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Ministério da Saúde

In research, Ministério da Saúde stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,581 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,298 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Infectious Diseases is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,935
of 28,054 · #10,855 all time
Rank in Brazil
#142
of 714
Research works
1.2k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Ministério da Saúde 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 #4,581 of 11,982 17.7%201 #4468
MedicineField #4,298 of 10,443 17.2%154 #4780

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministério da Saúde 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).

What does Ministério da Saúde specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.4 works13×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 36.9 works8.7×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.65× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.58× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.54× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.48× its world share, 154 worksMedicineNursing: 1.95× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministério da Saúde?

Ranked on the composite score, Dráurio Barreira, Adele Schwartz Benzaken and Gisele Ane Bortolini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministério da Saúde.

  1. 1 Dráurio Barreira Brazil · #532,530 worldwide 90 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Adele Schwartz Benzaken Brazil · #538,147 worldwide 52 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Gisele Ane Bortolini Brazil · #924,504 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Gérson Fernando Mendes Pereira Brazil · #1,014,368 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Ministério da Saúde

Which keywords describe research at Ministério da Saúde?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Vaccine Development, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Healthcare Access, Diagnosis and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 6.4×104 topics
  2. Public Health36▲ 7.6×46 topics
  3. Vaccine Development22▲ 28×9 topics
  4. Quality of Life19▲ 4.1×32 topics
  5. Diagnosis18▲ 5.8×28 topics
  6. Pathogenesis17▲ 11×20 topics
  7. Immune Response16▲ 8.8×16 topics
  8. Healthcare Access16▲ 17×8 topics
  9. COVID-1915▲ 3.5×20 topics
  10. Vaccine15▲ 11×10 topics
  11. Treatment15▲ 3.8×27 topics
  12. Social Determinants14▲ 20×5 topics
  13. Pandemic13▲ 3.8×9 topics
  14. Vector Control13▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Global Burden12▲ 7.0×12 topics
  16. Risk Factors12▲ 3.4×28 topics
  17. Drug Resistance12▲ 13×9 topics
  18. Primary Care10▲ 8.6×9 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.7×25 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity9▲ 6.5×6 topics
  21. Health Inequalities9▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Arboviral Diseases9▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Chronic Diseases9▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Zika Virus9▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 7.3×12 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health9▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.3×16 topics
  28. Health Policy8▲ 16×5 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-28▲ 7.3×6 topics
  30. Genome Sequence7▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Health7▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Aging Population6▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Global Epidemiology6▲ 47×2 topics
  35. HIV Transmission6▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Brazilian Health System6▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Community-Based Care6▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Maternal Health6▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. Judicialization6▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Medication6▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministério da Saúde publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Public Health in Brazil and Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare.

Mosquito-borne diseases …9Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…6Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 6 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil6Public Health in Brazil: 6 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…6Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…4Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…4Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceInfectious Diseases2 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 9 works
  2. 2 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 6 works
  3. 3 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  8. 8 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 4 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 available73.5%not open26.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministério da Saúde's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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