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Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer

In research, Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer stands highest in Medicine (#15,822 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#18,015 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,713
of 28,054 · #33,487 all time
Rank in Brazil
#472
of 714
Research works
171
▲ 219% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer 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
MedicineField #15,822 of 17,978 13.2%126
Health SciencesDomain #18,015 of 20,462 13.2%129

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.49× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.85× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer?

Ranked on the composite score, Pedro Kurtz and Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer.

  1. 1 Pedro Kurtz Brazil · #544,526 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Bruno Niemeyer de Freitas Ribeiro Brazil · #1,383,194 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Molecular Classification, Radiotherapy, Growth Hormone, Glioblastoma, Temozolomide and Endoscopic Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.4×29 topics
  2. Immunotherapy5▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Molecular Classification5▲ 53×3 topics
  4. Radiotherapy4▲ 18×6 topics
  5. Growth Hormone4▲ 131×2 topics
  6. Glioblastoma4▲ 89×1 topic
  7. Temozolomide4▲ 89×1 topic
  8. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×16 topics
  10. Cancer3▲ 3.7×12 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors3▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Surgical Management3▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Treatment3▲ 4.1×12 topics
  14. Clinical Management3▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Radiosurgery3▲ 50×4 topics
  16. Cushing's Syndrome3▲ 147×1 topic
  17. Pituitary Adenomas3▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Genetic Mutations3▲ 10.0×8 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  20. Targeted Therapy2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Genomic Instability2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Cancer Genomics2▲ 41×1 topic
  24. DNA Methylation2▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Endovascular Treatment2▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Genomic Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Mutational Signatures2▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Hydrocephalus2▲ 63×2 topics
  29. Vaccine2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Histological Classification2▲ 88×1 topic
  31. Meningiomas2▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Neuroinflammation2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  33. Immunity1▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. Molecular Mechanisms1▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage1▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Cerebrospinal Fluid1▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Glymphatic System1▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Intracranial Aneurysms1▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Preterm Infants1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. IGF-11▲ 104×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Meningioma and schwannoma management.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…4Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…2Meningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksBacterial Infections and…1Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 1 fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 1 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 1 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 1 fractional works
GeneticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismCancer ResearchEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  4. 4 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 1 works
  8. 8 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Estadual do Cérebro Paulo Niemeyer's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 219% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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