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Hospital Médica Sur

In research, Hospital Médica Sur stands highest in Medicine (#3,288 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,005 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology and Surgery (Epidemiology is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,872
of 22,385 · #15,213 all time
Rank in Mexico
#152
of 232
Research works
1.4k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Hospital Médica Sur

What is Hospital Médica Sur 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
MedicineField #3,288 of 8,541 7.1%240 #5062
Health SciencesDomain #4,005 of 9,902 7.0%251 #6251

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

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Hospital Médica Sur is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 280 fractional works · 82.7% of its workMedicine: 268 fractional works · 79.1% of its workSurgery: 53 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital MédicaSur339fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26879.1%
    2. Health Professions92.8%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology206.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology72.1%
    3. Neuroscience41.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Social Sciences61.8%
    2. Psychology20.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Environmental Science41.1%
    2. Engineering20.7%
    3. Computer Science20.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hospital Médica Sur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 35.5 works7.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 52.6 works6.6×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 268 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.11×268 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.07×7 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.46×2 works
  4. Nursing1.25×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×20 works
  6. Health Professions1.05×9 works
  7. Neuroscience0.82×4 works
  8. Dentistry0.41×1 works
  9. Psychology0.24×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.22×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.21×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.14×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×6 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×2 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×2 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  21. Engineering0.04×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Médica Sur?

Ranked on the quality score, Désirée E. Larenas‐Linnemann, Nahúm Méndez‐Sánchez and Natalia Nuño‐Lámbarri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Médica Sur.

  1. 1 Désirée E. Larenas‐Linnemann Mexico · #58,641 worldwide 25k citations · 346 works
  2. 2 Nahúm Méndez‐Sánchez Mexico · #668,645 worldwide 22k citations · 567 works
  3. 3 Natalia Nuño‐Lámbarri Mexico · #1,675,354 worldwide 1.4k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Karla Sánchez-Lara Mexico · #1,679,359 worldwide 1.5k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Vania Cruz-Ramón Mexico · #2,018,282 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Mariana Michelle Ramírez-Mejía Mexico · #2,050,034 worldwide 372 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Beatriz Barranco-Fragoso Mexico · #2,073,809 worldwide 699 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Mónica Rodríguez-González Mexico · #2,138,350 worldwide 428 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Paulina Vidal‐Cevallos Mexico · #2,239,491 worldwide 269 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Oscar Ramírez-Pérez Mexico · #2,419,977 worldwide 844 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Médica Sur

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Médica Sur?

The most cited paper from Hospital Médica Sur is "Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008*" (Jean Bousquet et al., 2008), with 4,764 citations. Next come "A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement" (4,540) and "A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature" (3,191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008* Jean Bousquet et al. · Allergy Open access 7 Mar 2008 4,764
2 A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement Mohammed Eslam et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 8 Apr 2020 4,540
3 A multisociety Delphi consensus statement on new fatty liver disease nomenclature Mary Eugenia Rinella et al. · Hepatology Open access 22 Jun 2023 3,191
4 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines—2016 revision Jan Brożek et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access 8 Jun 2017 2,043
5 The EAACI/GA²LEN/EDF/WAO guideline for the definition, classification, diagnosis and management of urticaria Torsten Zuberbier et al. · Allergy Open access 16 Jan 2018 1,456
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Médica Sur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Hepatic Steatosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Diagnosis, NAFLD and NASH.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 4.1×100 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome35▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Insulin Resistance30▲ 20×7 topics
  4. Hepatic Steatosis25▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Hepatocellular Carcinoma24▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Treatment23▲ 5.6×36 topics
  7. Diagnosis23▲ 7.2×33 topics
  8. Inflammation22▲ 3.1×51 topics
  9. NAFLD21▲ 55×1 topic
  10. NASH21▲ 55×1 topic
  11. Management17▲ 6.2×21 topics
  12. Obesity16▲ 6.2×22 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 4.0×24 topics
  14. Complications13▲ 8.0×16 topics
  15. Quality of Life13▲ 2.6×35 topics
  16. Immunotherapy12▲ 5.1×16 topics
  17. Public Health12▲ 2.5×28 topics
  18. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.9×22 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.1×35 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors12▲ 7.8×13 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations9▲ 6.2×18 topics
  22. Diabetes8▲ 4.8×15 topics
  23. Surgical Management8▲ 5.8×15 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.2×14 topics
  25. Biomarkers8▲ 3.2×13 topics
  26. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.3×13 topics
  27. Immune Response7▲ 3.6×14 topics
  28. Glucose Metabolism7▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Guidelines7▲ 4.2×10 topics
  30. Children6▲ 8.5×5 topics
  31. Hypertension6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  32. Coagulopathy6▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Liver Transplantation6▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  35. Surgery6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  36. Hepatic Encephalopathy6▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Liver Cirrhosis6▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Fructose4▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Global Health4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  40. Lipid Dysregulation4▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Médica Sur publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Diet, Metabolism, and Disease and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …21Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 21 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 6 fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Disease: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immunity: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 21 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 6 works
  3. 3 Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Médica Sur's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% 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 Médica Sur as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hospital Médica Sur0.0012% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Médica Sur 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 Médica Sur7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2023.

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