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Hospital Nacional de Niños

In research, Hospital Nacional de Niños stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,045 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,614
of 28,054 · #20,464 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#17
of 26
Research works
644
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Hospital Nacional de Niños 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 #11,045 of 11,982 6.0%63 #8507

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Nacional de Niños 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).

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: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.25× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 3.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Nacional de Niños?

Ranked on the composite score, Óscar Porras, Manuel E. Soto‐Martínez and María L. Ávila-Agüero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Nacional de Niños.

  1. 1 Óscar Porras Costa Rica · #690,979 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Manuel E. Soto‐Martínez Costa Rica · #945,769 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 María L. Ávila-Agüero Costa Rica · #1,564,448 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Nacional de Niños

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Nacional de Niños?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Prenatal Diagnosis, Treatment and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 4.5×57 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 3.8×16 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.3×17 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 4.7×18 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 3.5×16 topics
  6. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations4▲ 9.0×12 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 2.6×17 topics
  9. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  10. Genetics3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  11. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.9×13 topics
  12. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 21×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Surgical Management3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Healthcare Access2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-22▲ 7.1×5 topics
  20. Complications2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  21. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  22. Environmental Management2▲ 5.4×1 topic
  23. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  24. Vaccine Development2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  25. Water Quality2▲ 5.4×1 topic
  26. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Medical Education2▲ 7.6×9 topics
  28. Prophylaxis2▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Thrombosis2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  30. Global Health2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Surgery2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  32. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  33. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  34. Hemostasis2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Occupational Health2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Toxins2▲ 18×4 topics
  37. Vaccination2▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Burnout1▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Ocular Manifestations1▲ 61×2 topics
  40. Work Stress1▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Nacional de Niños publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Environmental Issues, Stress and Burnout Research, Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies and Respiratory viral infections research.

Public Health and Enviro…2Public Health and Environmental Issues: 2 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…1Stress and Burnout Research: 1 fractional worksGestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksTumors and Oncological Cases: 1 fractional worksOral and Maxillofacial Pathology: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and T…1Platelet Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksSyphilis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSocial PsychologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Tumors and Oncological Cases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Oral Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Nacional de Niños's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.