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IPS Central

In research, IPS Central stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,704 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,932 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research).

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#17,717
of 22,385 · #20,137 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#21
of 23
Research works
396
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
653
1.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
IPS Central

What is IPS Central known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,704 of 9,902 1.3%89 #7615
MedicineField #4,932 of 8,541 1.3%82 #7036

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IPS Central 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does IPS Central work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at IPS Central is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Social Sciences (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 104 fractional works · 79.4% of its workMedicine: 97 fractional works · 73.8% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIPS Central131fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9773.8%
    2. Health Professions64.2%
    3. Dentistry21.1%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences85.8%
    2. Psychology32.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science31.9%
    2. Computer Science21.1%
    3. Mathematics00.1%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IPS Central specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.2 works6.6×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.36× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.84×97 works
  2. Dentistry2.36×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.24×3 works
  4. Health Professions1.61×6 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×6 works
  6. Psychology0.64×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×2 works
  8. Nursing0.52×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.46×8 works
  10. Environmental Science0.39×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at IPS Central?

Ranked on the quality score, Carmelo Caballero, Graciela González and Fabiola Romero lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IPS Central.

  1. 1 Carmelo Caballero Paraguay · #1,804,418 worldwide 481 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Graciela González Paraguay · #1,993,107 worldwide 823 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Fabiola Romero Paraguay · #2,151,313 worldwide 980 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Patricia Melgarejo Paraguay · #3,513,777 worldwide 27 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Alfredo Reinaldo Quiroz Paraguay · #3,616,290 worldwide 87 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Juan Acosta Paraguay · #3,651,598 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Alana Von Glasenapp Paraguay · #3,810,078 worldwide 83 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Julio Mazzoleni Paraguay · #4,200,976 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Pablo E. Schaerer-Elizeche Paraguay · #4,640,436 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Alberto Daniel Navarro Vergara Paraguay · #4,657,685 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at IPS Central

What are the most cited papers from IPS Central?

The most cited paper from IPS Central is "One and a half million hematopoietic stem cell transplants: continuous and differential improvement in worldwide access with the use of non-identical family donors" (Dietger W. Niederwieser et al., 2021), with 250 citations. Next come "Cardiac Rehabilitation Availability and Density around the Globe" (243) and "Priorities to reduce the burden of stroke in Latin American countries" (186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 One and a half million hematopoietic stem cell transplants: continuous and differential improvement in worldwide access with the use of non-identical family donors Dietger W. Niederwieser et al. · Haematologica Open access 12 Aug 2021 250
2 Cardiac Rehabilitation Availability and Density around the Globe Karam I. Turk-Adawi et al. · EClinicalMedicine Open access 3 Jul 2019 243
3 Priorities to reduce the burden of stroke in Latin American countries Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 24 Apr 2019 186
4 Nature of Cardiac Rehabilitation Around the Globe Marta Supervía et al. · EClinicalMedicine Open access 4 Jul 2019 180
5 Update on the epidemiology of carbapenemases in Latin America and the Caribbean Juan Carlos García-Betancur, Tobías Manuel Appel, Germán Esparza et al. · Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy Open access 19 Aug 2020 123
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IPS Central?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Public Health, Treatment, Surgical Management, Guidelines, Complications and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology29▲ 5.6×70 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 7.1×16 topics
  3. Public Health9▲ 4.5×21 topics
  4. Treatment8▲ 4.8×20 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×18 topics
  6. Surgical Management6▲ 10×11 topics
  7. Guidelines5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  8. Complications5▲ 8.2×11 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Obesity5▲ 5.0×6 topics
  11. Vaccine Development5▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 16×3 topics
  13. Pathogenesis5▲ 7.2×14 topics
  14. Risk Factors5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  15. Heart Failure4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  16. Children4▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Immune Response4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  18. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Diabetes4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  20. Management4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Health Promotion3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  23. Mortality3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Weight Loss3▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Health Outcomes3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  26. Vector Control3▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Antibiotic Therapy3▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Bariatric Surgery3▲ 66×1 topic
  30. Metabolic Surgery3▲ 66×1 topic
  31. Zika Virus3▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Echocardiography3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  33. Health Policy3▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  35. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Immunocompromised Patients2▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Lymphoma2▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Renal Function2▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Genetic Factors2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Global Health2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does IPS Central publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Health and Medical Education and Antifungal resistance and susceptibility.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…3Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …3Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in…2Nosocomial Infections in ICU: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…2Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 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 available73.1%not open26.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has IPS Central's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 IPS Central as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%IPS Central0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of IPS Central over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025IPS Central3.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.7% in 2020.

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