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Hospital Heliópolis

In research, Hospital Heliópolis stands highest in Medicine (#6,567 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,194 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,718
of 28,054 · #29,217 all time
Rank in Brazil
#473
of 714
Research works
571
▲ 123% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Hospital Heliópolis 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
MedicineField #6,567 of 10,443 4.7%98 #7382
Health SciencesDomain #8,194 of 11,982 4.9%104 #9211

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Hospital Heliópolis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 34.1 works12×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.56× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 98 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Heliópolis?

Ranked on the composite score, Edna Strauss, Antonio Fava and Ricardo Pires de Souza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Heliópolis.

  1. 1 Edna Strauss Brazil · #371,111 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Antonio Fava Brazil · #760,453 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Ricardo Pires de Souza Brazil · #808,186 worldwide 25 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Otávio Alberto Curioni Brazil · #867,384 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Marcelo Marcucci Brazil · #1,013,783 worldwide 5 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Marcos Brasilino de Carvalho Brazil · #1,069,224 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sérgio Mazzola Poli de Figueiredo Brazil · #1,179,783 worldwide 7 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis Brazil · #1,187,992 worldwide 27 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Abrão Rapoport Brazil · #1,201,731 worldwide 24 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Carlos Neutzling Lehn Brazil · #1,210,485 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Heliópolis

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Heliópolis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Laparoscopic Repair, Treatment 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology26▲ 5.4×38 topics
  2. Quality of Life20▲ 11×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis11▲ 9.4×15 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 15×11 topics
  5. Treatment9▲ 5.7×12 topics
  6. Chemotherapy8▲ 9.1×10 topics
  7. Laparoscopic Repair8▲ 157×2 topics
  8. Parastomal Hernia7▲ 456×1 topic
  9. Stoma Complications7▲ 456×1 topic
  10. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 50×5 topics
  11. Adjuvant Chemotherapy7▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 47×4 topics
  13. Management7▲ 6.7×10 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Rectal Cancer6▲ 133×1 topic
  17. Complications6▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Pathogenesis6▲ 9.3×6 topics
  19. Guidelines5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  20. Children5▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 9.4×13 topics
  22. Genetics4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  23. Meta-Analysis4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  24. Healthcare Access4▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Surgery4▲ 9.9×5 topics
  26. Survival Analysis4▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Drug Resistance4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Antibiotic Therapy4▲ 56×2 topics
  29. Fistulas4▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Gastric Cancer4▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Hemorrhoids4▲ 166×1 topic
  32. Radiotherapy4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  33. Appendicitis4▲ 108×1 topic
  34. CT Scan4▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Anal Cancer4▲ 121×1 topic
  36. Chemoradiation4▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Colonic Diverticulitis3▲ 139×1 topic
  39. Diverticulitis3▲ 139×1 topic
  40. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 31×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Heliópolis publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 6 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 4 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease3Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 3 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 3 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…3Women's cancer prevention and management: 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 6 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 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  8. 8 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Heliópolis's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 123% 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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