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Hospital Perpetuo Socorro

In research, Hospital Perpetuo Socorro stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,790 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,351 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,897
of 22,385 · #14,899 all time
Rank in Spain
#383
of 426
Research works
445
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Hospital Perpetuo Socorro

What is Hospital Perpetuo Socorro known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,790 of 16,688 3.2%321
MedicineField #6,351 of 14,558 3.0%277

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Perpetuo Socorro 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 Perpetuo Socorro work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Hospital Perpetuo Socorro is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Social Sciences (17%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 45 fractional works · 65.1% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 55.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital PerpetuoSocorro69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences22%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3855.2%
    2. Health Professions69.2%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences1216.9%
    2. Psychology11.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science33.9%
    2. Computer Science22.4%
    3. Engineering11.6%
    4. Energy00.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Neuroscience11.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.50× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.50×6 works
  2. Medicine2.87×38 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.34×12 works
  5. Nursing1.29×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.91×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.78×3 works
  8. Psychology0.59×1 works
  9. Energy0.52×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.47×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.31×2 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.21×1 works
  18. Engineering0.11×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Perpetuo Socorro?

Ranked on the quality score, María Teresa Gil, Díaz Torres and Tamara Malek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Perpetuo Socorro.

  1. 1 María Teresa Gil Spain · #3,538,710 worldwide 815 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Díaz Torres Spain · #3,619,691 worldwide 9 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Tamara Malek Spain · #3,626,358 worldwide 522 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 N Diaz-Rodriguez Spain · #3,810,076 worldwide 160 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 María Dolores Arenas Spain · #3,918,661 worldwide 1.7k citations · 128 works
  6. 6 Julio Casares Spain · #3,988,463 worldwide 134 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 José Barquero Romero Spain · #4,267,198 worldwide 66 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Jorge Juan Rodríguez Salvador Spain · #4,373,875 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Analía Moledous Spain · #4,471,983 worldwide 388 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Mariana Kumaira Fonseca Spain · #4,512,333 worldwide 123 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Perpetuo Socorro

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Perpetuo Socorro?

The most cited paper from Hospital Perpetuo Socorro is "Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020" (Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al., 2021), with 1,073 citations. Next come "Rivaroxaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and a Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve" (290) and "Ever-Young Sex Chromosomes in European Tree Frogs" (203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diretrizes Brasileiras de Hipertensão Arterial – 2020 Weimar Kunz Sebba Barroso et al. · Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Open access Mar 2021 1,073
2 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
3 Ever-Young Sex Chromosomes in European Tree Frogs Matthias Stöck, Agnès Horn, Christine Grossen et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 17 May 2011 203
4 Utility of the PHQ-9 to identify major depressive disorder in adult patients in Spanish primary care centres Roger Muñoz‐Navarro, Antonio Cano Vindel, Leonardo Adrián Medrano et al. · BMC Psychiatry Open access 9 Aug 2017 172
5 Use of health resources and healthcare costs associated with frailty: The FRADEA study Inmaculada García-Nogueras, Isaac Aranda-Reneo, Luz María Peña-Longobardo et al. · The journal of nutrition health & aging Open access 22 Apr 2016 155
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Perpetuo Socorro?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, End-of-Life, Palliative Care, Social Determinants, Educational Technology, Global Burden and Ethical Considerations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.7×36 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.4×21 topics
  4. Educational Technology3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  5. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×11 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 3.7×9 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 3.0×13 topics
  8. End-of-Life2▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Global Burden2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  10. Palliative Care2▲ 23×3 topics
  11. E-Learning2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  12. Social Determinants2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Mortality2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  15. Healthcare Access2▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Maternal Health2▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.3×9 topics
  18. Teacher Training2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  19. Health Policy2▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Child Health2▲ 44×1 topic
  21. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  22. Knowledge Management2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  23. Prenatal Care2▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Autoantibodies2▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Quality Improvement2▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Health Outcomes1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  27. Prevalence1▲ 4.9×6 topics
  28. Primary Care1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. Informal Learning1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Injury Severity1▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Medical Education1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  32. Patient Safety1▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Trauma Center1▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Advance Care Planning1▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Environmental Conservation1▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Family Perspectives1▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Workers1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Nursing1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Prevention Guidelines1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Social Work1▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Perpetuo Socorro publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Maternal and Neonatal He…2Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Policies: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 1 fractional worksLabor Law and Work Dynamics: 1 fractional worksTechnology and Human Fac…1Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health: 1 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 1 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEmergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Social Sciences and Policies General Social Sciences 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Labor Law and Work Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 1 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Perpetuo Socorro's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower 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 Perpetuo Socorro as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Hospital Perpetuo Socorro0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Perpetuo Socorro 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2023Hospital Perpetuo Socorro1.7% in 202320102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 5.3% in 2021.

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