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Instituto Adolfo Lutz

In research, Instituto Adolfo Lutz stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,740 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#8,936 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,278 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Microbiology — Parasitology is 42.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,928
of 28,054 · #14,950 all time
Rank in Brazil
#230
of 714
Research works
3k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Instituto Adolfo Lutz 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,740 of 7,800 6.1%152 #5831
MedicineField #8,936 of 10,443 4.8%178 #8912
Health SciencesDomain #10,278 of 11,982 4.2%208 #11408

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Adolfo Lutz 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. Life Sciences#5,831 #5,740
  2. Medicine#8,912 #8,936
  3. Health Sciences#11,408 #10,278
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 Instituto Adolfo Lutz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 42.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 20.2 works43×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 47.5 works16×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 50.4 works11×
← 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: 2.25× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.20× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.70× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.45× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.84× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Adolfo Lutz?

Ranked on the composite score, Dilma Scala Gelli, Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi and Cristina Takami Kanamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Adolfo Lutz.

  1. 1 Dilma Scala Gelli Brazil · #668,057 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Susilene Maria Tonelli Nardi Brazil · #674,878 worldwide 16 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Cristina Takami Kanamura Brazil · #677,561 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Suely Nonogaki Brazil · #683,923 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Érica Chimara Brazil · #764,513 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Kinue Irino Brazil · #858,753 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Márcia Lombardo Brazil · #863,080 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 André G. Tempone Brazil · #863,927 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Rosângela Rodrigues Brazil · #886,816 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Márcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem Brazil · #927,039 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Adolfo Lutz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Treatment, Drug Resistance and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology152▲ 8.6×70 topics
  2. Diagnosis47▲ 11×17 topics
  3. Public Health44▲ 6.8×26 topics
  4. Vaccine Development39▲ 35×11 topics
  5. Treatment38▲ 7.1×20 topics
  6. Vaccine37▲ 20×10 topics
  7. Drug Resistance36▲ 28×8 topics
  8. Immune Response33▲ 13×16 topics
  9. Pathogenesis32▲ 14×20 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance26▲ 16×11 topics
  11. Immunity24▲ 13×8 topics
  12. Infection21▲ 19×8 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity18▲ 9.2×10 topics
  14. Virulence Factors17▲ 26×8 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance17▲ 19×9 topics
  16. Food Safety16▲ 12×12 topics
  17. Pathogenicity16▲ 53×4 topics
  18. Antifungal Therapy14▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Host Immune Response13▲ 47×3 topics
  20. Vector Control12▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Zoonotic Transmission12▲ 39×5 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-211▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Virulence11▲ 40×5 topics
  24. Patient Safety11▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Disease Burden11▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Health Policy11▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Infection Control11▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 15×6 topics
  29. Viral Transmission10▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Healthcare Regulation10▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Medical Devices10▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Clinical Management10▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Fungal Pathogens9▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Genomic Analysis9▲ 8.3×8 topics
  35. ESKAPE Pathogens9▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria9▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Biofilm Formation9▲ 30×4 topics
  38. Parasite9▲ 89×2 topics
  39. Bacterial Meningitis9▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Neisseria meningitidis9▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Adolfo Lutz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Regulation, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Bacterial Infections and Vaccines and Research on Leishmaniasis Studies.

Healthcare Regulation10Healthcare Regulation: 10 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…9Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 9 fractional worksBacterial Infections and Vaccines: 9 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…9Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 9 fractional worksFungal Infections and St…8Fungal Infections and Studies: 8 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Treatment: 7 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…7Respiratory viral infections research: 7 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 6 fractional works
Health Information ManagementMolecular MedicineMicrobiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 10 works
  2. 2 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 9 works
  4. 4 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  5. 5 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  7. 7 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 7 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 7 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 6 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 available70.9%not open29.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Adolfo Lutz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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