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Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social

In research, Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,754 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,958 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,429
of 28,054 · #33,597 all time
Rank in Paraguay
#5
of 23
Research works
703
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social 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 #10,754 of 11,982 3.1%155 #17648
MedicineField #9,958 of 10,443 2.2%117 #15718

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social 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 Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 27.2 works8.1×
← 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: 0.57× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.21× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.20× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 2.33× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social?

Ranked on the composite score, Guillermo Sequera, Ministerio de Salud Pública and Natalie Weiler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social.

  1. 1 Guillermo Sequera Paraguay · #454,055 worldwide 29 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Ministerio de Salud Pública Paraguay · #1,213,052 worldwide 6 citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Natalie Weiler Paraguay · #1,340,798 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social

Which keywords describe research at Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare Access, Health Promotion, Vaccine Development, Social Determinants, Epidemiological Analysis and Water Quality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology59▲ 6.2×77 topics
  2. Public Health35▲ 9.9×28 topics
  3. Healthcare Access19▲ 28×5 topics
  4. Health Promotion18▲ 24×7 topics
  5. Climate Change13▲ 2.0×15 topics
  6. Vaccine Development13▲ 21×9 topics
  7. Mental Health13▲ 3.5×10 topics
  8. Social Determinants13▲ 24×6 topics
  9. Risk Factors12▲ 4.6×19 topics
  10. Sustainable Development12▲ 3.2×7 topics
  11. Epidemiological Analysis11▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Water Quality11▲ 11×2 topics
  13. Maternal Health11▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Quality of Life11▲ 3.0×24 topics
  15. Community-based Resource Management10▲ 229×1 topic
  16. Environmental Management10▲ 11×1 topic
  17. Global Health10▲ 28×5 topics
  18. Treatment10▲ 3.3×25 topics
  19. Vector Control10▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Nutrition10▲ 8.8×5 topics
  21. Diagnosis9▲ 4.1×23 topics
  22. Arboviral Diseases9▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Zika Virus9▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Chronic Diseases8▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Obesity8▲ 4.3×4 topics
  26. Pathogenesis8▲ 6.3×14 topics
  27. Educational Interventions7▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Immune Response7▲ 5.3×13 topics
  29. Physical Activity7▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. University Students7▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Healthy Lifestyles7▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Health7▲ 7.2×7 topics
  33. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.9×9 topics
  34. Health Policy6▲ 16×5 topics
  35. Health Inequalities6▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Community Participation6▲ 6.2×2 topics
  37. Drug Resistance6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  38. Cultural Variation6▲ 154×2 topics
  39. Health Inequality5▲ 90×2 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health5▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Health and Environmental Issues, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Health and Lifestyle Studies and Public Health and Social Inequalities.

Public Health and Environmental Issues: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 9 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 7 fractional worksPublic Health and Social Inequalities: 5 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Health and Ed…4Indigenous Health and Education: 4 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Education: 3 fractional worksScientific Research and Technology: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS oral health manifestations: 2 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth2 others

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

  1. 1 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  2. 2 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  3. 3 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 7 works
  4. 4 Public Health and Social Inequalities Health 5 works
  5. 5 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 5 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 4 works
  7. 7 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Scientific Research and Technology Computer Science Applications 3 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available78.8%not open21.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.2%domestic only82.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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