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Herlev Hospital

In research, Herlev Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,812 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,527 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#630 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Oncology is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,639
of 28,054 · #3,346 all time
Rank in Denmark
#23
of 108
Research works
4.9k
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
165k
33.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Herlev Hospital 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 #1,812 of 10,443 19.5%350 #851
Health SciencesDomain #2,527 of 11,982 19.5%360 #1064
SurgerySubfield #630 of 1,816 25.2%75 #516
Life SciencesDomain #3,129 of 7,800 19.0%73 #1684

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Herlev Hospital 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#851 #1,812
  2. Health Sciences#1,064 #2,527
  3. Surgery#516 #630
  4. Life Sciences#1,684 #3,129
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 Herlev Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 44.7 works8.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 74.6 works6.8×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 24.3 works5.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.69× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 350 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Herlev Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Julie Gehl, O. Munck and Ann Merete Møller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Herlev Hospital.

  1. 1 Julie Gehl Denmark · #32,660 worldwide 372 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 O. Munck Denmark · #56,849 worldwide 211 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Ann Merete Møller Denmark · #58,036 worldwide 336 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Anders Mellemgaard Denmark · #78,119 worldwide 224 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Pia Munkholm Denmark · #84,961 worldwide 213 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Inge Marie Svane Denmark · #90,968 worldwide 539 citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Ebbe Langholz Denmark · #91,763 worldwide 272 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Per thor Straten Denmark · #97,412 worldwide 285 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Dorte Nielsen Denmark · #99,272 worldwide 176 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 N. J. Christensen Denmark · #102,399 worldwide 259 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Herlev Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Herlev Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Tumor Microenvironment and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology50▲ 2.7×96 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 3.4×68 topics
  3. Complications27▲ 12×15 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 4.5×34 topics
  5. Immunotherapy20▲ 6.2×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life20▲ 3.0×31 topics
  7. Chemotherapy20▲ 6.2×23 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 5.1×21 topics
  9. Diagnosis18▲ 4.2×33 topics
  10. Guidelines18▲ 8.1×11 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment18▲ 8.5×8 topics
  12. Treatment17▲ 3.0×40 topics
  13. Mortality16▲ 6.0×12 topics
  14. Obesity16▲ 4.4×16 topics
  15. Chronic Pain15▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Management15▲ 4.0×24 topics
  17. Risk Factors14▲ 2.8×26 topics
  18. Clinical Trials14▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Genetics14▲ 4.3×16 topics
  20. Laparoscopic Repair14▲ 76×2 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy13▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Heart Failure12▲ 6.1×13 topics
  23. Inflammatory Bowel Disease12▲ 23×5 topics
  24. Pathogenesis12▲ 5.1×17 topics
  25. Biomarkers12▲ 3.7×17 topics
  26. Hernia Repair11▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Mesh Techniques11▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 4.4×14 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 8.2×6 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance11▲ 5.1×8 topics
  31. Immune Checkpoint Blockade10▲ 21×1 topic
  32. PD-1 and PD-L110▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Surgery10▲ 6.4×8 topics
  34. Metastasis10▲ 6.2×11 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Type 2 Diabetes9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  37. Genetic Variants9▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications8▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Surgical Treatment8▲ 9.2×6 topics
  40. Glycemic Control8▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Herlev Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Hernia repair and management: 11 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease7Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 7 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…6CAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 6 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…5Diabetes Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 4 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 4 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyGeneticsImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 11 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 7 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  5. 5 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 6 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 4 works
  10. 10 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Herlev Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.