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Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto

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Research works
107
▲ 243% vs 2018-21
Citations
975
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto

Not ranked overall: Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto 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 Superior Bissaya Barreto work in?

In all years, 70% of research at Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Social Sciences (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 75 fractional works · 69.6% of its workMedicine: 66 fractional works · 61.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutoSuperior Bissaya…107fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences13%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6661.4%
    2. Health Professions65.5%
    3. Dentistry22.1%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences87.2%
    2. Psychology43.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering32.9%
    2. Computer Science11.4%
    3. Environmental Science11.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 2.96× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.82× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.63×1 works
  2. Psychology3.82×2 works
  3. Nursing2.96×0 works
  4. Medicine2.25×9 works
  5. Health Professions1.43×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.38×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.13×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.95×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.85×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.78×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.47×0 works
  14. Engineering0.45×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.32×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto?

The most cited paper from Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto is "3rd European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 2: Surgical Management and Special Situations" (Paolo Gionchetti, Axel U Dignass, Silvio Danese et al., 2016), with 780 citations. Next come "Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates" (453) and "A comparison of estimates of glomerular filtration in critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance" (213).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 3rd European Evidence-based Consensus on the Diagnosis and Management of Crohn’s Disease 2016: Part 2: Surgical Management and Special Situations Paolo Gionchetti, Axel U Dignass, Silvio Danese et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis Open access 22 Sep 2016 780
2 Skin-to-skin care for procedural pain in neonates Celeste C Johnston, Marsha L Campbell-Yeo, Timothy C. Disher et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 16 Feb 2017 453
3 A comparison of estimates of glomerular filtration in critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance João Pedro Baptista, Andrew Alexander Udy, Eduardo Sousa et al. · Critical Care Open access 8 Jun 2011 213
4 Human plasma stability during handling and storage: impact on NMR metabolomics Joana Pinto, M. Rosário Domingues, Eulália Maria Bento Galhano et al. · The Analyst 2014 177
5 An improved solution algorithm for the constrained shortest path problem Luís Santos, João Coutinho‐Rodrigues, John R. Current · Transportation Research Part B Methodological 8 Mar 2007 97
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Which keywords describe research at Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Maternal Mortality, Prenatal Diagnosis, Social Determinants, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Maternal Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.6×43 topics
  2. Inflammation7▲ 2.7×20 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  4. Public Health4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  5. Maternal Mortality4▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Social Determinants4▲ 18×6 topics
  8. Management3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  9. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors3▲ 3.0×9 topics
  11. Maternal Health3▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Mental Health3▲ 2.5×13 topics
  13. Assisted Reproductive Technology3▲ 40×1 topic
  14. In Vitro Fertilization3▲ 88×1 topic
  15. Pregnancy3▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Breast Cancer3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  17. Health Inequalities3▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Child Health2▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Pregnancy Complications2▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Prenatal Care2▲ 116×1 topic
  21. Preterm Infants2▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Social Support2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  23. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  24. Prognosis2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Surgical Management2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Fetal Outcome2▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Neurotoxicity2▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Preterm Birth2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  31. Epilepsy2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Placental Development2▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Preeclampsia2▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Intrauterine Infection2▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Therapy2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  37. Cervical Cancer2▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Newborn Screening2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical and Modern Theater Studies, Tunneling and Rock Mechanics, Infant Development and Preterm Care and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Historical and Modern Th…1Historical and Modern Theater Studies: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mecha…1Tunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional worksInfant Development and P…1Infant Development and Preterm Care: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…1Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 1 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksSTEM Education1STEM Education: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…1Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 0 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and Testing: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyCivil and Structural EngineeringPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Modern Theater Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 STEM Education Education 1 works
  7. 7 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  8. 8 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available64.7%not open35.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 243% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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