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Gesundheitsamt

In research, Gesundheitsamt stands highest in General Health Professions (#746 of 916 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,998 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,098 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions, Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — General Health Professions is 24.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,944
of 28,054 · #10,344 all time
Rank in Germany
#1,000
of 1,178
Research works
3.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Gesundheitsamt 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
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #746 of 916 4.4%109 #1416
Health SciencesDomain #10,998 of 11,982 3.9%191 #10373
Social SciencesDomain #10,098 of 10,521 4.3%106 #10564
Health ProfessionsField #1,853 of 1,928 4.7%122 #3188
MedicineField #10,323 of 10,443 2.5%67 #10059

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gesundheitsamt 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. General Health Professions#1,416 #746
  2. Health Sciences#10,373 #10,998
  3. Social Sciences#10,564 #10,098
  4. Health Professions#3,188 #1,853
  5. Medicine#10,059 #10,323
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 Gesundheitsamt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 24.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 108.8 works24×
  2. Health ProfessionsField · 122.3 works14×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 14.20× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.15× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gesundheitsamt?

Ranked on the composite score, Kurt Pohlen, H Friedemann and G Tempel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gesundheitsamt.

  1. 1 Kurt Pohlen Germany · #337,574 worldwide 16 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 H Friedemann Germany · #407,187 worldwide 81 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 G Tempel Germany · #434,819 worldwide 24 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 H Ising Germany · #441,255 worldwide 58 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 E. Schulze Germany · #507,531 worldwide 18 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Mike Weber Germany · #541,543 worldwide 2 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 J. G. Gostomzyk Germany · #557,770 worldwide 29 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Jan Leidel Germany · #708,939 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 U Heudorf Germany · #803,462 worldwide 31 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Eugen Schlesinger Germany · #859,810 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Gesundheitsamt

Which keywords describe research at Gesundheitsamt?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Healthcare Utilization, Chronic Diseases, Socioeconomic Status, Germany, Health Surveys, Elderly Care and Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse.

▲ 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. Public Health91▲ 19×27 topics
  2. Healthcare Utilization72▲ 277×2 topics
  3. Chronic Diseases71▲ 85×4 topics
  4. Socioeconomic Status71▲ 412×2 topics
  5. Germany71▲ 1079×1 topic
  6. Health Surveys71▲ 1079×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology24▲ 1.89×50 topics
  8. Elderly Care18▲ 35×4 topics
  9. Mental Health13▲ 2.8×16 topics
  10. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse12▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Governance11▲ 10×3 topics
  12. Medical Ethics11▲ 25×4 topics
  13. Primary Care11▲ 8.6×9 topics
  14. Informed Consent10▲ 41×3 topics
  15. Public Health Interventions10▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Telemedicine10▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Bioethics10▲ 79×2 topics
  18. End-of-Life Care10▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Patient Rights10▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Physician Liability10▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Health Equity10▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Healthcare Law10▲ 210×1 topic
  23. Reproductive Medicine10▲ 210×1 topic
  24. Social Determinants9▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Community Health9▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Demographic Transition9▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Migrant Health9▲ 366×1 topic
  28. Training9▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Healthcare Systems8▲ 52×2 topics
  30. Advocacy8▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Pediatrics8▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases8▲ 7.6×6 topics
  34. Bildungsungleichheit8▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Ethnografisches Schreiben8▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Aging and Health Policy8▲ 580×1 topic
  37. Digital Technologies in Nursing Care8▲ 580×1 topic
  38. Gender8▲ 4.3×12 topics
  39. Health Promoting Schools6▲ 127×1 topic
  40. School Health Promotion6▲ 127×1 topic

Which research topics does Gesundheitsamt publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research, Social and Demographic Issues in Germany and Child and Adolescent Health.

Health and Medical Studies71Health and Medical Studies: 71 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 10 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 9 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 8 fractional worksSocial Policies and Healthcare Reform: 8 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 6 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 6 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 4 fractional worksHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSociology and Political ScienceSpeech and Hearing2 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 71 works
  2. 2 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  3. 3 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 9 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 8 works
  5. 5 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  6. 6 Social Policies and Healthcare Reform General Health Professions 8 works
  7. 7 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 6 works
  8. 8 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Education Methods and Technologies Education 4 works
  10. 10 Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gesundheitsamt's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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