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Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria

In research, Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,348 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,796 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,797 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions, Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — General Health Professions is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,632
of 28,054 · #27,861 all time
Rank in Brazil
#399
of 714
Research works
941
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria 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 #7,348 of 11,982 3.2%286 #10187
MedicineField #6,796 of 10,443 3.0%202 #13008
Health ProfessionsField #1,797 of 1,928 4.3%71 #3396
Social SciencesDomain #10,332 of 10,521 4.9%72 #16619

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#10,187 #7,348
  2. Medicine#13,008 #6,796
  3. Health Professions#3,396 #1,797
  4. Social Sciences#16,619 #10,332
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 39.9 works6.7×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 70.8 works6.2×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 35.2 works6.2×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.71× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.24× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.99× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria?

Ranked on the composite score, Geane Silva Oliveira and Ocilma Barros de Quental lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria.

  1. 1 Geane Silva Oliveira Brazil · #823,233 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Ocilma Barros de Quental Brazil · #862,705 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Healthcare Access, Health Policy, Social Determinants, Educational Technology 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. Public Health64▲ 10×27 topics
  2. Epidemiology60▲ 3.5×93 topics
  3. Quality of Life46▲ 7.3×42 topics
  4. Healthcare Access34▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Health Policy32▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Social Determinants29▲ 31×5 topics
  7. Educational Technology28▲ 5.5×9 topics
  8. Healthcare26▲ 5.4×10 topics
  9. Treatment25▲ 4.8×33 topics
  10. Drug Resistance22▲ 18×7 topics
  11. Maternal Health21▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Information Technology20▲ 9.6×1 topic
  13. Primary Care20▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Smart Library20▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Infection Control18▲ 49×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors18▲ 3.7×29 topics
  17. Diagnosis17▲ 4.3×29 topics
  18. Patient Safety17▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Healthcare Regulation17▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Medical Devices17▲ 154×1 topic
  21. Health Inequalities17▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Chronic Diseases16▲ 15×6 topics
  23. Social Determinants of Health16▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Mental Health16▲ 2.5×20 topics
  25. Brazilian Health System15▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Child Health15▲ 60×1 topic
  27. Community-Based Care15▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Prenatal Care15▲ 124×1 topic
  29. Nursing14▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Palliative Care11▲ 16×4 topics
  31. End-of-Life11▲ 29×3 topics
  32. Prevalence11▲ 6.4×13 topics
  33. Psychological Impact11▲ 8.0×7 topics
  34. Health10▲ 5.8×8 topics
  35. Pediatric Oncology10▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer10▲ 9.4×7 topics
  37. Judicialization9▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Medication9▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Cervical Cancer9▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Spirituality9▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Healthcare Regulation, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Health, Nursing, Elderly Care.

Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 20 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 17 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…15Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 15 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…15Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 15 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 9 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 9 fractional worksPalliative and Oncologic…9Palliative and Oncologic Care: 9 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 6 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 6 fractional worksOccupational Health and Burnout: 5 fractional works
Information SystemsHealth Information ManagementGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 20 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 17 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 15 works
  4. 4 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 15 works
  5. 5 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  6. 6 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  7. 7 Palliative and Oncologic Care Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  8. 8 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 6 works
  9. 9 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 5 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 available79.6%not open20.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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