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Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio

In research, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio stands highest in Medicine (#8,329 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,915 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,429
of 28,054 · #31,276 all time
Rank in Brazil
#490
of 714
Research works
550
▲ 86% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio 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 #8,329 of 10,443 2.7%114 #12451
Health SciencesDomain #9,915 of 11,982 2.9%128 #11882

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio?

Ranked on the composite score, Fernando Barroso Duarte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio.

  1. 1 Fernando Barroso Duarte Brazil · #1,407,227 worldwide 8 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Quality of Life, Prognostic Factors, Healthcare Access, Social Determinants, Diagnosis and Hematopoietic Stem Cells.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.8×72 topics
  2. Public Health12▲ 4.7×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life11▲ 4.3×27 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 2.3×26 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors8▲ 10×10 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 4.4×22 topics
  7. Healthcare Access7▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Social Determinants7▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Healthcare7▲ 3.4×8 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Management6▲ 4.6×19 topics
  12. Educational Technology6▲ 3.0×4 topics
  13. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 35×3 topics
  14. Drug Resistance5▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Health Policy5▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.2×15 topics
  17. Patient Safety5▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Pathophysiology4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  19. Infection Control4▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Regulation4▲ 22×1 topic
  21. Medical Devices4▲ 84×1 topic
  22. Smart Library4▲ 51×1 topic
  23. AML4▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Acute Myeloid Leukemia4▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Graft Survival4▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Surgical Management4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Maternal Health4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  28. Psychological Impact3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Cervical Cancer3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  33. Breast Cancer3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  34. Child Health3▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Kidney Transplantation3▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Prenatal Care3▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Immunosuppressive Drugs3▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Judicialization3▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Medication3▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Antibody-Mediated Rejection3▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare.

Healthcare Regulation4Healthcare Regulation: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…4Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 4 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…4Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…3Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 3 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 3 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 3 fractional worksWomen's cancer preventio…3Women's cancer prevention and management: 3 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth, Education, and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional works
Health Information ManagementInformation SystemsHematologyGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 4 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 4 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  6. 6 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 3 works
  7. 7 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Health Education and Validation Education 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Health, Education, and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available81.3%not open18.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 86% 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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