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Ministério da Saúde

In research, Ministério da Saúde stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,754 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,130 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Infectious Diseases is 13.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,475
of 22,385 · #3,764 all time
Rank in Brazil
#254
of 684
Research works
1.2k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Ministério da Saúde

What is Ministério da Saúde 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 #1,754 of 9,902 15.9%201 #1821
MedicineField #2,130 of 8,541 12.8%154 #2162

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ministério da Saúde work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Ministério da Saúde is in Health Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (47%), Health Professions (13%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 228 fractional works · 62.5% of its workMedicine: 172 fractional works · 47.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 11.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 33 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 47 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPeriodontics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 66 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 13.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 5.5% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMinistério daSaúde365fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences18%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17247.1%
    2. Health Professions4712.7%
    3. Dentistry61.6%
    4. Nursing30.9%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3710.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.6%
    3. Psychology92.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting82.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology205.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences102.6%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Environmental Science102.8%
    2. Computer Science51.2%
    3. Engineering30.9%
    4. Mathematics20.5%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ministério da Saúde specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 32.5 works13×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 41.3 works8.6×
← 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: 0.56× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.41× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.40× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.84× its world share, 46 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 37 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.41×20 works
  2. Health Professions4.84×46 works
  3. Dentistry3.40×6 works
  4. Medicine2.45×172 works
  5. Nursing1.79×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×10 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×16 works
  8. Social Sciences0.81×37 works
  9. Psychology0.80×9 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×8 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.63×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.57×10 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×10 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.42×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.38×2 works
  18. Computer Science0.16×4 works
  19. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Engineering0.06×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  23. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministério da Saúde?

Ranked on the quality score, Giovanini Evelim Coelho, Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira and André Luiz de Abreu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministério da Saúde.

  1. 1 Giovanini Evelim Coelho Brazil · #93,137 worldwide 11k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira Brazil · #110,593 worldwide 8.2k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 André Luiz de Abreu Brazil · #273,895 worldwide 1.6k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Cassio Peterka Brazil · #306,103 worldwide 726 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Eduardo Marques Macário Brazil · #322,012 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Dráurio Barreira Brazil · #534,022 worldwide 3.5k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Walquíria Aparecida Ferreira de Almeida Brazil · #563,385 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Lívia Carla Vinhal Frutuoso Brazil · #665,996 worldwide 617 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Paola Barbosa Marchesini Brazil · #719,309 worldwide 1.9k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Ana Maria Spaniol Brazil · #846,374 worldwide 659 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Ministério da Saúde

What are the most cited papers from Ministério da Saúde?

The most cited paper from Ministério da Saúde is "Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012" (Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Rajesh Prabhakar Dikshit et al., 2014), with 29,250 citations. Next come "Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017" (2,699) and "The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus" (2,295).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012 Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Rajesh Prabhakar Dikshit et al. · International Journal of Cancer Open access 13 Sep 2014 29,250
2 Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017 Christina Fitzmaurice et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access628 authors 27 Sep 2019 2,699
3 The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus Moritz U. G. Kraemer et al. · eLife Open access 30 Jun 2015 2,295
4 Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review Federico Costa, José E. Hagan, Juan Ignácio Calcagno et al. · PLoS neglected tropical diseases ReviewOpen access 17 Sep 2015 2,027
5 Global epidemiology of use of and disparities in caesarean sections Ties Boerma, Carine Ronsmans, Dessalegn Y. Melesse et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 2018 1,597
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ministério da Saúde?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 6.3×106 topics
  2. Public Health41▲ 7.8×47 topics
  3. Vaccine Development25▲ 27×9 topics
  4. Quality of Life21▲ 4.0×32 topics
  5. Diagnosis20▲ 5.7×29 topics
  6. Pathogenesis19▲ 10×20 topics
  7. Immune Response19▲ 9.0×16 topics
  8. Healthcare Access18▲ 18×9 topics
  9. Vaccine18▲ 12×11 topics
  10. COVID-1917▲ 3.6×21 topics
  11. Treatment16▲ 3.7×29 topics
  12. Social Determinants16▲ 21×5 topics
  13. Pandemic15▲ 4.1×10 topics
  14. Vector Control14▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Global Burden14▲ 7.1×12 topics
  16. Primary Care14▲ 10×10 topics
  17. Risk Factors14▲ 3.4×28 topics
  18. Drug Resistance13▲ 13×9 topics
  19. Mental Health12▲ 2.3×20 topics
  20. Health Inequalities12▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Genetic Diversity11▲ 7.1×6 topics
  22. Chronic Diseases11▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 14×4 topics
  24. Arboviral Diseases10▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Zika Virus10▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Health Policy10▲ 17×5 topics
  27. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 6.7×12 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-28▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Aging Population8▲ 26×3 topics
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 14×6 topics
  31. Maternal Health8▲ 8.6×3 topics
  32. Brazilian Health System8▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Community-Based Care8▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Child Health8▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Neonatal Mortality8▲ 75×1 topic
  36. Prenatal Care8▲ 75×1 topic
  37. Genome Sequence7▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Global Epidemiology7▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Risk Perception7▲ 7.2×4 topics
  40. HIV Transmission7▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministério da Saúde publish most on?

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

Mosquito-borne diseases …10Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 10 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly…8Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…8Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 8 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil6Public Health in Brazil: 6 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 5 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…5Malaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 4 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…4Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceHealth2 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 10 works
  2. 2 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 8 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 8 works
  4. 4 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 5 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 5 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 5 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 4 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministério da Saúde's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Ministério da Saúde as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Ministério da Saúde0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministério da Saúde 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 counting10%20%30%Ministério da Saúde16.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.0% in 2009.

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