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Cochrane

In research, Cochrane stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,487 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,320 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

nordic.cochrane.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#15,523
of 34,923
Rank in Denmark
#99
of 179
Research works
257
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
44k
171.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.26×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Cochrane

What is Cochrane known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,487 of 16,688 24.0%172
MedicineField #3,320 of 14,558 23.4%155

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cochrane 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 Cochrane work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Cochrane is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Decision Sciences (11%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 61.9% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 55.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 12.9% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 26.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCochrane20fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences27%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1155.9%
    2. Health Professions15.4%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences211.4%
    2. Social Sciences13.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities13.4%
    5. Psychology13.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Computer Science02.2%
    2. Engineering01.2%
    3. Mathematics00.8%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 11.81× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences11.81×2 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics9.57×1 works
  3. Medicine2.91×11 works
  4. Veterinary2.69×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.05×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.66×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.18×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×0 works
  9. Psychology0.98×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.67×0 works
  11. Nursing0.48×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.30×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.28×0 works
  17. Engineering0.08×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cochrane?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Christian Gøtzsche, Karsten Juhl Jørgensen and Anders W Jørgensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cochrane.

  1. 1 Peter Christian Gøtzsche Denmark · #154,185 worldwide 292k citations · 662 works
  2. 2 Karsten Juhl Jørgensen Denmark · #590,104 worldwide 12k citations · 376 works
  3. 3 Anders W Jørgensen Denmark · #920,454 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Kristine Rasmussen Denmark · #1,397,813 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Asger Sand Paludan‐Müller Denmark · #1,966,914 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Cochrane

What are the most cited papers from Cochrane?

The most cited paper from Cochrane is "The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews" (Matthew James Page et al., 2021), with 105,915 citations. Next come "The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials" (34,881) and "The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration" (28,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews Matthew James Page et al. · BMJ ReviewOpen access 29 Mar 2021 105,915
2 The Cochrane Collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials Julian P. T. Higgins, Doug G. Altman, Peter Christian Gøtzsche et al. · BMJ Open access 18 Oct 2011 34,881
3 The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration Alessandro Liberati, Douglas G. Altman, Jennifer Tetzlaff et al. · PLoS Medicine ReviewOpen access 20 Jul 2009 28,074
4 The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies Erik B von Elm, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 10 Oct 2007 22,347
5 Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies Erik B von Elm, Douglas G. Altman, Matthias Egger et al. · BMJ Open access 18 Oct 2007 10,774
All 43 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cochrane?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Publication Bias, Quality of Life, Research Methodology, Quality Assessment, Meta-Analysis, Evidence Synthesis and PRISMA Statement.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 3.3×28 topics
  2. Publication Bias2▲ 179×3 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  4. Inflammation1▲ 3.2×12 topics
  5. Research Methodology1▲ 111×2 topics
  6. Meta-Analysis1▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Quality Assessment1▲ 36×2 topics
  8. COVID-191▲ 4.6×9 topics
  9. Evidence Synthesis1▲ 229×1 topic
  10. PRISMA Statement1▲ 229×1 topic
  11. Treatment1▲ 4.6×9 topics
  12. Clinical Trials1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 6.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Cochrane publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meta-analysis and systematic reviews, Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Meta-analysis and system…1Meta-analysis and systematic reviews: 1 fractional worksAcne and Rosacea Treatme…1Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …1Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksHidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments: 1 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry …0Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…0Hernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …0Academic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…0scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 0 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyDermatologyEconomics and EconometricsOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  2. 2 Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects Dermatology 1 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Hidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments Dermatology 1 works
  6. 6 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 0 works
  10. 10 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available53.1%not open46.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cochrane's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower 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 Cochrane as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000085% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Cochrane0.000076% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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