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BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum

In research, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum stands highest in Medicine (#5,642 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,766 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,954
of 28,054 · #8,306 all time
Rank in Germany
#622
of 1,178
Research works
3.5k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
56k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum 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 #5,642 of 10,443 11.7%158 #1804
Health SciencesDomain #6,766 of 11,982 11.6%165 #2326

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum 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).

What does BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 42.1 works8.3×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.19× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.79× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrea Koch, Jürgen Knobloch and Matthias Vorgerd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum.

  1. 1 Andrea Koch Germany · #155,843 worldwide 98 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Jürgen Knobloch Germany · #194,715 worldwide 226 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Matthias Vorgerd Germany · #240,133 worldwide 157 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Klaus‐Michael Müller Germany · #331,533 worldwide 106 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 A. Machraoui Germany · #345,000 worldwide 64 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Lars Steinstraesser Germany · #360,506 worldwide 66 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 P. A. W. Ostermann Germany · #378,414 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 K. Neumann Germany · #381,126 worldwide 63 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 H. G. Bohnet Germany · #425,572 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Tobias Schmidt‐Wilcke Germany · #448,375 worldwide 68 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum

Which keywords describe research at BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Complications, Biomechanics, Surgical Management, Treatment, Echocardiography and Chronic Pain.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.7×55 topics
  2. Rehabilitation10▲ 12×11 topics
  3. Complications10▲ 9.2×14 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 3.7×24 topics
  5. Quality of Life10▲ 3.1×21 topics
  6. Biomechanics9▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 2.0×28 topics
  8. Risk Factors9▲ 3.7×17 topics
  9. Surgical Management8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  10. Echocardiography7▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders7▲ 5.6×16 topics
  12. Chronic Pain6▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Infection Prevention6▲ 33×3 topics
  14. Diabetes6▲ 5.5×9 topics
  15. Pain Management6▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.6×14 topics
  17. Mortality5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Heart Failure5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  20. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.4×7 topics
  21. Neuropathic Pain4▲ 31×3 topics
  22. Internal Fixation4▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair4▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Angiogenesis4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  27. Bone Healing4▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Fracture Epidemiology4▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Neuroinflammation4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Functional Connectivity4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Low Back Pain4▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Central Sensitization4▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Regeneration4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Elderly Patients3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Inflammatory Response3▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bone fractures and treatments, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques.

Bone fractures and treat…4Bone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…3Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksPain Mechanisms and Trea…3Pain Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 2 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscula…2Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Pain Mechanisms and Treatments Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower 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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