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Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)

In research, Fresenius Medical Care (Germany) stands highest in Medicine (#7,687 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,212 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology — Nephrology is 113.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,437
of 28,054 · #20,621 all time
Rank in Germany
#798
of 1,178
Research works
630
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Fresenius Medical Care (Germany) 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 #7,687 of 10,443 8.0%95 #7487
Health SciencesDomain #9,212 of 11,982 7.6%109 #8258

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fresenius Medical Care (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Fresenius Medical Care (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 113.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 34.7 works114×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.51× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Jörg Vienken, Daniele Marcelli and James Kennedy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fresenius Medical Care (Germany).

  1. 1 Jörg Vienken Germany · #197,439 worldwide 168 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Daniele Marcelli Germany · #210,089 worldwide 105 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 James Kennedy Germany · #284,650 worldwide 156 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Christian Apel Germany · #425,350 worldwide 99 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Emanuele Gatti Germany · #758,092 worldwide 61 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Stefano Stuard Germany · #1,123,678 worldwide 23 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Fresenius Medical Care (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Hemodialysis, Mortality, 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 2022–2025 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. Chronic Kidney Disease40▲ 118×8 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 24×17 topics
  3. Quality of Life34▲ 17×14 topics
  4. Inflammation32▲ 11×26 topics
  5. Hemodialysis30▲ 271×2 topics
  6. Mortality29▲ 36×9 topics
  7. Nutrition27▲ 42×3 topics
  8. Dialysis26▲ 381×1 topic
  9. Peritoneal Dialysis26▲ 381×1 topic
  10. Heart Failure9▲ 15×9 topics
  11. Epidemiology8▲ 1.48×34 topics
  12. Treatment7▲ 4.0×18 topics
  13. Acute Kidney Injury7▲ 94×2 topics
  14. Renal Failure7▲ 104×2 topics
  15. Stroke6▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Healthcare6▲ 3.7×6 topics
  17. Biomarkers6▲ 6.0×10 topics
  18. Anemia6▲ 41×4 topics
  19. Iron Deficiency5▲ 74×2 topics
  20. Catheter-Related Infections5▲ 111×1 topic
  21. Central Venous Catheterization5▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Neuroprotection5▲ 9.4×5 topics
  23. Prognosis5▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Critical Care4▲ 14×7 topics
  25. Cancer Treatment4▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Sepsis4▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Diagnosis4▲ 3.3×14 topics
  28. Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents4▲ 230×1 topic
  29. Hypoxia-Inducible Factors4▲ 230×1 topic
  30. Pathophysiology4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy4▲ 92×1 topic
  32. Nephrotoxicity4▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Global Burden4▲ 5.0×3 topics
  34. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Health Utility Measures4▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Health Outcomes3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  37. Renal Function3▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Hypertension3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  39. Elderly3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Fibrosis3▲ 11×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment and Acute Kidney Injury Research.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…26Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 26 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 5 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 4 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Research: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksMuscle and Compartmental Disorders: 3 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional works
NephrologyEmergency Medical ServicesHematologyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 26 works
  2. 2 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 5 works
  3. 3 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 4 works
  4. 4 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 4 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Muscle and Compartmental Disorders Surgery 3 works
  7. 7 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 works
  8. 8 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  10. 10 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.8%domestic only41.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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