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Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga

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Research works
47
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
288
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga

Not ranked overall: Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga 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 Salud de Bucaramanga work in?

In all years, 64% of research at Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Health Professions (17%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 63.8% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 44.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 16.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 8.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInstituto deSalud de…47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences11%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2144.6%
    2. Health Professions816.7%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.7%
    5. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    1. Social Sciences47.6%
    2. Psychology11.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Environmental Science48.2%
    2. Engineering12.3%
    3. Mathematics00.4%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 3.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× 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, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.04×0 works
  2. Medicine3.59×8 works
  3. Nursing3.39×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.01×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.47×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.44×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  11. Psychology0.25×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  15. Engineering0.10×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga?

The most cited paper from Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga is "Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol" (Cristina Taddei et al., 2020), with 302 citations. Next come "First Colombian Multicentric Newborn Screening for Congenital Toxoplasmosis" (111) and "Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c" (92).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol Cristina Taddei et al. · Nature Open access888 authors 3 Jun 2020 302
2 First Colombian Multicentric Newborn Screening for Congenital Toxoplasmosis Jorge Enrique Gómez‐Marín et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases Open access 31 May 2011 111
3 Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c Bin Zhou et al. · Nature Medicine Open access778 authors Nov 2023 92
4 Validez del Cuestionario de salud del paciente-9 (PHQ-9) para cribado de depresión en adultos usuarios de Atención Primaria en Bucaramanga, Colombia Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda, Angy Karina Cuadros-Cruz, Harold Torres-Pinzón et al. · Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría Open access 25 Jan 2020 87
5 Efficacy and safety of oral iron(III) polymaltose complex versus ferrous sulfate in pregnant women with iron-deficiency anemia: a multicenter, randomized, controlled study Ricardo Ortiz, Jorge Eduardo Toblli, Juan Diego Romero et al. · The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 23 Aug 2011 69
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Healthcare Access, Global Health, Vaccine Development, Risk Factors and Social Determinants.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology10▲ 5.1×37 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Health Promotion5▲ 34×7 topics
  4. Healthcare Access3▲ 36×3 topics
  5. Global Health3▲ 46×3 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  8. Climate Change2▲ 1.89×3 topics
  9. Vaccine Development2▲ 16×6 topics
  10. Social Determinants2▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Medical Ethics2▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Environmental Management2▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Maternal Health2▲ 33×3 topics
  14. Mental Health2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  15. Water Quality2▲ 10×2 topics
  16. Chronic Disease Control2▲ 360×1 topic
  17. Community-based Resource Management2▲ 360×1 topic
  18. Consent2▲ 206×1 topic
  19. Patient Autonomy2▲ 104×1 topic
  20. Nutrition2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  21. Aging Population2▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Social Support2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  23. Vector Control2▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Community Health2▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Global Burden2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  27. Healthcare Systems2▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Zika Virus2▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Healthcare Quality1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Drug Resistance1▲ 8.9×5 topics
  31. Health Policy1▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 13×1 topic
  33. COVID-19 Impact1▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Quality of Care1▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Community Participation1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  36. Cultural Variation1▲ 131×1 topic
  37. Geriatric Assessment1▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Health Inequality1▲ 116×1 topic
  39. Physical Activity1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  40. Global Burden of Disease1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Testicular diseases and treatments, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksTesticular diseases and treatments: 0 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and …0Injury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksBiliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas: 0 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation a…0Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 0 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 0 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Testicular diseases and treatments Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  5. 5 Biliary and Gastrointestinal Fistulas Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available73.2%not open26.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga0.000036% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto de Salud de Bucaramanga over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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