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Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

In research, Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia stands highest in Medicine (#2,353 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,288 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#260 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 35.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,123
of 28,054 · #10,850 all time
Rank in Germany
#481
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia 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 #2,353 of 10,443 13.7%303 #1862
Health SciencesDomain #3,288 of 11,982 13.6%314 #2477
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #260 of 738 17.1%140 #402

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia 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#1,862 #2,353
  2. Health Sciences#2,477 #3,288
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#402 #260
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 Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 35.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 140.3 works36×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 41.2 works4.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 303 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia?

Ranked on the composite score, Philipp Sommer, Henrik Fox and Armin Zittermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia.

  1. 1 Philipp Sommer Germany · #61,238 worldwide 308 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Henrik Fox Germany · #66,444 worldwide 247 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Armin Zittermann Germany · #105,175 worldwide 323 citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Hendrik Milting Germany · #140,494 worldwide 111 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Christian Sohns Germany · #146,019 worldwide 182 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Jochen Börgermann Germany · #173,685 worldwide 161 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Reiner Körfer Germany · #178,692 worldwide 143 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Kazutomo Minami Germany · #189,990 worldwide 111 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Gero Tenderich Germany · #211,862 worldwide 92 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 K Kleesiek Germany · #249,855 worldwide 107 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia

Which keywords describe research at Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Catheter Ablation, Arrhythmias, Guidelines, Sudden Cardiac Death, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement.

▲ 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. Heart Failure59▲ 37×11 topics
  2. Echocardiography48▲ 47×8 topics
  3. Catheter Ablation42▲ 92×2 topics
  4. Arrhythmias32▲ 91×2 topics
  5. Guidelines30▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Sudden Cardiac Death26▲ 85×2 topics
  7. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement26▲ 96×1 topic
  8. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement26▲ 96×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology24▲ 1.60×46 topics
  10. Cardiomyopathy23▲ 69×3 topics
  11. Atrial Fibrillation23▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Radiofrequency Ablation22▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Ventricular Tachycardia22▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Obesity22▲ 7.9×15 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 25×6 topics
  16. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention21▲ 42×4 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 5.0×21 topics
  18. Stroke Prevention19▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy19▲ 41×3 topics
  20. Risk Stratification19▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Thromboembolism19▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Thrombosis18▲ 17×6 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk18▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Chamber Quantification18▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Diastolic Function18▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Remote Monitoring18▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy17▲ 115×1 topic
  28. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator17▲ 115×1 topic
  29. Diagnosis16▲ 4.6×13 topics
  30. Treatment15▲ 3.4×14 topics
  31. Cancer15▲ 2.9×21 topics
  32. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation15▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Cardiogenic Shock15▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Left Ventricular Assist Device15▲ 82×1 topic
  35. Cardiac Imaging14▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Dilated Cardiomyopathy14▲ 52×2 topics
  37. Genetic Testing10▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Ion Channels9▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Inflammatory Response9▲ 37×3 topics

Which research topics does Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 26 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 22 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…19Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …18Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 18 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 17 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 15 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…9Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 9 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 9 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 22 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 9 works
  9. 9 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-Westphalia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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