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Hospital Vargas

In research, Hospital Vargas stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,230 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#7,409 of 14,558 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#7,796 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#16,368
of 34,923
Rank in Venezuela
#30
of 48
Research works
821
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Hospital Vargas

What is Hospital Vargas 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 #8,230 of 16,688 3.0%598
MedicineField #7,409 of 14,558 2.9%541
Life SciencesDomain #7,796 of 11,023 4.4%128

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

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Hospital Vargas is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Social Sciences (11%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 37 fractional works · 57.4% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 46.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 19.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHospital Vargas65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences19%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3046.1%
    2. Health Professions710.7%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences711.3%
    2. Psychology34.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Environmental Science34.8%
    2. Engineering34.4%
    3. Computer Science11.8%
    4. Chemistry00.8%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology23.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Neuroscience11.2%
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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.08× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.40× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.08×7 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.52×2 works
  3. Medicine2.40×30 works
  4. Psychology1.31×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×3 works
  6. Environmental Science0.97×3 works
  7. Social Sciences0.89×7 works
  8. Nursing0.87×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.84×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.71×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.66×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  13. Engineering0.29×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Vargas?

Ranked on the quality score, Aı́da Falcón de Vargas, M. E. Pinardi and Gladys Martin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Vargas.

  1. 1 Aı́da Falcón de Vargas Venezuela · #2,276,812 worldwide 907 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 M. E. Pinardi Venezuela · #2,676,104 worldwide 807 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Gladys Martin Venezuela · #3,341,899 worldwide 534 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 J L Avila Venezuela · #3,601,628 worldwide 955 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Francisco Kerdel-Vegas Venezuela · #3,748,375 worldwide 486 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Elsa Rada Venezuela · #3,878,515 worldwide 455 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Jaime Piquero Martín Venezuela · #4,464,196 worldwide 877 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 José Luis Ávila Venezuela · #4,544,000 worldwide 244 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 María B. de Albornoz Venezuela · #4,681,538 worldwide 263 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 R.E Vargas Arenas Venezuela · #4,740,519 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Vargas

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Vargas?

The most cited paper from Hospital Vargas is "New insights into the management of acne: An update from the Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne Group" (Diane M. Thiboutot et al., 2009), with 847 citations. Next come "On the Origin of Leprosy" (496) and "Comparative genomic and phylogeographic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae" (396).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New insights into the management of acne: An update from the Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne Group Diane M. Thiboutot et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 18 Apr 2009 847
2 On the Origin of Leprosy Marc Monot et al. · Science Open access 12 May 2005 496
3 Comparative genomic and phylogeographic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae Marc Monot et al. · Nature Genetics Open access Nov 2009 396
4 Efficacy and safety of an oral live attenuated human rotavirus vaccine against rotavirus gastroenteritis during the first 2 years of life in Latin American infants: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study Alexandre C. Linhares, F. Raúl Velázquez, Irene Pérez‐Schael et al. · The Lancet Apr 2008 379
5 Epidemiology of Candidemia in Latin America: A Laboratory-Based Survey Márcio Nucci, Flávio Queiroz‐Telles, Tito Alvarado-Matute et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 19 Mar 2013 379
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Vargas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Public Health, Obesity, Chronic Diseases, Nutrition, Risk Factors and Healthy Lifestyles.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.6×38 topics
  2. Health Promotion5▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Public Health5▲ 4.9×13 topics
  4. Obesity4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 4.8×7 topics
  6. Chronic Diseases3▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 3.5×13 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  9. Mental Health3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  10. Nutrition3▲ 10×2 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  13. Globalization3▲ 2.0×9 topics
  14. Healthy Lifestyles3▲ 98×1 topic
  15. University Students3▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Diagnosis2▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. Treatment2▲ 3.1×14 topics
  18. Healthcare Access2▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 25×4 topics
  20. Global Health2▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  22. Aging Population2▲ 29×4 topics
  23. Agriculture2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Agroecology2▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Genetics2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  26. Health Policy2▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Family Farming2▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Medical Education2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Rural Policy2▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Primary Care1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  32. Social Determinants1▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Vaccine Development1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  34. Glycemic Control1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Insulin Therapy1▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Social Impact1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  37. Tourism1▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  39. Critical Care1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  40. Medicine1▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Vargas publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Lifestyle Studies, Rural Development and Agriculture, Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

Health and Lifestyle Stu…3Health and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 1 fractional worksObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: 1 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 1 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…1Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 1 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis1Microscopic Colitis: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawGeography, Planning and DevelopmentClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Rural Development and Agriculture Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  3. 3 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  4. 4 Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 1 works
  7. 7 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 1 works
  10. 10 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Vargas's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Vargas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Hospital Vargas0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Vargas 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%15%all institutions10.0% in 2008Hospital Vargas2.2% in 20082000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.2% in 1993.

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