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Hôpital de la Tour

In research, Hôpital de la Tour stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,584 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,596 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 10.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,605
of 22,385 · #15,584 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#124
of 186
Research works
603
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Hôpital de la Tour

What is Hôpital de la Tour 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,584 of 9,902 9.2%99 #4263
MedicineField #2,596 of 8,541 9.5%87 #4077

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hôpital de la Tour 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 Hôpital de la Tour work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Hôpital de la Tour is in Health Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Health Professions (10%), Social Sciences (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 109 fractional works · 85.9% of its workMedicine: 96 fractional works · 75.7% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 23.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHôpital de laTour126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences5%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9675.7%
    2. Health Professions129.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences32.4%
    2. Psychology21.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering22.0%
    2. Environmental Science10.8%
    3. Chemistry10.8%
    4. Computer Science10.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    2. Neuroscience21.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hôpital de la Tour specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.7 works10×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.61× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 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.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.94×96 works
  2. Health Professions3.61×12 works
  3. Nursing1.05×1 works
  4. Neuroscience0.94×2 works
  5. Chemistry0.50×1 works
  6. Dentistry0.45×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×0 works
  8. Psychology0.40×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.19×3 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  15. Engineering0.13×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  17. Energy0.10×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital de la Tour?

Ranked on the quality score, Philip M. Urban, François Fourchet and Christophe Perruchoud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital de la Tour.

  1. 1 Philip M. Urban Switzerland · #238,690 worldwide 15k citations · 297 works
  2. 2 François Fourchet Switzerland · #457,002 worldwide 3.7k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Christophe Perruchoud Switzerland · #605,044 worldwide 2.2k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Marc Zimmermann Switzerland · #845,970 worldwide 4.8k citations · 602 works
  5. 5 Samantha Greene Switzerland · #917,116 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Alexandre Lädermann Switzerland · #1,074,562 worldwide 7.3k citations · 317 works
  7. 7 A. Lädermann Switzerland · #1,760,686 worldwide 1.5k citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Adrien Schwitzguébel Switzerland · #1,777,359 worldwide 537 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Omar Kherad Switzerland · #1,830,612 worldwide 2.1k citations · 211 works
  10. 10 Claudius Irlé Switzerland · #1,890,181 worldwide 784 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital de la Tour

What are the most cited papers from Hôpital de la Tour?

The most cited paper from Hôpital de la Tour is "2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern" (Clare Louise Ardern, Philip D. Glasgow, Anthony Gerard Schneiders et al., 2016), with 969 citations. Next come "Defining High Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention" (829) and "Polymer-free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk" (815).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2016 Consensus statement on return to sport from the First World Congress in Sports Physical Therapy, Bern Clare Louise Ardern, Philip D. Glasgow, Anthony Gerard Schneiders et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 25 May 2016 969
2 Defining High Bleeding Risk in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Philip M. Urban et al. · Circulation Open access 22 May 2019 829
3 Polymer-free Drug-Coated Coronary Stents in Patients at High Bleeding Risk Philip M. Urban et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Oct 2015 815
4 Evidence review for the 2016 International Ankle Consortium consensus statement on the prevalence, impact and long-term consequences of lateral ankle sprains Phillip A. Gribble, Chris Bleakley, Brian Michael Caulfield et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2016 702
5 Defining high bleeding risk in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a consensus document from the Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk Philip M. Urban et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 21 May 2019 617
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hôpital de la Tour?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Shoulder Function, Complications, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Surgical Management and Primary Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 4.5×48 topics
  2. Rehabilitation11▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Shoulder Function10▲ 92×2 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Rotator Cuff Tears8▲ 98×1 topic
  6. Shoulder Pathology8▲ 98×1 topic
  7. Surgical Management7▲ 14×12 topics
  8. Quality of Life6▲ 3.4×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  10. Primary Care6▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 2.8×4 topics
  12. Public Health5▲ 2.7×17 topics
  13. Palliative Care5▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Diagnosis5▲ 3.9×19 topics
  15. Public Health Policy5▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Healthcare Legislation4▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Patient Rights4▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Acromioclavicular Joint4▲ 139×1 topic
  19. Clavicle Fractures4▲ 139×1 topic
  20. Management4▲ 4.2×15 topics
  21. Prevention4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  22. Biomechanics4▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Arthroplasty4▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Chronic Pain4▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Low Back Pain4▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Injury Prevention4▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Pain Management4▲ 12×7 topics
  28. Medical Education3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  29. Muscle Injuries3▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Revision Surgery3▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Sports Injury3▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Spinal Fusion3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Curriculum3▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Digital Health3▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Muscle Strength3▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Musculoskeletal Medicine3▲ 143×1 topic
  40. Training3▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Hôpital de la Tour publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Health, Medicine and Society, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Sports injuries and prevention.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…8Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 4 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 4 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional works
SurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 3 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital de la Tour's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Hôpital de la Tour as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hôpital de la Tour0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hôpital de la Tour 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%Hôpital de la Tour11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2024.

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