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DRK Kliniken Berlin

In research, DRK Kliniken Berlin stands highest in Medicine (#6,958 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,495 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,180
of 28,054 · #19,992 all time
Rank in Germany
#864
of 1,178
Research works
964
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is DRK Kliniken Berlin 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 #6,958 of 10,443 8.7%82 #5945
Health SciencesDomain #8,495 of 11,982 8.2%92 #7697

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where DRK Kliniken Berlin 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 DRK Kliniken Berlin specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.7 works7.1×
← 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: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at DRK Kliniken Berlin?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Opitz, A. Timmermann and Heribert Kentenich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is DRK Kliniken Berlin.

  1. 1 Christian Opitz Germany · #24,478 worldwide 348 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 A. Timmermann Germany · #542,644 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Heribert Kentenich Germany · #622,341 worldwide 16 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Urs Münch Germany · #715,592 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Gisbert Kapp Germany · #882,641 worldwide 4 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 H Paeprer Germany · #1,057,147 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 H Wuthe Germany · #1,208,644 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Michael von Aster Germany · #1,341,382 worldwide 23 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at DRK Kliniken Berlin

Which keywords describe research at DRK Kliniken Berlin?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Guidelines and Chronic Kidney Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.5×67 topics
  2. Treatment9▲ 6.1×24 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 4.7×27 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 13×15 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 6.6×18 topics
  6. Rehabilitation6▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 1.96×24 topics
  8. Management5▲ 5.0×16 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  10. Guidelines5▲ 8.0×9 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Genetics4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  13. Surgical Management4▲ 7.5×11 topics
  14. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.2×13 topics
  15. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  16. Children3▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Risk Factors3▲ 2.5×15 topics
  18. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Heart Failure3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  20. Adults3▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Mortality3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  22. Echocardiography3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  23. Shoulder Function3▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  25. Genetic Testing3▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Interdisciplinary Collaboration3▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Outcome Measurement2▲ 189×1 topic
  28. Patient Care2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Quality2▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Eosinophilic Esophagitis2▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Histologic Remission2▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Proton Pump Inhibitors2▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Epidemiological Study2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 27×1 topic
  36. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  38. Acromioclavicular Joint2▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Clavicle Fractures2▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Prophylaxis2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does DRK Kliniken Berlin publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries.

Medical Practices and Re…2Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis2Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…2Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksStoma care and complicat…2Stoma care and complications: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Related …1Child Abuse and Related Trauma: 1 fractional works
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSurgeryEpidemiologyNephrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  2. 2 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 2 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Stoma care and complications Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Related Trauma Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 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 available17.3%not open82.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has DRK Kliniken Berlin's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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.

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