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Instituto Nacional de Salud

In research, Instituto Nacional de Salud stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,567 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,857 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,664
of 28,054 · #25,342 all time
Rank in Colombia
#101
of 173
Research works
986
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Instituto Nacional de Salud 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 #10,567 of 11,982 8.8%79 #14992
MedicineField #9,857 of 10,443 9.2%68 #13548

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Nacional de Salud 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, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.17× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Nacional de Salud?

Ranked on the composite score, Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela, Elizabeth Castañeda and Patricia Escandón lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Nacional de Salud.

  1. 1 Carlos A Castañeda-Orjuela Colombia · #6,254 worldwide 6.1k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Elizabeth Castañeda Colombia · #66,922 worldwide 168 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Patricia Escandón Colombia · #241,396 worldwide 118 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Carolina Duarte Colombia · #862,782 worldwide 58 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Marcela Mercado Colombia · #951,284 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Rubén Santiago Nicholls Colombia · #1,111,720 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Luis Alberto Gómez Colombia · #1,278,728 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Hernán Hurtado Colombia · #1,319,743 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Juan Bueno Colombia · #1,426,847 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 NJ Alvis-Zakzuk Colombia · #1,590,154 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Nacional de Salud

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Nacional de Salud?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Pandemic, Vaccine, SARS-CoV-2 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. Epidemiology45▲ 8.2×57 topics
  2. Public Health20▲ 9.7×30 topics
  3. Vaccine Development14▲ 39×9 topics
  4. Pandemic10▲ 6.6×9 topics
  5. Vector Control10▲ 59×4 topics
  6. Climate Change9▲ 2.4×18 topics
  7. Vaccine9▲ 15×8 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-28▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Immune Response8▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Pathogenesis8▲ 11×13 topics
  11. Healthcare Access7▲ 18×3 topics
  12. COVID-197▲ 3.6×15 topics
  13. Diagnosis7▲ 5.3×14 topics
  14. Health Promotion7▲ 15×8 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Mental Health7▲ 3.2×11 topics
  17. Drug Resistance6▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Arboviral Diseases6▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Zika Virus6▲ 69×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  21. Immunity6▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Genome Sequence6▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Treatment6▲ 3.3×17 topics
  24. Antifungal Therapy5▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Community-based Resource Management5▲ 189×1 topic
  26. Environmental Management5▲ 9.0×2 topics
  27. Water Quality5▲ 8.9×1 topic
  28. Physical Activity4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Maternal Health4▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 38×3 topics
  31. Nutrition4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Social Determinants4▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Viral Transmission4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Coronavirus4▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  36. Global Health4▲ 17×7 topics
  37. Thrombosis4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. antibody4▲ 23×1 topic
  39. spike protein4▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Chronic Diseases3▲ 9.3×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Public Health and Environmental Issues, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 6 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 3 fractional worksTrypanosoma species research and implications: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…3Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 3 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology2 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 6 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 2 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 available78.1%not open21.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher 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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