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Hochgebirgsklinik Davos

In research, Hochgebirgsklinik Davos stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,257 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,205 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,742
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#251
of 378
Research works
426
▲ 146% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Hochgebirgsklinik Davos

What is Hochgebirgsklinik Davos 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 #8,257 of 16,688 6.1%317
MedicineField #8,205 of 14,558 6.4%279

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Hochgebirgsklinik Davos is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 48 fractional works · 83.7% of its workMedicine: 44 fractional works · 76.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHochgebirgsklinikDavos58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences4%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4476.5%
    2. Health Professions35.5%
    3. Dentistry00.8%
    4. Veterinary00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology58.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences12.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    3. Psychology00.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Environmental Science00.7%
    2. Mathematics00.5%
    3. Computer Science00.5%
    4. Engineering00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 44 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.67×0 works
  2. Medicine3.98×44 works
  3. Health Professions2.10×3 works
  4. Dentistry1.67×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.49×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.46×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.30×0 works
  10. Psychology0.19×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.18×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.14×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.06×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.02×0 works
  17. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hochgebirgsklinik Davos?

Ranked on the quality score, Günter Menz, Rainer Disch and H. Gubler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochgebirgsklinik Davos.

  1. 1 Günter Menz Switzerland · #404,018 worldwide 5.2k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Rainer Disch Switzerland · #1,057,211 worldwide 2.4k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 H. Gubler Switzerland · #1,777,901 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Beat Villiger Switzerland · #2,079,252 worldwide 1.4k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Paavo Rillmann Switzerland · #2,850,460 worldwide 987 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Michael Schmitz-Schumann Switzerland · #2,995,560 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 E. von der Pahlen Switzerland · #3,022,398 worldwide 34 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 JAMES C. MCCONNEL Switzerland · #3,197,432 worldwide 99 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Gabriele Hense Switzerland · #3,535,094 worldwide 740 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Armin N. Aufdermaur Switzerland · #3,575,702 worldwide 222 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Hochgebirgsklinik Davos

What are the most cited papers from Hochgebirgsklinik Davos?

The most cited paper from Hochgebirgsklinik Davos is "Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: A review" (Yadong Gao, Mei Ding, Xiang Dong et al., 2020), with 1,471 citations. Next come "Immune response to SARS‐CoV‐2 and mechanisms of immunopathological changes in COVID‐19" (1,194) and "An improved immunomagnetic procedure for the isolation of highly purified human blood eosinophils" (612).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Risk factors for severe and critically ill COVID‐19 patients: A review Yadong Gao, Mei Ding, Xiang Dong et al. · Allergy Open access 13 Nov 2020 1,471
2 Immune response to SARS‐CoV‐2 and mechanisms of immunopathological changes in COVID‐19 Ahmet Kürşat Azkur, Mübeccel Akdiş, Dilek Azkur et al. · Allergy Open access 12 May 2020 1,194
3 An improved immunomagnetic procedure for the isolation of highly purified human blood eosinophils Trevor T. Hansel, I. Jolanda M. de Vries, Thomas Iff et al. · Journal of Immunological Methods Dec 1991 612
4 Glucocorticoids upregulate FOXP3 expression and regulatory T cells in asthma Christian Karagiannidis, Mübeccel Akdiş, P. Holopainen et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access Dec 2004 516
5 Activated T cells and eosinophilia in bronchoalveolar lavages from subjects with asthma correlated with disease severity Christoph Walker, Martin K. Kaegi, Peter Braun et al. · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Open access Dec 1991 467
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Which keywords describe research at Hochgebirgsklinik Davos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Epidemiology, High-Intensity Interval Training, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Exercise Capacity, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.2×31 topics
  2. Heart Failure6▲ 25×9 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 6.8×13 topics
  4. High-Intensity Interval Training4▲ 69×2 topics
  5. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 167×1 topic
  6. Exercise Capacity4▲ 167×1 topic
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 7.7×14 topics
  8. Anxiety4▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Depression3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis3▲ 10×4 topics
  11. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Exercise Training3▲ 119×2 topics
  13. Cardiac Rehabilitation3▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Coronary Heart Disease3▲ 138×1 topic
  15. Rehabilitation3▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Inflammation2▲ 1.98×13 topics
  18. Quality of Life2▲ 2.8×11 topics
  19. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×9 topics
  20. Treatment2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. Guidelines2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  24. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy2▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Athletes2▲ 116×1 topic
  26. Sudden Death2▲ 73×2 topics
  27. Genetic Testing2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Medical Ethics2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Patient Rights2▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Prognosis2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  31. Interdisciplinary Collaboration2▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Patient Care2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Healthcare Law1▲ 189×1 topic
  34. Reproductive Medicine1▲ 189×1 topic
  35. Autoantibodies1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  36. Sepsis1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Filaggrin1▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Outcome Measurement1▲ 208×1 topic
  39. Quality1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Skin Microbiome1▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Hochgebirgsklinik Davos publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular and exercise physiology, Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise and Medical and Health Sciences Research.

Cardiovascular and exerc…4Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksMedical Practices and Re…1Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 1 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthDermatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  6. 6 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 1 works
  9. 9 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available20.4%not open79.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.5%domestic only81.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hochgebirgsklinik Davos's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 146% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

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

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hochgebirgsklinik Davos0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hochgebirgsklinik Davos over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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