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Ministerio de Salud

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World rank, all time
#39,216
of 42,892
Rank in El Salvador
#6
of 15
Research works
150
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.36× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.80× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministerio de Salud?

Ranked on the composite score, Manuel Hinds and Walter Hernández lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministerio de Salud.

  1. 1 Manuel Hinds El Salvador · #957,018 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Walter Hernández El Salvador · #1,628,803 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ministerio de Salud

Which keywords describe research at Ministerio de Salud?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Drug Resistance, Healthcare Access, Maternal Health, Immune Response, Child Development and Non-Communicable Diseases.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.4×33 topics
  2. Public Health6▲ 7.5×14 topics
  3. Drug Resistance4▲ 25×5 topics
  4. Healthcare Access4▲ 23×7 topics
  5. Maternal Health3▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Climate Change3▲ 1.90×16 topics
  7. Immune Response3▲ 8.4×8 topics
  8. Sustainable Development3▲ 3.0×4 topics
  9. Child Development2▲ 10×3 topics
  10. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Breastfeeding2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×11 topics
  14. Vector Control2▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Genome Sequence2▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  17. Healthcare2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  18. Vaccine2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  19. Chagas Disease2▲ 195×1 topic
  20. Diagnosis2▲ 3.3×6 topics
  21. Health Education2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  22. Trypanosoma cruzi2▲ 195×1 topic
  23. Community-based Resource Management2▲ 155×1 topic
  24. Environmental Management2▲ 7.3×1 topic
  25. Water Quality2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  26. Health Promotion2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Social Determinants2▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Genetic Diversity1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  30. Global Burden1▲ 4.8×8 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality1▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Nutrition1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  33. Global Health1▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Health Inequalities1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Occupational Health1▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Exclusive Breastfeeding1▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Infant Health1▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Mortality Rates1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  40. Organizational Behavior1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ministerio de Salud publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trypanosoma species research and implications, Public Health and Environmental Issues, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction.

Trypanosoma species research and implications: 2 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 2 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices …1Breastfeeding Practices and Influences: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and S…1Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…1Child Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…1HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisGeneral Health ProfessionsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  6. 6 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  8. 8 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available73.7%not open26.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.4%domestic only48.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministerio de Salud's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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