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Instituto Médico La Floresta

In research, Instituto Médico La Floresta stands highest in Medicine (#15,389 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#18,070 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#39,422
of 42,892
Rank in Venezuela
#39
of 49
Research works
192
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Instituto Médico La Floresta 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 #15,389 of 17,978 10.4%146
Health SciencesDomain #18,070 of 20,462 10.3%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Médico La Floresta 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: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.77× its world share, 17 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Médico La Floresta?

Ranked on the composite score, René Sotelo, Oswaldo Carmona and Daniel Ramírez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Médico La Floresta.

  1. 1 René Sotelo Venezuela · #231,676 worldwide 98 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Oswaldo Carmona Venezuela · #352,275 worldwide 35 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Daniel Ramírez Venezuela · #408,696 worldwide 43 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Camilo Giedelman Venezuela · #706,551 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Juan Astigueta Venezuela · #1,090,416 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Médico La Floresta

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Médico La Floresta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Insulin Resistance, Epidemiology, NAFLD, NASH, Quality of Life, Public Health and Migration.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.2×25 topics
  2. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 45×2 topics
  3. Insulin Resistance3▲ 19×3 topics
  4. NAFLD2▲ 66×1 topic
  5. NASH2▲ 66×1 topic
  6. Public Health2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  8. Migration2▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Treatment1▲ 3.5×8 topics
  12. Climate Change1▲ 1.55×3 topics
  13. Family1▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Immune Response1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  15. Inflammation1▲ 1.91×5 topics
  16. Acute Pancreatitis1▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Chronic Pancreatitis1▲ 89×1 topic
  18. Hepatic Encephalopathy1▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Liver Cirrhosis1▲ 68×1 topic
  20. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Global Burden1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  22. Health Utility Measures1▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Antiviral Therapy1▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks1▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Feminism1▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Gender1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  27. Liver Disease1▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Skull Base Reconstruction1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Médico La Floresta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Liver Disease and Transplantation, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…1Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 1 fractional worksGender, Health, and Social Inequality: 1 fractional worksEducational and Social S…1Educational and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksVenezuelan Migration and Society: 1 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologySurgeryEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  3. 3 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Gender, Health, and Social Inequality Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Educational and Social Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  9. 9 Venezuelan Migration and Society Health 1 works
  10. 10 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Médico La Floresta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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