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Gesundheitsdienst

In research, Gesundheitsdienst stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,890 of 9,585 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,729 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions (General Health Professions is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,537
of 22,385 · #7,045 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#68
of 186
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Gesundheitsdienst

What is Gesundheitsdienst 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,890 of 9,585 8.1%97 #4885
Health SciencesDomain #6,729 of 9,902 4.9%63 #5443

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gesundheitsdienst 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 Gesundheitsdienst work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Gesundheitsdienst is in Social Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Health Professions (19%), Arts and Humanities (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 115 fractional works · 51.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 18.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 80 fractional works · 36.0% of its workHealth Professions: 42 fractional works · 18.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 16.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGesundheitsdienst223fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences51%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4720.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities4118.5%
    3. Psychology146.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting94.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions4218.7%
    2. Medicine3616.2%
    3. Veterinary20.9%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Environmental Science73.0%
    2. Engineering52.3%
    3. Computer Science20.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Gesundheitsdienst specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 35.6 works12×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 7.10× its world share, 42 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.40× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.10×42 works
  2. Veterinary6.72×2 works
  3. Arts and Humanities6.40×41 works
  4. Psychology2.09×14 works
  5. Social Sciences1.65×47 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×9 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  9. Medicine0.84×36 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.61×7 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×2 works
  13. Nursing0.46×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×4 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×3 works
  16. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  17. Energy0.21×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  19. Engineering0.16×5 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gesundheitsdienst?

Ranked on the quality score, Håkon Maric Solberg, E. Leyden and L. Heusner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gesundheitsdienst.

  1. 1 Håkon Maric Solberg Switzerland · #2,255,581 worldwide 38 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 E. Leyden Switzerland · #2,465,739 worldwide 203 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 L. Heusner Switzerland · #2,980,611 worldwide 9 citations · 14 works
  4. 4 Tobias Wunschik Switzerland · #2,999,120 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Renate Berger Switzerland · #3,007,504 worldwide 40 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Rainer Wohlfeil Switzerland · #3,196,585 worldwide 107 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 T. Bergeron Switzerland · #3,226,021 worldwide 12 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Daniela Münkel Switzerland · #3,482,096 worldwide 45 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 O. Günzler Switzerland · #3,619,178 worldwide 285 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Bernhard Milt Switzerland · #3,678,401 worldwide 10 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Gesundheitsdienst

What are the most cited papers from Gesundheitsdienst?

The most cited paper from Gesundheitsdienst is "Restricted Voting Stock, Acquisition Premiums, and the Market Value of Corporate Control" (William L. Megginson, 1990), with 141 citations. Next come "Post-COVID-19-associated morbidity in children, adolescents, and adults: A matched cohort study including more than 157,000 individuals with COVID-19 in Germany" (132) and "Impact of Subsequent Therapies on Outcome of the FIRE-3/AIO KRK0306 Trial: First-Line Therapy With FOLFIRI Plus Cetuximab or Bevacizumab in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Tumors in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer" (123).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Restricted Voting Stock, Acquisition Premiums, and the Market Value of Corporate Control William L. Megginson · Financial Review May 1990 141
2 Post-COVID-19-associated morbidity in children, adolescents, and adults: A matched cohort study including more than 157,000 individuals with COVID-19 in Germany Martin Roessler et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 10 Nov 2022 132
3 Impact of Subsequent Therapies on Outcome of the FIRE-3/AIO KRK0306 Trial: First-Line Therapy With FOLFIRI Plus Cetuximab or Bevacizumab in Patients With KRAS Wild-Type Tumors in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Dominik Paul Modest, Sebastian Stintzing, Ludwig Fischer von Weikersthal et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 11 Aug 2015 123
4 Prevalence of reduced kidney function and albuminuria in older adults: the Berlin Initiative Study Natalie Ebert, Olga Jakob, Jens Gaedeke et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 9 May 2016 114
5 Diagnosis and therapy of cutaneous and mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in Germany Gerhard Boecken, Cord H. Sunderkötter, Christian Bogdan et al. · JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft Open access Nov 2011 99
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gesundheitsdienst?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological Study, Healthcare Utilization, Germany, Health Surveys, Elderly Care and Identity.

▲ 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. Public Health25▲ 7.8×23 topics
  2. Chronic Diseases18▲ 32×3 topics
  3. Epidemiological Study18▲ 117×2 topics
  4. Healthcare Utilization18▲ 99×2 topics
  5. Germany18▲ 419×1 topic
  6. Health Surveys18▲ 419×1 topic
  7. Sustainable Development11▲ 3.3×12 topics
  8. Identity11▲ 6.7×12 topics
  9. Elderly Care10▲ 30×4 topics
  10. Gender10▲ 8.3×9 topics
  11. Digital Transformation9▲ 7.6×7 topics
  12. Medical Ethics8▲ 30×5 topics
  13. Telemedicine8▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Healthcare7▲ 2.9×9 topics
  15. End-of-Life Care7▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Governance7▲ 9.8×3 topics
  17. Patient Rights7▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Genetic Testing7▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Informed Consent7▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Healthcare Law7▲ 232×1 topic
  21. History7▲ 4.4×11 topics
  22. Reproductive Medicine7▲ 232×1 topic
  23. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 73×2 topics
  24. Literature6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  25. Professional Development6▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 10.0×4 topics
  27. Mobile Health5▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Social Policy5▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Demographic Transition5▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Migrant Health5▲ 312×1 topic
  31. Aging and Health Policy5▲ 501×1 topic
  32. Digital Technologies in Nursing Care5▲ 501×1 topic
  33. Cultural History5▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Customer Experience5▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Outcomes5▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Business Models5▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Technology Innovation5▲ 62×2 topics
  38. Coaching5▲ 118×1 topic
  39. Psychodrama5▲ 110×1 topic
  40. Historical Narratives4▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Gesundheitsdienst publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research, Social and Demographic Issues in Germany and Social Policies and Healthcare Reform.

Health and Medical Studies18Health and Medical Studies: 18 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 7 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 5 fractional worksSocial Policies and Heal…5Social Policies and Healthcare Reform: 5 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 5 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…4Digital Innovation in Industries: 4 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 4 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial PsychologyClassics4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 18 works
  2. 2 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  3. 3 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 5 works
  4. 4 Social Policies and Healthcare Reform General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 4 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  8. 8 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  9. 9 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.5%domestic only67.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gesundheitsdienst's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gesundheitsdienst as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Gesundheitsdienst0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gesundheitsdienst 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Gesundheitsdienst8.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2016.

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