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Hospital Heliópolis

In research, Hospital Heliópolis stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,047 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,935 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,409
of 22,385 · #18,354 all time
Rank in Brazil
#577
of 684
Research works
571
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Hospital Heliópolis

What is Hospital Heliópolis 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 #4,047 of 9,902 4.8%104 #5795
MedicineField #3,935 of 8,541 4.6%98 #5661

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Heliópolis 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 Heliópolis work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Hospital Heliópolis is in Health Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 111 fractional works · 82.8% of its workMedicine: 104 fractional works · 77.4% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 26.4% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalHeliópolis135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences8%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10477.4%
    2. Health Professions64.1%
    3. Dentistry21.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences64.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    3. Psychology10.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Computer Science21.7%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Engineering10.5%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Heliópolis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.6 works11×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 104 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.02×104 works
  2. Dentistry2.50×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.57×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×6 works
  6. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.55×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.34×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  12. Psychology0.26×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.22×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.21×1 works
  15. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  17. Engineering0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Heliópolis?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Eis, Wanda Regina Caly and Leopoldo Tosi Trevelin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Heliópolis.

  1. 1 S. Eis Brazil · #2,444,735 worldwide 563 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Wanda Regina Caly Brazil · #2,718,063 worldwide 791 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Leopoldo Tosi Trevelin Brazil · #2,798,759 worldwide 325 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Bernardo Fontel Pompeu Brazil · #3,008,975 worldwide 204 citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Beatriz D’Andrea Pigossi Brazil · #3,190,305 worldwide 48 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Philipe Franco do Amaral Tafner Brazil · #3,241,714 worldwide 76 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Sérgio Listik Brazil · #3,575,816 worldwide 111 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Marcos Brasilino de Carvalho Brazil · #3,602,796 worldwide 3.1k citations · 144 works
  9. 9 Kelston Ulbricht Gomes Brazil · #3,644,314 worldwide 165 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Antonio Sérgio Fava Brazil · #3,855,076 worldwide 1.2k citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Heliópolis

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Heliópolis?

The most cited paper from Hospital Heliópolis is "Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) in combination with methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: a randomised phase 3 trial" (Gerd Rüdiger Burmester, Ricardo Blanco, Christina Charles‐Schoeman et al., 2013), with 728 citations. Next come "The safety and efficacy of a JAK inhibitor in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled phase IIa trial of three dosage levels of CP‐690,550 versus placebo" (547) and "A prospective study of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis" (505).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) in combination with methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis with an inadequate response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: a randomised phase 3 trial Gerd Rüdiger Burmester, Ricardo Blanco, Christina Charles‐Schoeman et al. · The Lancet 5 Jan 2013 728
2 The safety and efficacy of a JAK inhibitor in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: Results of a double‐blind, placebo‐controlled phase IIa trial of three dosage levels of CP‐690,550 versus placebo Joel M. Kremer, Bradley J. Bloom, Ferdinand C. Breedveld et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 29 Jun 2009 547
3 A prospective study of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis Wanda Regina Caly, Edna Strauss · Journal of Hepatology 1993 505
4 Risk factors for oral cancer in Brazil: A case‐control study Eduardo Luis Franco, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, B.V. Oliveira et al. · International Journal of Cancer 15 Jun 1989 427
5 Left Bundle Branch Area Pacing for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pugazhendhi Vijayaraman, Shunmuga Sundaram Ponnusamy, Óscar Cano et al. · JACC. Clinical electrophysiology Open access 28 Oct 2020 375
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Heliópolis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Laparoscopic Repair and Parastomal Hernia.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 5.3×45 topics
  2. Quality of Life20▲ 10×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 9.2×18 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 15×12 topics
  5. Treatment9▲ 5.7×15 topics
  6. Chemotherapy9▲ 9.4×11 topics
  7. Laparoscopic Repair8▲ 148×2 topics
  8. Adjuvant Chemotherapy7▲ 78×2 topics
  9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 45×5 topics
  10. Parastomal Hernia7▲ 413×1 topic
  11. Stoma Complications7▲ 413×1 topic
  12. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 44×4 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Management7▲ 6.5×11 topics
  15. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy7▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Complications7▲ 10.0×8 topics
  17. Rectal Cancer7▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Tumor Markers7▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Pathogenesis6▲ 8.8×7 topics
  20. Public Health6▲ 3.0×11 topics
  21. Guidelines6▲ 8.7×9 topics
  22. Drug Resistance5▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Children5▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Surgical Management5▲ 9.1×15 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis5▲ 6.0×5 topics
  26. Healthcare Access5▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Genetics5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  28. Surgery4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  29. Antibiotic Therapy4▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Survival Analysis4▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  32. Gastric Cancer4▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Chemoradiation4▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Fistulas4▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Hemorrhoids4▲ 157×1 topic
  36. Anal Cancer4▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Appendicitis4▲ 100×1 topic
  38. CT Scan4▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy4▲ 119×1 topic
  40. Cervical Cancer4▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Heliópolis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stoma care and complications, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Stoma care and complications: 7 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 7 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…3Diverticular Disease and Complications: 3 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 3 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appe…3Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 3 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyEmergency MedicineGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Stoma care and complications Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 3 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 available82.7%not open17.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Heliópolis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 Heliópolis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Hospital Heliópolis0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Heliópolis 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 Heliópolis9.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.4% in 2025.

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