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Instituto de Gastroenterología

In research, Instituto de Gastroenterología stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,540 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#9,282 of 14,558 worldwide) and Surgery (#2,425 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,363
of 34,923
Rank in Cuba
#45
of 56
Research works
848
▼ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Instituto de Gastroenterología

What is Instituto de Gastroenterología 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 #9,540 of 16,688 4.1%624
MedicineField #9,282 of 14,558 4.2%566
SurgerySubfield #2,425 of 3,248 3.1%160

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Gastroenterología 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 Instituto de Gastroenterología work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Instituto de Gastroenterología is in Health Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 59.1% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 54.1% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 15.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deGastroenterología69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences15%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3754.1%
    2. Health Professions23.4%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences710.2%
    2. Environmental Science22.8%
    3. Energy11.8%
    4. Computer Science11.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    6. Engineering00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences68.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities45.5%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.54× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.81× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.54×7 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.08×1 works
  3. Nursing2.90×1 works
  4. Medicine2.81×37 works
  5. Energy1.93×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.92×4 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.48×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.29×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.65×6 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.56×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.52×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.37×1 works
  15. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  17. Psychology0.31×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  21. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Gastroenterología?

Ranked on the quality score, Marlén Castellanos, Marlén Ivón Castellanos Fernández and Enrique A. Castellanos Abella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Gastroenterología.

  1. 1 Marlén Castellanos Cuba · #1,259,171 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Marlén Ivón Castellanos Fernández Cuba · #1,349,215 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Enrique A. Castellanos Abella Cuba · #2,494,757 worldwide 623 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Manuel E. Paniagua Cuba · #3,727,848 worldwide 544 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 María del Rosario Abreu Vázquez Cuba · #4,278,964 worldwide 144 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bienvenido Grá Cuba · #4,302,673 worldwide 496 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 E Borbolla Cuba · #4,407,496 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Angélica I. Llanes Castro Cuba · #4,503,334 worldwide 88 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Zaily Dorta Guridi Cuba · #4,698,502 worldwide 240 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Walter Vasen Cuba · #4,744,494 worldwide 265 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Gastroenterología

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Gastroenterología?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Gastroenterología is "Weight Loss Through Lifestyle Modification Significantly Reduces Features of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis" (Eduardo Vilar‐Gómez, Yadina Martínez-Pérez, Luis Calzadilla Bertot et al., 2015), with 2,487 citations. Next come "Telaprevir for Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection" (2,394) and "Fibrosis Severity as a Determinant of Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Advanced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Multi-National Cohort Study" (814).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Weight Loss Through Lifestyle Modification Significantly Reduces Features of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Eduardo Vilar‐Gómez, Yadina Martínez-Pérez, Luis Calzadilla Bertot et al. · Gastroenterology 10 Apr 2015 2,487
2 Telaprevir for Previously Untreated Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Ira M. Jacobson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Jun 2011 2,394
3 Fibrosis Severity as a Determinant of Cause-Specific Mortality in Patients With Advanced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Multi-National Cohort Study Eduardo Vilar‐Gómez, Luis Calzadilla Bertot, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 4 May 2018 814
4 Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement Jeffrey Victor Lazarus et al. · Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology ReviewOpen access221 authors 27 Oct 2021 768
5 An update of IPCC climate reference regions for subcontinental analysis of climate model data: definition and aggregated datasets Maialen Iturbide et al. · Earth system science data Open access 18 Nov 2020 692
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Gastroenterología?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Subduction, Metabolic Syndrome, Diagnosis, Insulin Resistance, Management, Hepatic Steatosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

▲ 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▲ 3.3×42 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  3. Subduction4▲ 73×3 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 5.6×17 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 2.4×14 topics
  6. Management3▲ 5.8×13 topics
  7. Treatment3▲ 3.7×16 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance3▲ 9.7×5 topics
  9. Immunotherapy3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  10. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×11 topics
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Tectonic Evolution3▲ 167×2 topics
  14. NAFLD3▲ 34×1 topic
  15. NASH3▲ 34×1 topic
  16. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  17. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.0×9 topics
  18. Complications2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  19. Identity2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  20. Andean Geodynamics2▲ 382×1 topic
  21. Caribbean Plate Boundary2▲ 382×1 topic
  22. Culture2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  23. Gender2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  25. Healthcare2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  26. Liver Transplantation2▲ 24×4 topics
  27. Cultural Heritage2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Hepatic Encephalopathy2▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Liver Cirrhosis2▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Migration2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  32. Cuba2▲ 306×1 topic
  33. Race2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Health Promotion2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  35. Surgery2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  36. Children1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Environmental Impact Assessment1▲ 24×1 topic
  38. PET Imaging1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Pancreatic Cancer1▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Surgical Complications1▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Gastroenterología publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Cuban History and Society.

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…2Liver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksCuban History and Society2Cuban History and Society: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 1 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …1earthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surgery: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeophysicsHepatologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 2 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  4. 4 Cuban History and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Gastroenterología's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 Gastroenterología as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Instituto de Gastroenterología0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Gastroenterología 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Instituto de Gastroenterología5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.5% in 2017.

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