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Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia

In research, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia stands highest in Medicine (#4,585 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,597 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,641
of 28,054 · #19,004 all time
Rank in Peru
#33
of 100
Research works
1.9k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.2k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia 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 #4,585 of 10,443 3.1%303 #6938
Health SciencesDomain #5,597 of 11,982 3.3%340 #8442

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 54.0 works5.4×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.04× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.70× its world share, 303 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia?

Ranked on the composite score, David Torrejón, María del Carmen Ocaña Ocaña and Oscar Frisancho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia.

  1. 1 David Torrejón Peru · #389,690 worldwide 7 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 María del Carmen Ocaña Ocaña Peru · #854,437 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Oscar Frisancho Peru · #1,105,133 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Brady Beltrán Peru · #1,185,575 worldwide 16 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Victor Elias Arana Chavez Peru · #1,364,730 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Public Health, Immunotherapy, Health Promotion, Inflammation and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology81▲ 4.8×109 topics
  2. Diagnosis27▲ 6.8×38 topics
  3. Public Health26▲ 4.2×33 topics
  4. Treatment26▲ 4.9×37 topics
  5. Inflammation24▲ 2.6×46 topics
  6. Quality of Life18▲ 3.0×35 topics
  7. Immunotherapy18▲ 6.0×15 topics
  8. Risk Factors16▲ 3.5×27 topics
  9. Health Promotion14▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Chemotherapy14▲ 4.8×19 topics
  11. Immune Response14▲ 5.6×15 topics
  12. Complications13▲ 6.3×13 topics
  13. Management13▲ 3.9×27 topics
  14. Pandemic13▲ 2.8×7 topics
  15. COVID-1912▲ 2.1×18 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations12▲ 6.8×19 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors12▲ 6.4×14 topics
  18. Surgical Management12▲ 6.7×18 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-211▲ 8.0×6 topics
  20. Pathophysiology11▲ 8.4×8 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 3.0×19 topics
  22. Nutrition10▲ 5.2×6 topics
  23. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.6×17 topics
  24. Survival Analysis10▲ 8.4×5 topics
  25. Healthcare Access9▲ 7.9×8 topics
  26. Global Health9▲ 14×6 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 3.9×12 topics
  28. Autoantibodies9▲ 8.9×8 topics
  29. Prognosis8▲ 5.9×9 topics
  30. Surgery8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor8▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Medical Education8▲ 7.2×9 topics
  33. Children8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  34. Thrombosis7▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Health Policy7▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Clinical Characteristics7▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Policy7▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Epidemiological Analysis7▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Quality7▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Occupational Health6▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Health and Medical Education and Stress and Burnout Research.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…6COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…6Public Health and Environmental Issues: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Educa…5Health and Medical Education: 5 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…5Stress and Burnout Research: 5 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…4Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 3 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Res…3Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 3 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health ProfessionsSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 5 works
  5. 5 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  10. 10 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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