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Hospital / health system · Guayaquil · Ecuador

Hospital Luis Vernaza

In research, Hospital Luis Vernaza stands highest in Medicine (#17,466 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#20,050 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,921
of 28,054 · #40,798 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#71
of 71
Research works
311
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

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 #17,466 of 17,978 2.4%236
Health SciencesDomain #20,050 of 20,462 2.2%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Luis Vernaza?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Public Health, Complications, Treatment, Health Promotion, Management 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology11▲ 4.5×38 topics
  2. Diagnosis5▲ 8.2×16 topics
  3. Public Health4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 3.9×13 topics
  5. Complications3▲ 9.2×10 topics
  6. Quality of Life3▲ 3.0×15 topics
  7. Management2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.9×9 topics
  10. Health Promotion2▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Autoantibodies2▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  14. Surgical Management2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  15. Guidelines2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Obesity2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  18. Surgical Treatment2▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Thrombosis2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  20. Hypertension1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  21. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  22. Mortality1▲ 4.1×6 topics
  23. Environmental Management1▲ 5.3×1 topic
  24. Filaggrin1▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Healthcare Access1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  26. Nutritional Support1▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Prophylaxis1▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Skin Microbiome1▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Water Quality1▲ 5.3×1 topic
  30. Acute Pancreatitis1▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Children1▲ 8.7×3 topics
  32. Chronic Pancreatitis1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  34. Global Health1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Health Inequalities1▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Imaging1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Palliative Treatment1▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Health Policy1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Luis Vernaza publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Environmental Issues, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Public Health and Enviro…1Public Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…1Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksSoft tissue tumors and treatment: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders1Peripheral Nerve Disorders: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisDermatologySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 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 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Soft tissue tumors and treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Luis Vernaza's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% 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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