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BG Klinikum Duisburg

In research, BG Klinikum Duisburg stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,638 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,065 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,231
of 22,385 · #5,998 all time
Rank in Germany
#427
of 795
Research works
1.4k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
BG Klinikum Duisburg

What is BG Klinikum Duisburg known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,638 of 9,902 3.0%72 #3628
MedicineField #5,065 of 8,541 2.9%67 #3816

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BG Klinikum Duisburg 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does BG Klinikum Duisburg work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at BG Klinikum Duisburg is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Social Sciences (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 86 fractional works · 59.5% of its workMedicine: 79 fractional works · 55.2% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 14.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 30.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBG KlinikumDuisburg144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences31%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7955.2%
    2. Health Professions64.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2114.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting85.4%
    3. Psychology85.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities74.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Engineering64.1%
    2. Computer Science10.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience32.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does BG Klinikum Duisburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.0 works6.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 79 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.66× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.75× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.87×79 works
  2. Psychology1.75×8 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.69×8 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.66×7 works
  5. Health Professions1.56×6 works
  6. Neuroscience1.25×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.14×21 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  10. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  11. Engineering0.27×6 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×2 works
  13. Nursing0.24×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.14×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BG Klinikum Duisburg?

Ranked on the quality score, Thorsten Gerald Schneiders, Herbert Frisch and P.-M. Hax lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BG Klinikum Duisburg.

  1. 1 Thorsten Gerald Schneiders Germany · #2,025,624 worldwide 242 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Herbert Frisch Germany · #2,191,704 worldwide 332 citations · 314 works
  3. 3 P.-M. Hax Germany · #2,459,782 worldwide 617 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Robbi Brockhaus Germany · #2,507,814 worldwide 609 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Max Mayer Germany · #2,576,194 worldwide 78 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Christian Schoepp Germany · #2,993,323 worldwide 455 citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Mike Christian Papenhoff Germany · #3,208,613 worldwide 107 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Anthony Tannous Germany · #3,438,752 worldwide 57 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Christoph Chylarecki Germany · #3,512,970 worldwide 619 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Jörg Hentrich Germany · #3,684,416 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at BG Klinikum Duisburg

What are the most cited papers from BG Klinikum Duisburg?

The most cited paper from BG Klinikum Duisburg is "Infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologic agents" (Joachim Listing, Anja Strangfeld, S. Kary et al., 2005), with 690 citations. Next come "Effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis in an observational cohort study: Comparison of patients according to their eligibility for major randomized clinical trials" (240) and "Operability and chemotherapy responsiveness in advanced low-grade serous ovarian cancer. An analysis of the AGO Study Group metadatabase" (236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Infections in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologic agents Joachim Listing, Anja Strangfeld, S. Kary et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 27 Oct 2005 690
2 Effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis in an observational cohort study: Comparison of patients according to their eligibility for major randomized clinical trials A. Zink, Anja Strangfeld, Matthias Schneider et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 30 Oct 2006 240
3 Operability and chemotherapy responsiveness in advanced low-grade serous ovarian cancer. An analysis of the AGO Study Group metadatabase Jacek Grabowski, Philipp Harter, Florian Heitz et al. · Gynecologic Oncology 22 Jan 2016 236
4 Complications of burr-hole craniostomy and closed-system drainage for chronic subdural hematomas: a retrospective analysis of 376 patients Veit Rohde, Gudrun Graf, Werner Hassler · Neurosurgical Review Mar 2002 208
5 [25] Isolation and biochemical characterization of extracellular polymeric substances from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Jost Wingender, Martin Strathmann, Alexander Rode et al. · Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology Book chapter 2001 178
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BG Klinikum Duisburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics and Outcomes.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.1×54 topics
  2. Governance8▲ 17×2 topics
  3. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse7▲ 117×2 topics
  4. Bildungsungleichheit6▲ 155×1 topic
  5. Ethnografisches Schreiben6▲ 155×1 topic
  6. Rehabilitation6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  7. Biomechanics6▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Leadership5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  9. Outcomes5▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Management5▲ 4.3×16 topics
  11. Complications5▲ 6.4×10 topics
  12. Surgical Management4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  13. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Digital Transformation4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  15. Injury Risk4▲ 70×1 topic
  16. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×13 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  18. Arthroplasty4▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Echocardiography3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  21. Organizational Change3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Emotional Regulation3▲ 84×2 topics
  23. Revision Surgery3▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  26. Digitalization3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  28. Professional Development3▲ 9.2×2 topics
  29. Coaching3▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Psychodrama3▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Alignment2▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Agility2▲ 115×1 topic
  34. Socio-Technical Systems2▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Gait Analysis2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Crisis Management2▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Infection Prevention2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Injury Prevention2▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does BG Klinikum Duisburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Sociology and Education …6Sociology and Education Studies: 6 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksLinguistic research and …2Linguistic research and analysis: 2 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…2Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration an…2Public Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSurgerySocial PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 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 available10.9%not open89.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.8%domestic only95.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BG Klinikum Duisburg's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 BG Klinikum Duisburg as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%BG Klinikum Duisburg0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BG Klinikum Duisburg over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025BG Klinikum Duisburg7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2018.

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