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Hospital / health system · Caracas · Venezuela

Hospital Vargas

In research, Hospital Vargas stands highest in Health Sciences (#15,774 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#14,309 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#12,479 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,833
of 42,892
Rank in Venezuela
#23
of 49
Research works
821
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

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 #15,774 of 20,462 2.8%598
MedicineField #14,309 of 17,978 2.6%541
Life SciencesDomain #12,479 of 14,347 5.7%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 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: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.11× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.20× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Vargas?

Ranked on the composite score, Ramón Almela Pérez, Javier Ortega and Nacarid Aránzazu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Vargas.

  1. 1 Ramón Almela Pérez Venezuela · #478,195 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Javier Ortega Venezuela · #486,460 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Nacarid Aránzazu Venezuela · #538,348 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Margarita Oliver Venezuela · #852,244 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 R Piñero Venezuela · #1,009,360 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Ingrid Rivera Venezuela · #1,268,456 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Vargas

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Vargas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Obesity, Chronic Diseases, Risk Factors, Public Health, Healthy Lifestyles and University Students.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.4×32 topics
  2. Health Promotion4▲ 23×4 topics
  3. Obesity4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  4. Public Health4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  5. Chronic Diseases3▲ 25×2 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  7. Mental Health3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 2.4×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 3.8×13 topics
  10. Globalization3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  11. Healthy Lifestyles3▲ 109×1 topic
  12. University Students3▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Healthcare Access2▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Agriculture2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  18. Innovation2▲ 3.0×5 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 2.6×11 topics
  20. Genetics2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Global Health2▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Diagnosis2▲ 3.0×11 topics
  23. Family Farming2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Rural Policy2▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Primary Care1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  26. Aging Population1▲ 27×4 topics
  27. Social Impact1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  28. Tourism1▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Health Policy1▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  32. Social Determinants1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  33. Deep Brain Stimulation1▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Early-Life Conditions1▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Fetal Programming1▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Lymphoma1▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Maternal Health1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  38. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder1▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Policy1▲ 8.5×1 topic
  40. Tourette Syndrome1▲ 102×1 topic

Which research topics does Hospital Vargas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Lifestyle Studies, Rural Development and Agriculture, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies.

Health and Lifestyle Stu…3Health and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksRural Development and Agriculture: 2 fractional worksObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: 1 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 1 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 1 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…1Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 1 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 1 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawClinical PsychologyGeography, Planning and Development5 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 Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 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 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 1 works
  9. 9 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Vargas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower 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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