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Hospital / health system · Quito · Ecuador

Hospital Vozandes

In research, Hospital Vozandes stands highest in Medicine (#6,925 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,649 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,241
of 28,054 · #35,494 all time
Rank in Ecuador
#55
of 71
Research works
443
▲ 156% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Hospital Vozandes 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 #6,925 of 10,443 4.4%110 #14260
Health SciencesDomain #8,649 of 11,982 4.6%117 #16963

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hospital Vozandes 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 Vozandes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.0 works7.4×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.57× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.04× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Vozandes?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald H. Guderian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Vozandes.

  1. 1 Ronald H. Guderian Ecuador · #647,186 worldwide 45 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Vozandes

Which keywords describe research at Hospital Vozandes?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Surgical Management, Management and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 4.2×70 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 6.3×23 topics
  3. Treatment7▲ 4.3×25 topics
  4. Quality of Life6▲ 3.0×24 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 8.2×14 topics
  6. Management6▲ 5.2×20 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors6▲ 9.1×14 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 1.87×24 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 9.1×17 topics
  10. Public Health4▲ 2.1×17 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.8×14 topics
  12. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.9×14 topics
  13. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.8×12 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  16. Obesity3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  17. Guidelines3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  18. Mortality3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  19. Surgery3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  20. Diabetes3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Health Promotion3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  22. Stroke3▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Rituximab3▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Genetic Alterations3▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Nutrition3▲ 4.0×3 topics
  26. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  27. Biomechanics2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.0×5 topics
  30. Survival Analysis2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  31. Pathophysiology2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  32. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Autoantibodies2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Trauma2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Intravenous Immunoglobulin2▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Sepsis2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  38. Tumor Staging2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Cholecystitis2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Skin Cancer2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Vozandes publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Gallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…2Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 2 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…1Hip disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksAbdominal Trauma and Injuries: 1 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 1 fractional worksmelanin and skin pigment…1melanin and skin pigmentation: 1 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyGeneral Health ProfessionsSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available60.7%not open39.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Vozandes's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 156% 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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