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Hospital General Docente de Calderón

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Research works
32
▲ 113% vs 2018-21
Citations
49
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
82%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Hospital General Docente de Calderón

Not ranked overall: Hospital General Docente de Calderón is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Hospital General Docente de Calderón work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Hospital General Docente de Calderón is in Health Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (11%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 69.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 13.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital GeneralDocente de…22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1569.0%
    2. Health Professions211.5%
    3. Veterinary01.5%
    1. Engineering14.3%
    2. Computer Science02.0%
    3. Environmental Science01.9%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12.7%
    2. Psychology01.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    4. Social Sciences00.5%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology13.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.35× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 15 worksMedicineVeterinary: 11.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.38×0 works
  2. Health Professions4.35×2 works
  3. Medicine3.59×15 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.39×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×1 works
  6. Psychology0.44×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.37×0 works
  9. Engineering0.28×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.27×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Hospital General Docente de Calderón?

The most cited paper from Hospital General Docente de Calderón is "The diversity and coexistence of extracellular mitochondria in circulation: A friend or foe of the immune system" (Andrés Caicedo, Kevin Zambrano, Serena Sanon et al., 2021), with 48 citations. Next come "Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Obesity and T2D: Literature Review" (43) and "Relationship between acute kidney injury and serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration in critically ill patients with influenza infection" (42).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The diversity and coexistence of extracellular mitochondria in circulation: A friend or foe of the immune system Andrés Caicedo, Kevin Zambrano, Serena Sanon et al. · Mitochondrion 2 Mar 2021 48
2 Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Obesity and T2D: Literature Review Jorge Luis Tórtora Pérez, César Prócel, C. Navarro Cañadas et al. · Vaccines Open access 28 Jan 2021 43
3 Relationship between acute kidney injury and serum procalcitonin (PCT) concentration in critically ill patients with influenza infection Alejandro H. Rodríguez, Luis Felipe Reyes, Josman Monclou et al. · Medicina Intensiva 10 Feb 2018 42
4 Exploring long COVID condition in Latin America: Its impact on patients’ activities and associated healthcare use Adriana Angarita Fonseca, Rodrigo Torres‐Castro, Vicente Benavides-Córdoba et al. · Frontiers in Medicine Open access 20 Apr 2023 33
5 Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori genotypes: cagA, vacA (m1), vacA (s1), babA2, dupA, iceA1, oipA and their association with gastrointestinal diseases. A cross-sectional study in Quito-Ecuador Santiago Bustos-Fraga, Marco Salinas, Yosselin Vicuña-Almeida et al. · BMC Gastroenterology Open access 6 Jun 2023 26
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital General Docente de Calderón?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Quality of Life, Treatment, Immune Response, Public Health, Nutrition and Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 5.7×19 topics
  2. Quality of Life2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  3. Health Promotion2▲ 26×4 topics
  4. Public Health1▲ 4.5×4 topics
  5. Treatment1▲ 5.5×6 topics
  6. Immune Response1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  7. Nutrition1▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Pandemic1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  9. Diagnosis1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  10. Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy1▲ 398×1 topic
  11. Takotsubo Syndrome1▲ 398×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital General Docente de Calderón publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena, Health and Medical Education, Nursing care and research and Advanced Optical Network Technologies.

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy…1Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…1Health and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksNursing care and research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 0 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…0Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 0 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksBusiness, Education, Mat…0Business, Education, Mathematics Research: 0 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsPharmacyElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Nursing care and research Pharmacy 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Business, Education, Mathematics Research Accounting 0 works
  9. 9 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 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 available81.8%not open18.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital General Docente de Calderón's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 113% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital General Docente de Calderón as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Hospital General Docente de Calderón0.0000056% in 20252020

Fractional works of Hospital General Docente de Calderón over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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