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Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania

Research works
27
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
288
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%

Not ranked overall: Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 78.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 16.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deDermatologia Don…27fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences0%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2278.8%
    2. Veterinary01.8%
    3. Dentistry01.2%
    4. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology310.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.8%
    2. Psychology00.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
    1. Materials Science00.3%
    2. Computer Science00.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Materials Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 3 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 19.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics19.60×0 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.37×0 works
  3. Medicine3.49×3 works
  4. Psychology1.42×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.55×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.49×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania?

Ranked on the quality score, Igor Santos Costa, Heitor de Sá Gonçalves and Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania.

  1. 1 Igor Santos Costa Brazil · #4,950,514 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Heitor de Sá Gonçalves Brazil · #5,351,394 worldwide 651 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes Brazil · #6,067,177 worldwide 829 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania is "CD4+CD25+T Cells in Skin Lesions of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Exhibit Phenotypic and Functional Characteristics of Natural Regulatory T Cells" (Ana Paula Campanelli, Ana Maria Ferreira Roselino, Karen Angelica Cavassani et al., 2006), with 167 citations. Next come "Uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): Results of an open label, randomized and controlled clinical trial, among multibacillary patients" (74) and "Whole genome sequencing distinguishes between relapse and reinfection in recurrent leprosy cases" (55).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CD4+CD25+T Cells in Skin Lesions of Patients with Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Exhibit Phenotypic and Functional Characteristics of Natural Regulatory T Cells Ana Paula Campanelli, Ana Maria Ferreira Roselino, Karen Angelica Cavassani et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 5 Apr 2006 167
2 Uniform multidrug therapy for leprosy patients in Brazil (U-MDT/CT-BR): Results of an open label, randomized and controlled clinical trial, among multibacillary patients Gerson Oliveira Penna, Samira Bührer-Sékula, Lígia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 13 Jul 2017 74
3 Whole genome sequencing distinguishes between relapse and reinfection in recurrent leprosy cases Mariane M. A. Stefani et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 15 Jun 2017 55
4 Emergence and Transmission of Drug-/Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium leprae in a Former Leprosy Colony in the Brazilian Amazon Patrícia Sammarco Rosa et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 29 Jun 2019 50
5 Pathogen-Specific Epitopes as Epidemiological Tools for Defining the Magnitude of Mycobacterium leprae Transmission in Areas Endemic for Leprosy Marcia V. S. B. Martins, Marjorie M. da S. Guimarães, John S. Jr. Spencer et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 24 Apr 2012 46
All 87 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immune Response, Public Health, Genetics, Leprosy and Mycobacterium leprae.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 9.4×23 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 27×12 topics
  3. Treatment7▲ 19×12 topics
  4. Immune Response4▲ 24×5 topics
  5. Public Health4▲ 11×5 topics
  6. Genetics3▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Leprosy3▲ 1164×1 topic
  8. Mycobacterium leprae3▲ 1164×1 topic
  9. Photodynamic Therapy2▲ 51×3 topics
  10. Basal Cell Carcinoma2▲ 172×2 topics
  11. Drug Resistance2▲ 22×5 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 15×4 topics
  13. Cystic Fibrosis1▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer1▲ 224×1 topic
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 3.9×8 topics
  16. Skin Cancers1▲ 224×1 topic
  17. Mycobacterium avium1▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria1▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Antifungal Therapy1▲ 43×3 topics
  20. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Leprosy Research and Treatment, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare and Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies.

  1. 1 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 0 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 0 works
  4. 4 Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 0 works
  6. 6 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  8. 8 Melanoma and MAPK Pathways Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 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 available84.2%not open15.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania0.0000029% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Dermatologia Dona Libania over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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