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Hospital Médica Sur

In research, Hospital Médica Sur stands highest in Medicine (#4,119 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,454 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology and Surgery — Epidemiology is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,786
of 28,054 · #17,817 all time
Rank in Mexico
#100
of 252
Research works
1.4k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Hospital Médica Sur 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 #4,119 of 10,443 9.5%240 #4625
Health SciencesDomain #5,454 of 11,982 9.3%251 #6220

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

What does Hospital Médica Sur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 30.8 works7.2×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 47.4 works6.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Médica Sur?

Ranked on the composite score, Désirée Larenas‐Linnemann, Juan Carlos Ivancevich and Misael Uribe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Médica Sur.

  1. 1 Désirée Larenas‐Linnemann Mexico · #33,637 worldwide 240 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Juan Carlos Ivancevich Mexico · #140,879 worldwide 136 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Misael Uribe Mexico · #237,402 worldwide 221 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Nahúm Méndez‐Sánchez Mexico · #522,103 worldwide 146 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Raúl Carrillo-Esper Mexico · #668,035 worldwide 87 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Norberto C. Chávez‐Tapia Mexico · #826,584 worldwide 83 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Raúl Carrillo Esper Mexico · #1,246,228 worldwide 20 citations · 97 works
  8. 8 Jorge Raúl Carrillo Córdova Mexico · #1,336,101 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Luis Daniel Carrillo Córdova Mexico · #1,551,660 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Médica Sur

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Médica Sur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Hepatic Steatosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NAFLD, NASH and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology48▲ 4.1×92 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 13×18 topics
  3. Insulin Resistance28▲ 20×7 topics
  4. Hepatic Steatosis24▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Hepatocellular Carcinoma22▲ 35×3 topics
  6. Treatment21▲ 5.8×35 topics
  7. Diagnosis20▲ 7.0×29 topics
  8. NAFLD19▲ 54×1 topic
  9. NASH19▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Inflammation19▲ 3.1×48 topics
  11. Management15▲ 6.5×20 topics
  12. Obesity14▲ 6.3×21 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.9×21 topics
  14. Immunotherapy12▲ 5.6×16 topics
  15. Complications12▲ 7.9×15 topics
  16. Public Health12▲ 2.7×27 topics
  17. Chemotherapy11▲ 5.3×22 topics
  18. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×32 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors11▲ 8.3×13 topics
  20. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.1×32 topics
  21. Clinical Trials8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations8▲ 5.8×17 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.4×14 topics
  24. Surgical Management7▲ 5.8×15 topics
  25. Biomarkers7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  26. Diabetes7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  27. Glucose Metabolism6▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.7×16 topics
  29. Coagulopathy6▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Guidelines6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  31. Hypertension6▲ 6.7×9 topics
  32. Liver Transplantation6▲ 16×5 topics
  33. Children6▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Hepatic Encephalopathy6▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Liver Cirrhosis6▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Pathophysiology5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  37. Fructose4▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Lipid Dysregulation4▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Global Health4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  40. Ketogenic Diet4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Médica Sur publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Diet, Metabolism, and Disease and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …19Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 6 fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Disease: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immunity: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 19 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 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Liver Diseases and Immunity Hepatology 2 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Médica Sur's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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