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Fresenius (Germany)

In research, Fresenius (Germany) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,103 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,286 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology (Nephrology is 58.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,310
of 22,385 · #6,309 all time
Rank in Germany
#217
of 795
Research works
1.2k
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Fresenius (Germany)

What is Fresenius (Germany) 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 #2,103 of 9,902 10.4%176 #2762
MedicineField #2,286 of 8,541 10.1%150 #2890

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fresenius (Germany) 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 Fresenius (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Fresenius (Germany) is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 200 fractional works · 62.2% of its workMedicine: 169 fractional works · 52.6% of its workNephrology: 41 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 24 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 12.7% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFresenius(Germany)322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences13%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16952.6%
    2. Health Professions247.5%
    3. Nursing61.9%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences133.9%
    2. Psychology103.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting82.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Computer Science144.3%
    2. Engineering123.6%
    3. Environmental Science61.9%
    4. Materials Science30.9%
    5. Chemistry20.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology206.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology113.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    4. Neuroscience30.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fresenius (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 58.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 40.8 works58×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.30× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.74× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 3.85× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.85×6 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.30×11 works
  3. Health Professions2.86×24 works
  4. Medicine2.74×170 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.18×20 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.12×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.06×1 works
  8. Psychology1.04×10 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.76×8 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×5 works
  11. Neuroscience0.58×3 works
  12. Computer Science0.55×14 works
  13. Chemistry0.47×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.43×4 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.39×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.31×13 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.27×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  21. Energy0.26×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  24. Engineering0.24×12 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fresenius (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Cornelius Jungheinrich, Frank Bepperling and Stefanie Honndorf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fresenius (Germany).

  1. 1 Cornelius Jungheinrich Germany · #784,422 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Frank Bepperling Germany · #1,851,286 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Stefanie Honndorf Germany · #2,601,484 worldwide 76 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Ewald Schlotzer Germany · #2,885,061 worldwide 824 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Hildegard-Maria Nickel Germany · #3,032,465 worldwide 58 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Erna Brennecke Germany · #3,207,629 worldwide 28 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Edmundo Brito‐de la Fuente Germany · #3,504,565 worldwide 1.7k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Melanie K. Bothe Germany · #4,102,529 worldwide 373 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 C. Bayerl Germany · #5,211,947 worldwide 0 citations · 9 works
  10. 10 Remigius Fresenius Germany · #6,406,920 worldwide 321 citations · 235 works
All ranked researchers at Fresenius (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Fresenius (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Fresenius (Germany) is "Mineral Metabolism, Mortality, and Morbidity in Maintenance Hemodialysis" (Geoffrey A. Block, Preston Klassen, J. Michael Lazarus et al., 2004), with 2,697 citations. Next come "A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care—an international randomised controlled trial" (2,116) and "Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: The Predictive Value of Commonly Measured Variables and an Evaluation of Death Rate Differences Between Facilities" (1,990).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mineral Metabolism, Mortality, and Morbidity in Maintenance Hemodialysis Geoffrey A. Block, Preston Klassen, J. Michael Lazarus et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Aug 2004 2,697
2 A within-trial cost-effectiveness analysis of primary care referral to a commercial provider for weight loss treatment, relative to standard care—an international randomised controlled trial Nicholas R. Fuller, Stephen Colagiuri, DEBORAH J. SCHOFIELD et al. · International Journal of Obesity Open access 28 Aug 2012 2,116
3 Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients: The Predictive Value of Commonly Measured Variables and an Evaluation of Death Rate Differences Between Facilities Edmund G. Lowrie, Nancy L. Lew · American Journal of Kidney Diseases May 1990 1,990
4 Relationship between Adipocyte Size and Adipokine Expression and Secretion Thomas Skurk, C Alberti-Huber, Christian Herder et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 12 Dec 2006 1,292
5 The future landscape of large language models in medicine Jan Clusmann, Fiona R. Kolbinger, Hannah Sophie Muti et al. · Communications Medicine Open access 10 Oct 2023 1,048
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fresenius (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Chronic Kidney Disease, Quality of Life, Mortality, Hemodialysis, Nutrition and Dialysis.

▲ 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. Inflammation49▲ 7.1×44 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease47▲ 13×24 topics
  3. Chronic Kidney Disease44▲ 55×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life40▲ 8.7×24 topics
  5. Mortality36▲ 20×11 topics
  6. Hemodialysis35▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Nutrition33▲ 23×7 topics
  8. Dialysis31▲ 192×1 topic
  9. Peritoneal Dialysis31▲ 192×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning20▲ 1.85×26 topics
  11. Epidemiology18▲ 1.43×68 topics
  12. Healthcare17▲ 4.6×15 topics
  13. Precision Medicine13▲ 7.8×7 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 2.4×12 topics
  15. Critical Care10▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Medical Imaging10▲ 5.9×5 topics
  17. Big Data10▲ 3.1×8 topics
  18. Monoclonal Antibodies9▲ 32×3 topics
  19. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 12×6 topics
  20. Immunogenicity8▲ 61×3 topics
  21. Biopharmaceuticals8▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Heart Failure8▲ 5.7×11 topics
  23. Ethical Challenges8▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.9×17 topics
  25. Biomarkers7▲ 3.3×10 topics
  26. Clinical Decision Support7▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Health Equity7▲ 7.8×2 topics
  28. Radiology7▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Bioanalytical Methods7▲ 110×1 topic
  30. Biosimilars7▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Anemia7▲ 22×4 topics
  32. Catheter-Related Infections6▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Central Venous Catheterization6▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Prognosis6▲ 6.0×4 topics
  35. Acute Kidney Injury6▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Renal Failure6▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 8.8×5 topics
  38. Stroke5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Sepsis5▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Iron Deficiency5▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Fresenius (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods and Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…31Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 31 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 7 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 7 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 6 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…4Acute Kidney Injury Research: 4 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 3 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 3 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 3 fractional works
NephrologyHealth InformaticsImmunologyEmergency Medical Services4 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 31 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 7 works
  3. 3 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 7 works
  4. 4 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 6 works
  5. 5 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 4 works
  6. 6 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  7. 7 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 3 works
  9. 9 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 3 works
  10. 10 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 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 available41.9%not open58.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.1%domestic only59.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fresenius (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fresenius (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fresenius (Germany)0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fresenius (Germany) 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 counting10%20%Fresenius (Germany)11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2016.

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