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Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”

In research, Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,965 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#9,832 of 17,978 worldwide) and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (#1,163 of 2,085 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,687
of 28,054 · #16,753 all time
Rank in Cuba
#21
of 35
Research works
2.1k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,965 of 14,347 5.2%596
MedicineField #9,832 of 17,978 6.8%1,119
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #1,163 of 2,085 10.9%329
Health SciencesDomain #11,658 of 20,462 6.6%1,274
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #693 of 1,021 9.7%270
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,072 of 7,814 5.6%149
EpidemiologySubfield #2,322 of 2,519 2.2%261
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,812 of 6,031 7.7%157
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #1,914 of 1,980 3.3%273
ParasitologySubfield #179 of 183 2.9%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” 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: 1.78× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.58× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”?

Ranked on the composite score, Edilberto González Ochoa, Carmen Fernández and María G. Guzmán lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”.

  1. 1 Edilberto González Ochoa Cuba · #135,633 worldwide 83 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Carmen Fernández Cuba · #196,045 worldwide 77 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 María G. Guzmán Cuba · #217,590 worldwide 104 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Juan A. Bisset Cuba · #263,713 worldwide 92 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Mayling Álvarez Cuba · #450,056 worldwide 65 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 R. Rodríguez Cuba · #471,166 worldwide 39 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Raúl Dı́az Cuba · #614,100 worldwide 114 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Dennis Pérez Cuba · #626,041 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Luisa Armas Pérez Cuba · #642,653 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Carmen Molina Cuba · #655,971 worldwide 17 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Diagnosis, Treatment, Vaccine 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. Epidemiology25▲ 9.7×48 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 8.6×16 topics
  3. Vaccine Development8▲ 49×6 topics
  4. Vector Control6▲ 84×4 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 7.3×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 9.4×11 topics
  7. Vaccine6▲ 20×11 topics
  8. Immune Response5▲ 14×13 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Pandemic5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  11. Pathogenesis5▲ 14×12 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-24▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Drug Resistance4▲ 23×5 topics
  14. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Immunity4▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 83×1 topic
  17. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 70×4 topics
  18. Zika Virus4▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Genetic Diversity3▲ 11×4 topics
  20. COVID-193▲ 3.1×15 topics
  21. Genome Sequence2▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Global Burden2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  23. Coronavirus2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Host-Pathogen Interactions2▲ 40×4 topics
  25. Zoonotic Transmission2▲ 46×5 topics
  26. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Thrombosis2▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Artemisinin Resistance2▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Microbiota2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Plasmodium falciparum2▲ 95×1 topic
  31. antibody2▲ 27×1 topic
  32. spike protein2▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Infectious Diseases2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  34. Symbiont2▲ 138×1 topic
  35. Wolbachia2▲ 138×1 topic
  36. Cystic Fibrosis2▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Pest Management2▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Zoonotic Infections2▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Bunyavirus2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Genomic Characterization2▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Malaria Research and Control and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Mosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…2Malaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksInsect symbiosis and bacterial influences: 2 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…2Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 2 fractional worksParasitic Infections and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…1Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInfectious DiseasesInsect ScienceEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences Insect Science 2 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics Parasitology 1 works
  9. 9 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% lower than in 2013–2017.

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