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Hospital Metropolitano

In research, Hospital Metropolitano stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,961 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,925 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,163
of 22,385 · #12,945 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#47
of 71
Research works
982
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
43%
world 18%
Hospital Metropolitano

What is Hospital Metropolitano 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,961 of 9,902 2.1%268 #7110
MedicineField #3,925 of 8,541 1.9%222 #6670

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hospital Metropolitano work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Hospital Metropolitano is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 309 fractional works · 74.2% of its workMedicine: 260 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSurgery: 53 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 41 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalMetropolitano417fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences12%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26062.4%
    2. Health Professions419.8%
    3. Nursing51.1%
    4. Dentistry30.7%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences266.1%
    2. Psychology92.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting51.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    6. Decision Sciences30.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.9%
    4. Neuroscience40.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science123.0%
    2. Computer Science102.3%
    3. Engineering30.7%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
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: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.71× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 260 worksMedicineNursing: 2.28× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.71×41 works
  2. Medicine3.24×260 works
  3. Nursing2.28×5 works
  4. Veterinary1.41×1 works
  5. Dentistry1.40×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×16 works
  8. Psychology0.71×9 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.64×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.60×12 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×5 works
  12. Neuroscience0.52×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.48×26 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×5 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.34×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.30×10 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×4 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Energy0.06×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  23. Engineering0.05×3 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Metropolitano?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Molinari, Rocío Yerovi and Santiago Campos-Miño lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Metropolitano.

  1. 1 Andrea Molinari Ecuador · #2,949,836 worldwide 699 citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Rocío Yerovi Ecuador · #3,615,492 worldwide 446 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Santiago Campos-Miño Ecuador · #4,159,055 worldwide 757 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Bruno da Silva Brito Ecuador · #4,724,555 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Audrey Beatriz Santos Araújo Ecuador · #4,818,083 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Luis Pacheco‐Ojeda Ecuador · #4,844,652 worldwide 300 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Gonzalo Dueñas Ecuador · #4,845,348 worldwide 148 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Fernando Múgica Aguinaga Ecuador · #4,886,955 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Dora Sánchez Ecuador · #4,891,766 worldwide 264 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Gerardo A Dávalos Ecuador · #5,298,513 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Metropolitano

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Metropolitano?

The most cited paper from Hospital Metropolitano is "Rivaroxaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve" (Hélio Penna Guimarães et al., 2020), with 290 citations. Next come "Neurotoxic and Nephrotoxic Effects of Colistin in Patients with Renal Disease" (156) and "Dyslipidemia in seven Latin American cities: CARMELA study" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rivaroxaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Hélio Penna Guimarães et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 14 Nov 2020 290
2 Neurotoxic and Nephrotoxic Effects of Colistin in Patients with Renal Disease Emanuel Wolinsky, John Hines · New England Journal of Medicine 12 Apr 1962 156
3 Dyslipidemia in seven Latin American cities: CARMELA study Raúl Vinueza, Carlos Pablo Boissonnet, Mónica Acevedo et al. · Preventive Medicine 24 Dec 2009 137
4 Defining the burden of pneumonia in children preventable by vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type b Orin S. Levine, Rosanna Lagos, Alma Muñoz et al. · The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal Dec 1999 133
5 Localization of a Gene for Keratoconus to a 5.6-Mb Interval on 13q32 Marzena Gajęcka, Uppala Radhakrishna, Daniel Winters et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science Open access 25 Mar 2009 114
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Metropolitano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Health Policy, Risk Factors 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-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. Epidemiology63▲ 3.8×102 topics
  2. Public Health32▲ 5.3×36 topics
  3. Quality of Life20▲ 3.3×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis19▲ 5.0×38 topics
  5. Treatment19▲ 3.7×40 topics
  6. Health Promotion19▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Risk Factors18▲ 4.0×29 topics
  8. Surgical Management14▲ 8.3×20 topics
  9. Health Policy14▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Complications14▲ 6.5×16 topics
  11. Healthcare Quality13▲ 30×5 topics
  12. Management13▲ 3.8×27 topics
  13. Mental Health13▲ 2.1×14 topics
  14. Healthcare Access12▲ 10×8 topics
  15. Global Health11▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Medical Education11▲ 9.8×9 topics
  18. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.7×17 topics
  19. Community Health11▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Systems11▲ 57×2 topics
  21. Nutrition11▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors11▲ 5.9×14 topics
  23. Obesity11▲ 3.3×12 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases9▲ 8.3×6 topics
  25. Guidelines8▲ 4.2×12 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 3.4×13 topics
  27. Primary Care8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Social Determinants8▲ 8.9×6 topics
  29. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.2×9 topics
  30. Rehabilitation7▲ 4.4×10 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 5.0×8 topics
  32. Educational Interventions6▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Epidemiological Analysis6▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  35. University Students6▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Healthy Lifestyles6▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Policy6▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Children6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  39. Aging Population5▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Patient Safety5▲ 8.0×6 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Metropolitano publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…6Public Health and Environmental Issues: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, an…4Business, Innovation, and Economy: 4 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 3 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation3Healthcare Regulation: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEconomics and EconometricsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 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 6 works
  4. 4 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 3 works
  10. 10 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Metropolitano's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hospital Metropolitano as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital Metropolitano0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Metropolitano 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 Metropolitano3.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.6% in 2019.

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