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Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

In research, Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,966 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,023 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,431
of 28,054 · #22,995 all time
Rank in Brazil
#390
of 714
Research works
635
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.5k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS 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 #8,966 of 11,982 7.8%109 #10639
MedicineField #8,023 of 10,443 7.4%102 #10457

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS 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 São Lucas da PUCRS specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.6 works7.6×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS?

Ranked on the composite score, Gustavo Kurachi, Doryane Maria dos Reis Lima and Univaldo Etsuo Sagae lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS.

  1. 1 Gustavo Kurachi Brazil · #996,791 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Doryane Maria dos Reis Lima Brazil · #1,174,537 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  3. 2 Univaldo Etsuo Sagae Brazil · #1,174,537 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Paulo Caramori Brazil · #1,209,169 worldwide 27 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS

Which keywords describe research at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Obesity, Diagnosis and Healthcare.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.1×64 topics
  2. Quality of Life13▲ 6.6×28 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 4.2×28 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 2.1×31 topics
  6. Healthcare6▲ 3.9×9 topics
  7. Public Health6▲ 2.9×15 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 4.5×20 topics
  9. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.7×21 topics
  10. Obesity5▲ 5.2×15 topics
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 2.9×18 topics
  12. Breast Cancer4▲ 13×11 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.8×13 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.4×12 topics
  15. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management3▲ 6.1×11 topics
  18. Anatomy3▲ 33×4 topics
  19. Healthcare Access3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  20. Surgery3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  23. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  24. Stroke3▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Pediatric Oncology3▲ 34×3 topics
  26. Radiotherapy2▲ 4.8×10 topics
  27. Weight Loss2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Communication2▲ 5.6×2 topics
  29. End-of-Life2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Graft Survival2▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Nursing2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  32. Palliative Care2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Psychological Impact2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  35. Bioethics2▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Grief2▲ 101×1 topic
  37. Imaging2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Muscle Mass2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Cervical Cancer2▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Clinical Practice2▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Palliative and Oncologic Care, Stoma care and complications, Women's cancer prevention and management and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Palliative and Oncologic…2Palliative and Oncologic Care: 2 fractional worksStoma care and complicat…2Stoma care and complications: 2 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …2COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryInformation SystemsOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Stoma care and complications Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 2 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 2 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 available66.1%not open33.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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