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Ministerio de Salud

In research, Ministerio de Salud stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,197 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,762 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,475
of 34,923
Rank in Nicaragua
#2
of 17
Research works
351
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Ministerio de Salud

What is Ministerio de Salud known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,197 of 16,688 10.2%192
MedicineField #2,762 of 14,558 11.4%122

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, 56% of research at Ministerio de Salud is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 56.3% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 42.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 12.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 12.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 14.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMinisterio deSalud69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences24%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2942.1%
    2. Health Professions912.6%
    3. Dentistry11.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1014.6%
    2. Psychology34.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science46.3%
    2. Mathematics11.6%
    3. Computer Science11.5%
    4. Engineering00.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology23.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.79× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.79×9 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.17×2 works
  3. Dentistry2.90×1 works
  4. Medicine2.19×29 works
  5. Psychology1.37×3 works
  6. Mathematics1.34×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.27×4 works
  8. Social Sciences1.15×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×2 works
  13. Nursing0.42×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.20×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ministerio de Salud?

Ranked on the quality score, Ernesto Cardenal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministerio de Salud.

  1. 1 Ernesto Cardenal Nicaragua · #6,252,277 worldwide 189 citations · 128 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 "Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans" (Leah C. Katzelnick, Lionel Gresh, M. Elizabeth Halloran et al., 2017), with 1,279 citations. Next come "Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis" (687) and "DIFFERENCES IN DENGUE SEVERITY IN INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS IN A 3-YEAR HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY IN NICARAGUA" (362).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antibody-dependent enhancement of severe dengue disease in humans Leah C. Katzelnick, Lionel Gresh, M. Elizabeth Halloran et al. · Science Open access 2 Nov 2017 1,279
2 Prevention and control of cystic echinococcosis Philip S. Craig, Donald Peter McManus, Marshall W. Lightowlers et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 25 May 2007 687
3 DIFFERENCES IN DENGUE SEVERITY IN INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS IN A 3-YEAR HOSPITAL-BASED STUDY IN NICARAGUA SAMANTHA NADIA HAMMOND, Ángel Balmaseda, LEONEL PÉREZ et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Dec 2005 362
4 SEROTYPE-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES IN CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF DENGUE Ángel Balmaseda, SAMANTHA NADIA HAMMOND, LEONEL PÉREZ et al. · American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Mar 2006 306
5 Zika virus infection enhances future risk of severe dengue disease Leah C. Katzelnick et al. · Science Open access 28 Aug 2020 283
All 60 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, Healthcare Access, Risk Factors, Vaccine Development, Mental Health and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 5.3×52 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 7.5×26 topics
  3. Health Promotion6▲ 28×9 topics
  4. Healthcare Access6▲ 30×8 topics
  5. Mental Health5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 6.9×18 topics
  7. Vaccine Development5▲ 27×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life5▲ 4.7×12 topics
  9. Sustainable Development4▲ 3.9×6 topics
  10. Climate Change4▲ 2.1×11 topics
  11. Social Support4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  12. Occupational Health3▲ 43×4 topics
  13. COVID-193▲ 3.6×12 topics
  14. Vector Control3▲ 40×4 topics
  15. Education3▲ 2.6×12 topics
  16. Pandemic3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  17. Arboviral Diseases3▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Global Burden3▲ 7.9×8 topics
  19. Zika Virus3▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Environmental Management3▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Healthcare Policy3▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Community-based Resource Management3▲ 207×1 topic
  23. Water Quality3▲ 9.9×1 topic
  24. Aging Population3▲ 43×3 topics
  25. Psychological Impact3▲ 12×7 topics
  26. Nutrition2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  27. Pathogenesis2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  28. Ergonomics2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Musculoskeletal Disorders2▲ 34×2 topics
  30. University Students2▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Chronic Diseases2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Global Health2▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Physical Activity2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  34. Vaccine2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  35. Educational Interventions2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Functional Dependence2▲ 140×1 topic
  37. Health Status2▲ 140×1 topic
  38. Healthy Lifestyles2▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Workplace Safety2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Communication2▲ 7.9×8 topics

Which research topics does Ministerio de Salud publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Aging, Health, and Disability.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 3 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Stu…2Health and Lifestyle Studies: 2 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disab…2Aging, Health, and Disability: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 2 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 1 fractional worksStress and Burnout Resea…1Stress and Burnout Research: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health ProfessionsOccupational Therapy4 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 3 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 2 works
  6. 6 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 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 available71.8%not open28.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.6%domestic only43.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ministerio de Salud's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Ministerio de Salud0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ministerio de Salud over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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