,448
of 22,385 · #20,097 all time
Rank in Brazil
#538
of 684
Research works
555
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Hospital Felício Rocho

What is Hospital Felício Rocho known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,848 of 9,902 2.4%142 #8462
MedicineField #4,409 of 8,541 2.1%132 #7457

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Felício Rocho 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hospital Felício Rocho work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hospital Felício Rocho is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Health Professions (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 155 fractional works · 83.9% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 78.3% of its workSurgery: 41 fractional works · 22.2% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital FelícioRocho185fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14578.3%
    2. Health Professions84.4%
    3. Dentistry20.9%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.6%
    2. Neuroscience31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences63.4%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering31.5%
    2. Environmental Science21.3%
    3. Computer Science20.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Felício Rocho specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 41.1 works9.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 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.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.07×145 works
  2. Dentistry1.86×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.66×8 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.21×2 works
  5. Neuroscience0.92×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×7 works
  7. Nursing0.51×0 works
  8. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  9. Psychology0.34×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.27×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  15. Engineering0.10×3 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Felício Rocho?

Ranked on the quality score, J. Rodrigues Girundi Guimarães, Horacio Amaral and José Luiz Barros Pena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Felício Rocho.

  1. 1 J. Rodrigues Girundi Guimarães Brazil · #3,068,340 worldwide 260 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Horacio Amaral Brazil · #3,075,026 worldwide 890 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 José Luiz Barros Pena Brazil · #3,382,890 worldwide 443 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Adauto Versiani Ramos Brazil · #3,415,049 worldwide 226 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Antônio Sérgio Alves Brazil · #3,450,470 worldwide 140 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Gil Patrus Pena Brazil · #3,494,967 worldwide 546 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Jamil Abdalla Saad Brazil · #3,512,198 worldwide 258 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Alexandre Fonseca de Castro Brazil · #3,640,924 worldwide 232 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Alexandre Cordeiro Ulhôa Brazil · #3,857,529 worldwide 929 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Rodrigo Moreira Faleiro Brazil · #4,012,641 worldwide 626 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Felício Rocho

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Felício Rocho?

The most cited paper from Hospital Felício Rocho is "Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020" (Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al., 2021), with 1,073 citations. Next come "Parathyroid hormone: anabolic and catabolic actions on the skeleton" (565) and "Therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer concentration (ACTION): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al. · Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Open access Mar 2021 1,073
2 Parathyroid hormone: anabolic and catabolic actions on the skeleton Barbara Campolina Carvalho Silva, John Paul Bilezikian · Current Opinion in Pharmacology ReviewOpen access 5 Apr 2015 565
3 Therapeutic versus prophylactic anticoagulation for patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and elevated D-dimer concentration (ACTION): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial Renato D. Lópes et al. · The Lancet Open access Jun 2021 500
4 Fracture Risk Prediction by Non-BMD DXA Measures: the 2015 ISCD Official Positions Part 2: Trabecular Bone Score Barbara Campolina Carvalho Silva, Susan B. Broy, Stéphanie Boutroy et al. · Journal of Clinical Densitometry Jul 2015 333
5 Subjective global assessment: A reliable nutritional assessment tool to predict outcomes in critically ill patients Daniel Fontes, Simone de Vasconcelos Generoso, María Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia · Clinical Nutrition 13 May 2013 139
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Felício Rocho?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications, Laparoscopic Surgery, Surgical Management, Guidelines and Treatment.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology30▲ 4.0×62 topics
  2. Quality of Life18▲ 6.6×28 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 4.4×26 topics
  5. Complications9▲ 10×13 topics
  6. Diagnosis9▲ 5.3×21 topics
  7. Laparoscopic Surgery9▲ 40×4 topics
  8. Surgical Management9▲ 12×15 topics
  9. Guidelines8▲ 9.3×10 topics
  10. Rehabilitation7▲ 9.8×8 topics
  11. Risk Factors7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Public Health7▲ 2.5×12 topics
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Adjuvant Chemotherapy6▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Laparoscopic Repair6▲ 83×2 topics
  17. Management6▲ 4.1×16 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 5.7×9 topics
  19. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors6▲ 6.8×11 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.7×17 topics
  22. Rectal Cancer5▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Tumor Markers5▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Surgery5▲ 8.2×8 topics
  25. Parastomal Hernia5▲ 202×1 topic
  26. Psychological Adjustment5▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Stoma Complications5▲ 202×1 topic
  28. Biomechanics5▲ 8.4×6 topics
  29. Survival Analysis5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  30. Children5▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Prevention4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  32. Healthcare Access4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  34. Postoperative Complications4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Arthroplasty4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome4▲ 123×1 topic
  38. Intra-abdominal Hypertension4▲ 123×1 topic
  39. Cervical Cancer3▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Ankle Injuries3▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Felício Rocho publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Stoma care and complications, Abdominal Surgery and Complications and Foot and Ankle Surgery.

Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 5 fractional worksStoma care and complications: 5 fractional worksAbdominal Surgery and Co…4Abdominal Surgery and Complications: 4 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery3Foot and Ankle Surgery: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatm…2Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…2Women's cancer prevention and management: 2 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritonea…2Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…2Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional works
OncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOrthopedics and Sports Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Stoma care and complications Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Abdominal Surgery and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 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 available77.6%not open22.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Felício Rocho's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital Felício Rocho as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital Felício Rocho0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Felício Rocho over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hospital Felício Rocho2.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.1% in 2017.

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