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Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie

In research, Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie stands highest in Medicine (#7,029 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,361 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,006
of 28,054 · #18,441 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#157
of 220
Research works
647
▲ 268% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
35.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie 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 #7,029 of 10,443 17.6%116 #10902
Health SciencesDomain #8,361 of 11,982 18.1%125 #12915

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie 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 Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 59.2 works16×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 116 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie?

Ranked on the composite score, Jean‐Paul Theurillat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie.

  1. 1 Jean‐Paul Theurillat Switzerland · #55,818 worldwide 356 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie

Which keywords describe research at Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Rehabilitation, Arthroplasty, Biomechanics and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 4.1×28 topics
  2. Complications21▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Revision Surgery17▲ 85×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement17▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Rehabilitation15▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Arthroplasty13▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Biomechanics12▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Mortality11▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Outcomes10▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Total Knee Replacement10▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Internal Fixation9▲ 83×2 topics
  14. Infection Prevention8▲ 63×3 topics
  15. Surgical Management8▲ 12×7 topics
  16. Bone Healing7▲ 103×1 topic
  17. Fracture Epidemiology7▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Surgery7▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Hip Arthroplasty7▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Wear Particles7▲ 72×1 topic
  21. Elderly Patients6▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Functional Recovery6▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Hip Fracture6▲ 103×1 topic
  24. Orthogeriatric Care6▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Academic Medicine6▲ 45×3 topics
  26. Shoulder Function6▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Surgical Treatment5▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Medical Education5▲ 13×6 topics
  29. Rotator Cuff Tears5▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Shoulder Pathology5▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Gender Bias4▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Science4▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Spinal Fusion4▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Low Back Pain4▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Osteoarthritis4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Periprosthetic Joint Infection4▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Hip and Femur Fractures.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 10 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 7 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…7Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 7 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures6Hip and Femur Fractures: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …4Diversity and Career in Medicine: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 4 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyGender StudiesRehabilitation

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 4 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 3 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors80.2%domestic only19.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre Alpien de Phytogéographie's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 268% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.