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General University Hospital in Prague

In research, General University Hospital in Prague stands highest in Medicine (#3,125 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,654 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,336 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Pathology and Forensic Medicine is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,866
of 28,054 · #9,360 all time
Rank in Czechia
#40
of 163
Research works
1.9k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is General University Hospital in Prague 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 #3,125 of 10,443 16.4%298 #3426
Health SciencesDomain #3,654 of 11,982 16.6%320 #4341
Life SciencesDomain #4,336 of 7,800 18.0%96 #4772
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,738 of 3,579 19.5%64 #3862

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where General University Hospital in Prague 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,426 #3,125
  2. Health Sciences#4,341 #3,654
  3. Life Sciences#4,772 #4,336
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,862 #2,738
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does General University Hospital in Prague specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pathology and Forensic Medicine takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 21.9 works8.9×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.54× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.40× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.02× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.29× its world share, 298 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at General University Hospital in Prague?

Ranked on the composite score, Pavel Michálek, Ondřej Šmíd and Branislav Štrauch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is General University Hospital in Prague.

  1. 1 Pavel Michálek Czechia · #236,820 worldwide 94 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Ondřej Šmíd Czechia · #266,996 worldwide 463 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Branislav Štrauch Czechia · #513,218 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 J. Hojný Czechia · #1,044,242 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Květoslav Novák Czechia · #1,218,112 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Lukáš Zlatohlávek Czechia · #1,286,730 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 David Hoskovec Czechia · #1,345,946 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at General University Hospital in Prague

Which keywords describe research at General University Hospital in Prague?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Diagnostic Criteria, Inflammation, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Clinical Trials, Cognitive Impairment and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 2.1×100 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.5×74 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress24▲ 3.1×49 topics
  4. Treatment19▲ 3.3×41 topics
  5. Clinical Trials16▲ 5.0×19 topics
  6. Chemotherapy16▲ 4.8×22 topics
  7. Diagnostic Criteria16▲ 15×9 topics
  8. Cancer14▲ 2.2×44 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.6×32 topics
  10. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 9.9×11 topics
  11. Diagnosis14▲ 3.1×34 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations13▲ 6.5×22 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders13▲ 4.8×17 topics
  14. Cognitive Impairment13▲ 11×11 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.3×20 topics
  16. Biomarkers12▲ 3.8×14 topics
  17. Parkinson's Disease12▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Rituximab11▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Heart Failure11▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors11▲ 5.3×14 topics
  21. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.1×16 topics
  22. Survival Analysis10▲ 8.0×6 topics
  23. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 8.5×8 topics
  24. Lymphoma9▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Neurodegeneration9▲ 6.6×9 topics
  26. Echocardiography9▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Metastasis9▲ 5.4×11 topics
  28. Thrombosis9▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Multiple Sclerosis8▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Neuromyelitis Optica8▲ 43×1 topic
  31. PET Imaging8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 6.5×8 topics
  33. Genetic Variants7▲ 8.6×7 topics
  34. Molecular Profiling7▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Gene Expression Profiling7▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Ovarian Cancer7▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Cytoreductive Surgery7▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Survival Rates7▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Genetic Pathogenesis6▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Hodgkin's Lymphoma6▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does General University Hospital in Prague publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…8Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 8 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…6Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…6Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 6 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…5Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 5 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…4Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 4 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 4 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEmergency MedicineBiomedical EngineeringReproductive Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has General University Hospital in Prague's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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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.