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Research in Herne

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Herne, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Universitätsklinik Marien Hospital Herne, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet and St. Anna Hospital.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.4k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
16.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Herne

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Herne?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Universitätsklinik Marien Hospital HerneHospital / health system 1,325 #12,026
2RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)Company 953 #10,058 all time
3St. Anna HospitalHospital / health system 597 #20,676
4Rheumazentrum RuhrgebietHospital / health system 539 #19,446

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Universitätsklinik Marien Hospital Herne: 38.8%RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany): 27.9%St. Anna Hospital: 17.5%Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet: 15.8%39%largest
Universitätsklinik Marien Hospital Herne1,325 · 38.8%RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)953 · 27.9%St. Anna Hospital597 · 17.5%Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet539 · 15.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Herne work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research in Herne is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Social Sciences (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 355 fractional works · 73.2% of its workMedicine: 334 fractional works · 69.0% of its workRheumatology: 61 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSurgery: 54 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 10.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 3.9% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHerne485fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences11%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine33469.0%
    2. Health Professions153.0%
    3. Nursing51.0%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences275.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities71.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting71.5%
    4. Psychology61.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology224.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology193.9%
    3. Neuroscience51.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Engineering142.9%
    2. Environmental Science71.4%
    3. Materials Science20.3%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Herne strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Herne is most concentrated in Rheumatology (28.7× the world share in Rheumatology).

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 51.7 works29×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.01× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 268 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.01×16 works
  2. Medicine3.54×268 works
  3. Nursing2.01×4 works
  4. Health Professions1.22×13 works
  5. Veterinary0.97×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×18 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×5 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.60×7 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.48×24 works
  12. Psychology0.44×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.24×5 works
  15. Engineering0.21×13 works
  16. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×3 works
  18. Energy0.11×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  25. Computer Science0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Herne?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Risk, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Spondyloarthritis, Biological Therapy and Cytokines.

▲ 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 city'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. Epidemiology49▲ 2.5×94 topics
  2. Inflammation48▲ 4.7×62 topics
  3. Autoantibodies29▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Risk27▲ 18×7 topics
  5. Ankylosing Spondylitis26▲ 178×1 topic
  6. Spondyloarthritis26▲ 178×1 topic
  7. Biological Therapy22▲ 76×2 topics
  8. Cytokines21▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Rheumatoid Arthritis21▲ 44×3 topics
  10. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs20▲ 81×1 topic
  11. Joint Inflammation20▲ 81×1 topic
  12. Treatment20▲ 3.4×37 topics
  13. Immunotherapy18▲ 5.0×17 topics
  14. Quality of Life18▲ 2.5×33 topics
  15. Chemotherapy15▲ 4.5×22 topics
  16. Guidelines15▲ 6.5×11 topics
  17. Surgical Treatment15▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Rehabilitation12▲ 6.3×12 topics
  19. TGF-ß12▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Low Back Pain11▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Degenerative Disc Disease11▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 9.1×5 topics
  23. Spinal Fusion10▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 7.0×8 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 9.4×5 topics
  26. Immune System10▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Prognosis10▲ 5.9×9 topics
  28. Regulatory T Cells9▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization9▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Prostate Cancer9▲ 14×3 topics
  31. MRI Imaging9▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Inflammatory Cytokines9▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Radiation Therapy9▲ 14×6 topics
  34. IL-179▲ 51×1 topic
  35. TH17 Cells9▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Spinal Surgery8▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Urinary Incontinence8▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Intervertebral Disc8▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Lumbar Disc Degeneration8▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Psychological Factors8▲ 7.6×4 topics

What research is done in Herne?

Spondyloarthritis Studie…22Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 22 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…17Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 17 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 8 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 7 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic…5Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 5 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 4 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 4 fractional works
RheumatologyImmunologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 22 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 17 works
  3. 3 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 8 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  6. 6 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  10. 10 Media Studies and Communication Communication 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Herne13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2011.

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