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Ministerio de Salud

In research, Ministerio de Salud stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,349 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,065
of 22,385 · #8,751 all time
Rank in Argentina
#57
of 136
Research works
737
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Ministerio de Salud

What is Ministerio de Salud 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 #4,349 of 9,902 9.2%68 #4826

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministerio de Salud 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 Ministerio de Salud work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Ministerio de Salud is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 75 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 41.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMinisterio deSalud141fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences23%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5841.3%
    2. Health Professions1510.4%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.8%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences2215.3%
    2. Psychology53.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology64.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Environmental Science85.9%
    2. Computer Science11.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    4. Mathematics10.8%
    5. Engineering10.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.16× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.16×6 works
  2. Health Professions3.94×15 works
  3. Medicine2.15×58 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×1 works
  5. Nursing1.74×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.56×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×4 works
  8. Veterinary1.22×0 works
  9. Social Sciences1.21×22 works
  10. Environmental Science1.19×8 works
  11. Psychology1.19×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×6 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×6 works
  14. Mathematics0.71×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.21×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.13×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  21. Engineering0.03×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministerio de Salud?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel Ferrante, Augusto C. Vallejos and Natalia Casas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministerio de Salud.

  1. 1 Daniel Ferrante Argentina · #407,790 worldwide 20k citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Augusto C. Vallejos Argentina · #917,351 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Natalia Casas Argentina · #936,381 worldwide 1.6k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Analía Rearte Argentina · #1,239,394 worldwide 574 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Laura Muñoz López Argentina · #1,308,043 worldwide 657 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Laura K Lopez Argentina · #1,496,371 worldwide 867 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Carla Vizzotti Argentina · #1,714,941 worldwide 1.5k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Cristián Biscayart Argentina · #1,870,265 worldwide 390 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 María Gabriela Barbás Argentina · #2,161,216 worldwide 743 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Berta M. Franke de Cazzulo Argentina · #2,175,892 worldwide 842 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Ministerio de Salud

What are the most cited papers from Ministerio de Salud?

The most cited paper from Ministerio de Salud is "One Health: A new definition for a sustainable and healthy future" (One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) et al., 2022), with 940 citations. Next come "Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis" (734) and "Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review" (686).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 One Health: A new definition for a sustainable and healthy future One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) et al. · PLoS Pathogens Open access 23 Jun 2022 940
2 Risk Factors for Severe Outcomes following 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Infection: A Global Pooled Analysis Maria D. Van Kerkhove et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 5 Jul 2011 734
3 Prognostic factors for severity and mortality in patients infected with COVID-19: A systematic review Ariel Izcovich, Martín Alberto Ragusa, Fernando Tortosa et al. · PLoS ONE ReviewOpen access 17 Nov 2020 686
4 Effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors in reducing mortality in patients admitted to hospital with influenza A H1N1pdm09 virus infection: a meta-analysis of individual participant data Stella G. Muthuri et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine ReviewOpen access 21 Mar 2014 654
5 Agriculture expansion and deforestation in seasonally dry forests of north-west Argentina H. Ricardo Grau, Ignácio Gasparri, T. Mitchell Aide · Environmental Conservation Open access 9 May 2005 278
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ministerio de Salud?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Vector Control, Vaccine Development, Vaccine, Maternal Health and Social Determinants.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 5.6×68 topics
  2. Public Health15▲ 7.3×34 topics
  3. Health Promotion9▲ 20×10 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  5. Pandemic7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  6. Vector Control6▲ 39×4 topics
  7. Vaccine Development6▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Vaccine6▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Maternal Health6▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Quality of Life6▲ 3.0×17 topics
  11. COVID-196▲ 3.2×16 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 3.8×14 topics
  13. Social Determinants6▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Social Inequality6▲ 15×7 topics
  15. Drug Resistance5▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Healthcare Access5▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Diagnosis5▲ 4.0×18 topics
  18. Obesity5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-25▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Gender5▲ 6.6×4 topics
  21. Global Health5▲ 23×5 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.0×17 topics
  23. Feminism5▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.4×13 topics
  25. Immune Response4▲ 5.7×14 topics
  26. Health4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  27. Immunity4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. Aging Population4▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Nutrition4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  30. Global Burden4▲ 5.0×10 topics
  31. Physical Activity4▲ 5.6×5 topics
  32. Social Support4▲ 5.0×5 topics
  33. Colonialism4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Genome Sequence4▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Chronic Diseases4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Community Participation3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Informed Consent3▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Race3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 9.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Ministerio de Salud publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender, Health, and Social Inequality, Public Health and Social Inequalities, Ethics and bioethics in healthcare and Health and Lifestyle Studies.

Gender, Health, and Soci…3Gender, Health, and Social Inequality: 3 fractional worksPublic Health and Social…3Public Health and Social Inequalities: 3 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 3 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…3Health and Lifestyle Studies: 3 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…2Trypanosoma species research and implications: 2 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 2 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices …2Breastfeeding Practices and Influences: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Gender, Health, and Social Inequality Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 3 works
  3. 3 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  4. 4 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 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 available65.4%not open34.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministerio de Salud's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower 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 Ministerio de Salud as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ministerio de Salud0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministerio de Salud 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 2025Ministerio de Salud7.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2015.

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