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BARMER GEK

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Research works
101
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
BARMER GEK

Not ranked overall: BARMER GEK is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does BARMER GEK work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at BARMER GEK is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (14%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 29 fractional works · 73.8% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 59.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKBARMER GEK39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences16%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2359.3%
    2. Health Professions513.7%
    3. Veterinary00.9%
    1. Social Sciences25.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.2%
    3. Psychology13.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering12.4%
    2. Computer Science11.4%
    3. Environmental Science01.1%
    4. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Neuroscience01.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.19× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 23 worksMedicineVeterinary: 6.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.33×0 works
  2. Health Professions5.19×5 works
  3. Medicine3.08×23 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.98×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×1 works
  6. Psychology1.06×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.80×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.47×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.45×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.41×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.22×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  17. Engineering0.16×1 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BARMER GEK?

Ranked on the quality score, Ursula Marschall, Helmut L’Hoest and Laura Acar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BARMER GEK.

  1. 1 Ursula Marschall Germany · #480,159 worldwide 3.2k citations · 228 works
  2. 2 Helmut L’Hoest Germany · #1,018,717 worldwide 871 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Laura Acar Germany · #2,059,705 worldwide 316 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Sonja Laag Germany · #2,453,301 worldwide 201 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Rüdiger Meierjürgen Germany · #3,600,430 worldwide 201 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Joachim Saam Germany · #4,019,490 worldwide 196 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Christa Schaff Germany · #4,254,973 worldwide 54 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Helene Timmermann Germany · #4,364,528 worldwide 40 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at BARMER GEK

What are the most cited papers from BARMER GEK?

The most cited paper from BARMER GEK is "Mortality after use of paclitaxel-based devices in peripheral arteries: a real-world safety analysis" (Eva Freisinger, Jeanette Koeppe, Joachim Gerß et al., 2019), with 194 citations. Next come "Instruments to measure outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in outpatient care settings – Results of an expert consensus and feasibility field test" (146) and "German Diabetes Management Programs Improve Quality Of Care And Curb Costs" (129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mortality after use of paclitaxel-based devices in peripheral arteries: a real-world safety analysis Eva Freisinger, Jeanette Koeppe, Joachim Gerß et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 12 Sep 2019 194
2 Instruments to measure outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in outpatient care settings – Results of an expert consensus and feasibility field test Claudia Spies, Henning Krampe, Nicolas Paul et al. · Journal of the Intensive Care Society Open access 14 May 2020 146
3 German Diabetes Management Programs Improve Quality Of Care And Curb Costs Stephanie Stock, Anna Drabik-Chamerska, Guido Büscher et al. · Health Affairs Dec 2010 129
4 Editor's Choice – Long Term Survival after Femoropopliteal Artery Revascularisation with Paclitaxel Coated Devices: A Propensity Score Matched Cohort Analysis Christian‐Alexander Behrendt, Art Sedrakyan, Frederik Peters et al. · European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Open access 8 Jan 2020 121
5 Multivariate analysis of independent determinants of ADL/IADL and quality of life in the elderly Sebastian Beltz, Simone Gloystein, Thomas Litschko et al. · BMC Geriatrics Open access 23 Nov 2022 114
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BARMER GEK?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Telemedicine, Epidemiology, Health-related Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Healthcare Utilization, Mortality, Patient Satisfaction and Chronic Disease Management.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.3×21 topics
  2. Public Health2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  3. Telemedicine2▲ 38×3 topics
  4. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Rehabilitation2▲ 11×6 topics
  6. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 55×2 topics
  7. Mortality2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 13×5 topics
  9. COVID-192▲ 3.0×6 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Germany1▲ 195×1 topic
  12. Health Outcomes1▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Health Surveys1▲ 195×1 topic
  14. Inflammation1▲ 1.72×4 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 2.5×7 topics
  16. Treatment1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  17. Autoantibodies1▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Complications1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  19. Elderly Patients1▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Genetic Testing1▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Guidelines1▲ 6.4×6 topics
  22. Quality Improvement1▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Rheumatoid Arthritis1▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  25. Heart Failure1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  26. Medical Ethics1▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Mortality Risk1▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Pain Management1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Patient Rights1▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does BARMER GEK publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Health and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 1 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…1Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…1Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 1 fractional worksSocial and Demographic I…0Social and Demographic Issues in Germany: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…0Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…0Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRheumatologyEmergency Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 1 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 0 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BARMER GEK's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is BARMER GEK as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%BARMER GEK0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BARMER GEK over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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