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Ministério da Saúde

In research, Ministério da Saúde stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,977 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,255 of 10,521 worldwide) and General Health Professions (#729 of 916 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Information Management, General Health Professions and Health Professions — Health Information Management is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,010
of 28,054 · #16,555 all time
Research works
1.9k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
89%
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 #7,977 of 11,982 4.4%269 #6024
Social SciencesDomain #8,255 of 10,521 5.2%181 #7127
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #729 of 916 5.6%94 #778
MedicineField #8,512 of 10,443 4.0%130 #8080
Health ProfessionsField #1,634 of 1,928 5.1%131 #1955
Social SciencesField #5,711 of 6,365 5.1%134 #4663

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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#6,024 #7,977
  2. Social Sciences#7,127 #8,255
  3. General Health Professions#778 #729
  4. Medicine#8,080 #8,512
  5. Health Professions#1,955 #1,634
  6. Social Sciences#4,663 #5,711
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Ministério da Saúde specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Information Management takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health Information ManagementSubfield · 21.9 works16×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 93.5 works13×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 131.1 works9.4×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.00× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.54× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.37× its world share, 131 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.16× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 134 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministério da Saúde?

Ranked on the composite score, José Gomes Temporäo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministério da Saúde.

  1. 1 José Gomes Temporäo São Tomé and Príncipe · #718,006 worldwide 12 citations · 15 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: Public Health, Healthcare Access, Quality of Life, Social Determinants, Health Policy, Epidemiology, Primary Care and Social Determinants of 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 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. Public Health125▲ 16×42 topics
  2. Healthcare Access83▲ 56×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology77▲ 3.7×83 topics
  4. Quality of Life70▲ 9.2×31 topics
  5. Social Determinants66▲ 58×7 topics
  6. Health Policy61▲ 74×6 topics
  7. Primary Care49▲ 24×9 topics
  8. Social Determinants of Health44▲ 37×6 topics
  9. Chronic Diseases44▲ 33×6 topics
  10. Aging Population42▲ 87×4 topics
  11. Brazilian Health System41▲ 180×1 topic
  12. Community-Based Care41▲ 180×1 topic
  13. Educational Technology39▲ 6.1×5 topics
  14. Healthcare35▲ 5.9×12 topics
  15. Mental Health33▲ 4.2×28 topics
  16. Treatment31▲ 4.8×25 topics
  17. Risk Factors29▲ 5.0×22 topics
  18. Maternal Health29▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Economic Impact29▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Judicialization28▲ 184×1 topic
  21. Medication28▲ 184×1 topic
  22. Health Inequalities28▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Health28▲ 13×11 topics
  24. Drug Resistance26▲ 17×8 topics
  25. Child Health25▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Prenatal Care25▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Prevalence23▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Adolescents21▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Infection Control20▲ 45×3 topics
  30. Patient Safety20▲ 25×5 topics
  31. Healthcare Regulation19▲ 37×3 topics
  32. Medical Devices19▲ 141×1 topic
  33. Nursing Care19▲ 141×1 topic
  34. Information Technology19▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Knowledge Management19▲ 6.4×3 topics
  36. Digital Innovation18▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Smart Library18▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Family17▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Cocaine17▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Crack17▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministério da Saúde publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health, Nursing, Elderly Care, Public Health in Brazil, Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare and Healthcare Regulation.

Health, Nursing, Elderly…41Health, Nursing, Elderly Care: 41 fractional worksPublic Health in Brazil: 28 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…25Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 25 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation19Healthcare Regulation: 19 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 18 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 17 fractional worksScience and Education Re…13Science and Education Research: 13 fractional worksHealth Education and Validation: 10 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 10 fractional worksAcademic Research in Diverse Fields: 9 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceHealth Information ManagementInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 41 works
  2. 2 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 28 works
  3. 3 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 25 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 19 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 18 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 17 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 13 works
  8. 8 Health Education and Validation Education 10 works
  9. 9 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  10. 10 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 9 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 available89.0%not open11.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.2%domestic only28.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministério da Saúde's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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