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Universidad de Ciencias Medicas

In research, Universidad de Ciencias Medicas stands highest in Medicine (#2,572 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,364 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,780 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,253
of 28,054 · #16,342 all time
Rank in Costa Rica
#4
of 26
Research works
6k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
0.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Universidad de Ciencias Medicas 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
MedicineField #2,572 of 10,443 2.9%292 #4147
Health SciencesDomain #3,364 of 11,982 3.0%406 #4838
Social SciencesDomain #4,780 of 10,521 5.0%119 #7208
Social SciencesField #4,373 of 6,365 5.8%67 #6256
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #808 of 916 3.6%75 #1261
Health ProfessionsField #1,762 of 1,928 3.1%100 #2578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universidad de Ciencias Medicas 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. Medicine#4,147 #2,572
  2. Health Sciences#4,838 #3,364
  3. Social Sciences#7,208 #4,780
  4. Social Sciences#6,256 #4,373
  5. General Health Professions#1,261 #808
  6. Health Professions#2,578 #1,762
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 Universidad de Ciencias Medicas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 75.5 works8.7×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.48× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.02× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.41× its world share, 292 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 67 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universidad de Ciencias Medicas?

Ranked on the composite score, Yurima Hernández de la Rosa, Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción and Joaquín Hilario Pérez Labrador lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universidad de Ciencias Medicas.

  1. 1 Yurima Hernández de la Rosa Costa Rica · #232,301 worldwide 3 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción Costa Rica · #299,161 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Joaquín Hilario Pérez Labrador Costa Rica · #302,060 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Guillermo Luís Herrera Miranda Costa Rica · #360,695 worldwide 2 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes Costa Rica · #374,242 worldwide 9 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 José Luis Molina Martínez Costa Rica · #378,759 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Luis Alberto Santos Pérez Costa Rica · #410,516 worldwide 1 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Óscar Cañizares Luna Costa Rica · #435,864 worldwide 5 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Nélida Liduvina Sarasa Muñoz Costa Rica · #436,380 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Manuela Herrera Martínez Costa Rica · #436,400 worldwide 15 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Universidad de Ciencias Medicas

Which keywords describe research at Universidad de Ciencias Medicas?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Risk Factors, Medical Education, Health Policy, Global Health and Healthcare 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. Epidemiology103▲ 4.1×104 topics
  2. Public Health88▲ 9.7×38 topics
  3. Health Promotion66▲ 33×12 topics
  4. Mental Health44▲ 4.8×20 topics
  5. Risk Factors44▲ 6.4×26 topics
  6. Quality of Life40▲ 4.4×41 topics
  7. Medical Education40▲ 24×11 topics
  8. Health Policy39▲ 40×4 topics
  9. Global Health39▲ 41×5 topics
  10. Healthcare Quality37▲ 57×5 topics
  11. Social Determinants of Health36▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Community Health36▲ 36×5 topics
  13. Healthcare Systems36▲ 117×2 topics
  14. Nutrition32▲ 11×11 topics
  15. Education29▲ 2.7×29 topics
  16. Obesity25▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Physical Activity24▲ 7.8×8 topics
  18. Educational Interventions24▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Treatment23▲ 3.0×41 topics
  20. Chronic Diseases23▲ 14×5 topics
  21. University Students23▲ 64×2 topics
  22. COVID-1923▲ 2.7×21 topics
  23. Social Support22▲ 6.4×11 topics
  24. Healthy Lifestyles22▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Healthcare Access19▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Diagnosis18▲ 3.1×33 topics
  27. Aging Population18▲ 32×4 topics
  28. Healthcare Policy16▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Elderly Care15▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Environmental Management14▲ 5.7×4 topics
  31. Geriatric Assessment14▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Epidemiological Analysis14▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Community-based Resource Management14▲ 115×1 topic
  34. Social Integration13▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Functional Dependence13▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Health Status13▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Social Determinants12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  38. Medical Ethics12▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Ethical Principles12▲ 63×2 topics
  40. Informed Consent12▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Universidad de Ciencias Medicas publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Education, Health and Lifestyle Studies, Public Health and Environmental Issues and Aging, Health, and Disability.

Health and Medical Educa…34Health and Medical Education: 34 fractional worksHealth and Lifestyle Studies: 22 fractional worksPublic Health and Environmental Issues: 14 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 13 fractional worksEthics and bioethics in healthcare: 12 fractional worksMaternal and Neonatal He…6Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare: 6 fractional worksStress and Burnout Research: 6 fractional worksBusiness, Innovation, and Economy: 6 fractional worksHigher Education Teaching and Evaluation: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 34 works
  2. 2 Health and Lifestyle Studies General Health Professions 22 works
  3. 3 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 14 works
  4. 4 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  5. 5 Ethics and bioethics in healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 6 works
  7. 7 Stress and Burnout Research Social Psychology 6 works
  8. 8 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  9. 9 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation Education 6 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.9%domestic only56.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universidad de Ciencias Medicas's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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