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Hirslanden Klinik Aarau

In research, Hirslanden Klinik Aarau stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,688 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,823 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#16,937
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#199
of 378
Research works
277
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Hirslanden Klinik Aarau

What is Hirslanden Klinik Aarau known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #7,688 of 16,688 7.7%151
MedicineField #6,823 of 14,558 7.3%135

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Hirslanden Klinik Aarau is in Health Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Social Sciences (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 74.4% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 67.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHirslanden KlinikAarau34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine2367.1%
    2. Health Professions13.9%
    3. Veterinary12.2%
    4. Dentistry01.2%
    1. Engineering12.1%
    2. Materials Science12.0%
    3. Environmental Science11.7%
    4. Computer Science11.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    3. Neuroscience01.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences25.7%
    2. Psychology00.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hirslanden Klinik Aarau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 22.8 works3.5×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 23 worksMedicineVeterinary: 16.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.15×1 works
  2. Medicine3.49×23 works
  3. Dentistry2.43×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.95×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.74×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.48×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×2 works
  8. Neuroscience0.86×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.57×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.56×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.45×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.35×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.22×1 works
  14. Energy0.22×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  16. Psychology0.19×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  18. Engineering0.14×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hirslanden Klinik Aarau?

Ranked on the quality score, Razvan Andrei Popescu, Peter Bücher and Hüssy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hirslanden Klinik Aarau.

  1. 1 Razvan Andrei Popescu Switzerland · #748,098 worldwide 3.8k citations · 122 works
  2. 2 Peter Bücher Switzerland · #2,052,663 worldwide 680 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Hüssy Switzerland · #2,492,119 worldwide 6 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Robert W. Bettschart Switzerland · #2,660,341 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Alicia Vogt Switzerland · #2,851,326 worldwide 91 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Dennis Rohner Switzerland · #2,910,090 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Bolley Switzerland · #2,965,042 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Anja Stuessi Switzerland · #3,535,854 worldwide 296 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Julius Komárek Switzerland · #3,641,925 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Rolf Stober Switzerland · #3,971,451 worldwide 103 citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at Hirslanden Klinik Aarau

What are the most cited papers from Hirslanden Klinik Aarau?

The most cited paper from Hirslanden Klinik Aarau is "Reduced Exposure to PM 10 and Attenuated Age-Related Decline in Lung Function" (Sara H. Downs, Christian Schindler, L.-J. Sally Liu et al., 2007), with 359 citations. Next come "Site-specific dose-response relationships for cancer induction from the combined Japanese A-bomb and Hodgkin cohorts for doses relevant to radiotherapy" (208) and "Manufacturing splints for orthognathic surgery using a three-dimensional printer" (191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reduced Exposure to PM 10 and Attenuated Age-Related Decline in Lung Function Sara H. Downs, Christian Schindler, L.-J. Sally Liu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Dec 2007 359
2 Site-specific dose-response relationships for cancer induction from the combined Japanese A-bomb and Hodgkin cohorts for doses relevant to radiotherapy Uwe Schneider, Marcin Sumila, Judith Robotka · Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling Open access 26 Jul 2011 208
3 Manufacturing splints for orthognathic surgery using a three-dimensional printer Marc Christian Metzger, Bettina Hohlweg‐Majert, U Schwarz et al. · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology Oral Radiology and Endodontology Feb 2008 191
4 Occupational Exposure to Dusts, Gases, and Fumes and Incidence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Diseases in Adults Amar Jayant Mehta, David Miedinger, Dirk Keidel et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 8 Apr 2012 191
5 PERCUTANEOUS TRANSFORAMINAL LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION FOR THE TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR INSTABILITY Kai-Michael Scheufler, Hildegard Dohmen, Vassilios I. Vougioukas · Operative Neurosurgery Apr 2007 181
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hirslanden Klinik Aarau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Prostate Cancer, Radiotherapy, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Risk Factors and Surgical Management.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Immunotherapy2▲ 9.6×8 topics
  3. Prostate Cancer2▲ 38×4 topics
  4. Radiotherapy2▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  6. Complications1▲ 7.4×9 topics
  7. Biomarkers1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis1▲ 3.8×11 topics
  9. Management1▲ 4.5×8 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors1▲ 8.2×6 topics
  11. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×10 topics
  12. Treatment1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  13. Biopsy1▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations1▲ 7.1×6 topics
  15. Genomic Analysis1▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Surgical Management1▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Hirslanden Klinik Aarau publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research and Veterinary Oncology Research.

Prostate Cancer Diagnosi…1Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…1Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksManagement of metastatic…0Management of metastatic bone disease: 0 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 0 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsOphthalmology1 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  7. 7 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 0 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hirslanden Klinik Aarau's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hirslanden Klinik Aarau as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Hirslanden Klinik Aarau0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hirslanden Klinik Aarau over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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