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University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

In research, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus stands highest in Medicine (#4,436 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,371 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,106 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,474
of 28,054 · #7,916 all time
Rank in Puerto Rico
#6
of 18
Research works
2.9k
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 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 #4,436 of 10,443 5.6%357 #3475
Health SciencesDomain #5,371 of 11,982 6.0%398 #4094
Life SciencesDomain #4,106 of 7,800 7.1%128 #3639
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,400 of 3,579 6.2%76 #3429

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus 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#3,475 #4,436
  2. Health Sciences#4,094 #5,371
  3. Life Sciences#3,639 #4,106
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,429 #3,400
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.

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: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.69× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.60× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.33× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.13× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 357 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.33× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus?

Ranked on the composite score, Emilio López-Barajas Zayas, Cynthia M. Pérez and Ana P. Ortíz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.

  1. 1 Emilio López-Barajas Zayas Puerto Rico · #60,511 worldwide 136 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Cynthia M. Pérez Puerto Rico · #240,921 worldwide 80 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Ana P. Ortíz Puerto Rico · #247,845 worldwide 77 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Luis M. Vilá Puerto Rico · #295,364 worldwide 91 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 J. Oliver-gonzález Puerto Rico · #465,737 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Valerie Wojna Puerto Rico · #777,767 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Walmor C. De Mello Puerto Rico · #827,587 worldwide 61 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Michael J. González Puerto Rico · #851,632 worldwide 62 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Pablo E. Vivas‐Mejía Puerto Rico · #891,163 worldwide 41 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Pablo I. Altieri Puerto Rico · #973,447 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Which keywords describe research at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Cancer Incidence, Global Burden, Public Health and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology93▲ 3.9×112 topics
  2. Inflammation34▲ 2.7×60 topics
  3. Quality of Life27▲ 3.1×39 topics
  4. Public Health23▲ 2.6×32 topics
  5. Risk Factors23▲ 3.4×28 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.2×36 topics
  7. Cancer21▲ 2.6×40 topics
  8. Treatment20▲ 2.7×41 topics
  9. Chemotherapy18▲ 4.2×23 topics
  10. Diagnosis18▲ 3.1×32 topics
  11. Genetics18▲ 4.2×19 topics
  12. Depression18▲ 3.3×17 topics
  13. COVID-1917▲ 2.0×16 topics
  14. Global Burden17▲ 5.1×11 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.3×20 topics
  16. Mental Health16▲ 1.83×21 topics
  17. Mortality15▲ 4.4×13 topics
  18. Pandemic15▲ 2.3×7 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors15▲ 5.5×14 topics
  20. Cancer Incidence14▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Surgical Management13▲ 5.4×18 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.5×16 topics
  23. Academic Medicine12▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Autoantibodies11▲ 8.1×7 topics
  25. Pathogenesis11▲ 3.6×20 topics
  26. Human Papillomavirus11▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Career Development11▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Health Disparities10▲ 6.6×7 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.0×20 topics
  30. Medical Research10▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Physician-Scientist10▲ 59×1 topic
  32. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Cervical Cancer9▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy9▲ 7.7×7 topics
  35. Viral Oncoproteins8▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Cytology Screening8▲ 26×1 topic
  37. HPV Vaccination8▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Inflammatory Bowel Disease8▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Gene Therapy8▲ 6.5×4 topics
  40. Macular Degeneration8▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Research Impacts, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

Health and Medical Research Impacts: 10 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 8 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 5 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 5 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksRetinal Development and …4Retinal Development and Disorders: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksmelanin and skin pigment…4melanin and skin pigmentation: 4 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiologyOphthalmologyRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  2. 2 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 8 works
  3. 3 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 5 works
  4. 4 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 5 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 4 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 4 works
  10. 10 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 4 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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