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Instituto de Saúde

In research, Instituto de Saúde stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,819 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,614 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,212 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Occupational Therapy, Health Information Management and General Health Professions — Occupational Therapy is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,441
of 28,054 · #10,361 all time
Rank in Brazil
#96
of 714
Research works
4.5k
▲ 101% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
85%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Saúde 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,819 of 11,982 7.3%695 #3575
MedicineField #3,614 of 10,443 8.4%383 #4517
Social SciencesDomain #5,212 of 10,521 7.7%406 #6165
Health ProfessionsField #1,065 of 1,928 5.9%280 #1397
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #530 of 916 6.4%187 #642
Life SciencesDomain #5,148 of 7,800 10.2%114 #7176
Social SciencesField #4,302 of 6,365 7.1%276 #4831
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #589 of 828 9.6%106 #777
Physical SciencesDomain #10,135 of 12,888 6.2%137 #14699
PsychologyField #1,719 of 2,181 6.3%70 #3085

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Saúde 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. Health Sciences#3,575 #2,819
  2. Medicine#4,517 #3,614
  3. Social Sciences#6,165 #5,212
  4. Health Professions#1,397 #1,065
  5. General Health Professions#642 #530
  6. Life Sciences#7,176 #5,148
  7. Social Sciences#4,831 #4,302
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#777 #589
  9. Physical Sciences#14,699 #10,135
  10. Psychology#3,085 #1,719
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 de Saúde specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Occupational Therapy takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Occupational TherapySubfield · 28.0 works12×
  2. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 39.9 works12×
  3. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 186.9 works10×
  4. Health ProfessionsField · 280.3 works7.9×
  5. HealthSubfield · 26.9 works6.7×
  6. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 105.5 works5.9×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.97× its world share, 20 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.87× its world share, 280 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 383 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 70 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 276 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Saúde?

Ranked on the composite score, Lenise Mondini, Maria Mercedes Loureiro Escuder and Tereza Etsuko da Costa Rosa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Saúde.

  1. 1 Lenise Mondini Brazil · #400,267 worldwide 105 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Maria Mercedes Loureiro Escuder Brazil · #592,933 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Tereza Etsuko da Costa Rosa Brazil · #796,606 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Lúcia Dias da Silva Guerra Brazil · #850,013 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Maria de Lima Salum e Morais Brazil · #857,747 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Leonardo Metsavaht Brazil · #963,826 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Milena Gaion Malosso Brazil · #1,097,374 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Maritsa Carla de Bortoli Brazil · #1,293,286 worldwide 6 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Gustavo Leporace Brazil · #1,327,388 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Saúde

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Saúde?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Quality of Life, Healthcare Access, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Chronic Diseases 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 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. Public Health251▲ 13×58 topics
  2. Quality of Life179▲ 9.2×52 topics
  3. Epidemiology168▲ 3.1×116 topics
  4. Healthcare Access151▲ 40×10 topics
  5. Health Policy125▲ 59×6 topics
  6. Primary Care106▲ 21×12 topics
  7. Chronic Diseases105▲ 30×9 topics
  8. Mental Health100▲ 5.0×37 topics
  9. Social Determinants100▲ 35×7 topics
  10. Social Determinants of Health95▲ 31×7 topics
  11. Aging Population88▲ 72×4 topics
  12. Brazilian Health System86▲ 148×1 topic
  13. Community-Based Care86▲ 148×1 topic
  14. Risk Factors78▲ 5.3×32 topics
  15. Educational Technology78▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Health68▲ 12×15 topics
  17. Healthcare67▲ 4.4×17 topics
  18. Prevalence65▲ 12×12 topics
  19. Treatment65▲ 3.9×41 topics
  20. Adolescents57▲ 11×9 topics
  21. Drug Resistance50▲ 13×9 topics
  22. Knowledge Management44▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Information Technology44▲ 6.8×4 topics
  24. Digital Innovation43▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Maternal Health43▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Smart Library43▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Infection Control41▲ 36×3 topics
  28. Nursing41▲ 16×6 topics
  29. Patient Safety40▲ 20×6 topics
  30. Psychological Impact39▲ 8.9×9 topics
  31. Health Inequalities39▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Judicialization39▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Medication39▲ 99×1 topic
  34. Family38▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Cocaine38▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Crack38▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Healthcare Workers38▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Healthcare Regulation37▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Medical Devices37▲ 107×1 topic
  40. Nursing Care37▲ 107×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Saúde publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Health in Brazil and Youth, Drugs, and Violence.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…86Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 86 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 43 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil39Public Health in Brazil: 39 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence38Youth, Drugs, and Violence: 38 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 37 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 33 fractional worksOccupational Health and …22Occupational Health and Burnout: 22 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 19 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 18 fractional worksScience and Education Research: 16 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 86 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 43 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  4. 4 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 38 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 37 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 33 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Burnout Occupational Therapy 22 works
  8. 8 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  9. 9 Health Education and Validation Education 18 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 16 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 available84.6%not open15.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Saúde's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 101% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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