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Hospital Luis Vernaza

In research, Hospital Luis Vernaza stands highest in Medicine (#7,804 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,035 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,034
of 22,385 · #25,007 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#71
of 71
Research works
311
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Hospital Luis Vernaza

What is Hospital Luis Vernaza known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,804 of 14,558 3.2%236
Health SciencesDomain #9,035 of 16,688 3.0%252

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Hospital Luis Vernaza is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Health Professions (6%), Psychology (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 53 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 75.7% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital LuisVernaza65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences7%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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5075.7%
    2. Health Professions45.6%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering22.6%
    2. Environmental Science12.2%
    3. Computer Science12.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology12.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    1. Psychology22.9%
    2. Social Sciences12.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.14× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.94×50 works
  2. Health Professions2.14×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.10×1 works
  4. Psychology0.96×2 works
  5. Neuroscience0.48×0 works
  6. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.44×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.27×1 works
  10. Nursing0.27×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×1 works
  12. Engineering0.17×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.16×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Luis Vernaza?

Ranked on the quality score, Ernesto Peñaherrera, Yan Duarte and Daniel Tettamanti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Luis Vernaza.

  1. 1 Ernesto Peñaherrera Ecuador · #207,392 worldwide 5.1k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Yan Duarte Ecuador · #1,153,336 worldwide 3k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Daniel Tettamanti Ecuador · #2,843,076 worldwide 353 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Enrique Loayza Ecuador · #3,203,582 worldwide 236 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Aurelio Mosquera Ecuador · #3,435,899 worldwide 543 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 J Santos Ecuador · #4,310,260 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Mario Moreno Ecuador · #4,716,974 worldwide 133 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Andrea Lubkov Ecuador · #4,998,792 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Juan Carlos Garcés Ecuador · #5,119,323 worldwide 423 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 James Edward Neira Borja Ecuador · #5,515,625 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Luis Vernaza

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Luis Vernaza?

The most cited paper from Hospital Luis Vernaza is "Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study" (Martin James O'Donnell et al., 2016), with 2,304 citations. Next come "Delirium epidemiology in critical care (DECCA): an international study" (384) and "A proposal to declare neurocysticercosis an international reportable disease." (286).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study Martin James O'Donnell et al. · The Lancet Open access 16 Jul 2016 2,304
2 Delirium epidemiology in critical care (DECCA): an international study Jorge I. Salluh, Márcio Soares, Jose Mário Meira Teles et al. · Critical Care Open access 23 Nov 2010 384
3 A proposal to declare neurocysticercosis an international reportable disease. Gustavo C. Román, Julio Sotelo, Oscar H. Del Brutto et al. · PubMed Open access 2000 286
4 TAENIA SOLIUM CYSTICERCOSIS Héctor H. García, Óscar H. Del Brutto · Infectious Disease Clinics of North America Mar 2000 260
5 Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma with woolly hair and dilated cardiomyopathy Luis Carvajal-Huerta · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Sep 1998 256
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Luis Vernaza?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Public Health, Complications, Management, Treatment, Health Promotion and Autoantibodies.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 4.3×40 topics
  2. Diagnosis5▲ 8.1×17 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  5. Complications3▲ 8.6×11 topics
  6. Inflammation3▲ 1.92×16 topics
  7. Management3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×15 topics
  9. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×9 topics
  10. Autoantibodies2▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  13. Health Promotion2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  14. Thrombosis2▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  17. Guidelines2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  18. Medical Education2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  19. Imaging2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment2▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Hypertension1▲ 7.1×5 topics
  22. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.1×3 topics
  23. Filaggrin1▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Healthcare Access1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  25. Nutritional Support1▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Prophylaxis1▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Skin Microbiome1▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Acute Pancreatitis1▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Children1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Chronic Pancreatitis1▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Global Health1▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Health Inequalities1▲ 15×3 topics
  33. 3D Printing1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy1▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Healthcare-Associated Infections1▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Palliative Treatment1▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Rituximab1▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Health Policy1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Luis Vernaza publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Dermatology and Skin Dis…1Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…1Public Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksSoft tissue tumors and treatment: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…1Liver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional works
DermatologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Soft tissue tumors and treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  9. 9 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Luis Vernaza's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Luis Vernaza as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Hospital Luis Vernaza0.00015% in 20251990200020102020

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