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Hospital Metropolitano

In research, Hospital Metropolitano stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,740 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,326 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,467
of 28,054 · #31,400 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#50
of 71
Research works
982
▲ 212% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Hospital Metropolitano 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,740 of 11,982 1.6%268 #13292
MedicineField #8,326 of 10,443 1.5%222 #13433

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Metropolitano 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 Metropolitano specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 47.2 works5.5×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.00× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 2.40× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Metropolitano?

Ranked on the composite score, Fabricio González‐Andrade and Edmund Cautley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Metropolitano.

  1. 1 Fabricio González‐Andrade Ecuador · #977,650 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Edmund Cautley Ecuador · #1,179,636 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Metropolitano

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Metropolitano?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Health Policy, Risk Factors and Healthcare Quality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.9×98 topics
  2. Public Health31▲ 5.8×33 topics
  3. Health Promotion18▲ 15×8 topics
  4. Diagnosis17▲ 5.0×36 topics
  5. Quality of Life17▲ 3.1×37 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 4.2×29 topics
  7. Treatment17▲ 3.7×36 topics
  8. Surgical Management14▲ 9.0×20 topics
  9. Health Policy13▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Complications12▲ 6.8×15 topics
  11. Healthcare Quality12▲ 32×5 topics
  12. Mental Health12▲ 2.2×14 topics
  13. Healthcare Access11▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Management11▲ 3.8×24 topics
  15. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Global Health11▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Community Health10▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Healthcare Systems10▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Medical Education10▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Nutrition10▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Healthcare9▲ 2.2×11 topics
  22. Obesity9▲ 3.2×11 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors9▲ 5.6×14 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases8▲ 9.0×6 topics
  25. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.1×15 topics
  26. Social Determinants7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  27. Pathophysiology7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  29. Primary Care7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  30. Physical Activity7▲ 3.7×6 topics
  31. Educational Interventions6▲ 18×2 topics
  32. University Students6▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Children6▲ 6.7×7 topics
  34. Epidemiological Analysis6▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Healthy Lifestyles6▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Healthcare Policy6▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  38. Maternal Health5▲ 5.3×3 topics
  39. Patient Safety5▲ 9.3×6 topics
  40. Aging Population5▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Metropolitano publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Education, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Public Health and Environmental Issues and Business, Innovation, and Economy.

Health and Medical Education: 8 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 6 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…5Public Health and Environmental Issues: 5 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…4Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation3Healthcare Regulation: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEconomics and EconometricsInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 3 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Research Impacts 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.6%domestic only57.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Metropolitano's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 212% 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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