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Hôpital Nestlé

In research, Hôpital Nestlé stands highest in Medicine (#5,722 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,075 of 16,688 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,550 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,363
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#192
of 378
Research works
1.5k
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
29.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Hôpital Nestlé

What is Hôpital Nestlé 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
MedicineField #5,722 of 14,558 8.8%964
Health SciencesDomain #7,075 of 16,688 8.8%1,048
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,550 of 5,801 8.9%175
SurgerySubfield #2,126 of 3,248 6.7%166
Life SciencesDomain #8,074 of 11,023 8.0%338

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Hôpital Nestlé is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 58.5% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 46.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 19.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHôpital Nestlé29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences10%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1346.1%
    2. Health Professions27.9%
    3. Nursing14.2%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences39.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Environmental Science26.3%
    2. Engineering01.6%
    3. Computer Science01.4%
    4. Materials Science01.2%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Social Sciences13.8%
    2. Psychology13.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 1.92× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.40× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 8.58× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing8.58×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.01×2 works
  3. Medicine2.40×13 works
  4. Veterinary2.11×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.92×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.60×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.26×2 works
  8. Psychology1.21×1 works
  9. Neuroscience1.12×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.88×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.34×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.30×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  17. Engineering0.10×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hôpital Nestlé?

Ranked on the quality score, Marc Thomas Roth, P Seckinger and C R Bader lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hôpital Nestlé.

  1. 1 Marc Thomas Roth Switzerland · #809,796 worldwide 4.6k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 P Seckinger Switzerland · #1,929,523 worldwide 2.1k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 C R Bader Switzerland · #3,521,464 worldwide 2.5k citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Kai M. Müller Switzerland · #3,643,115 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Anne Beaumanoir Switzerland · #3,679,779 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Claude Regamey Switzerland · #3,827,349 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  7. 7 THOMAS L VISCHER Switzerland · #4,071,273 worldwide 3.5k citations · 96 works
  8. 8 A. Torrado Switzerland · #4,210,435 worldwide 739 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 G.D. Bonnard Switzerland · #4,486,271 worldwide 334 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Nicole A. Carpentier Switzerland · #4,606,184 worldwide 570 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Hôpital Nestlé

What are the most cited papers from Hôpital Nestlé?

The most cited paper from Hôpital Nestlé is "Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026" (Steven G.E. Marsh et al., 2010), with 4,206 citations. Next come "Irinotecan combined with fluorouracil compared with fluorouracil alone as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised trial" (3,285) and "Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF)" (2,794).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026 Steven G.E. Marsh et al. · Tissue Antigens Open access 17 Mar 2010 4,206
2 Irinotecan combined with fluorouracil compared with fluorouracil alone as first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer: a multicentre randomised trial J-Y Douillard, David Cunningham, AD Roth et al. · The Lancet Open access Mar 2000 3,285
3 Screening for Undernutrition in Geriatric Practice: Developing the Short-Form Mini-Nutritional Assessment (MNA-SF) Laurence Z. Rubenstein, Judith O. Harker, Antoni Salvà et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series A Open access Jun 2001 2,794
4 Non-specific low back pain Federico Balagué, Anne Frances Mannion, Ferrán Pellisé et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Oct 2011 1,838
5 EULAR evidence based recommendations for gout. Part II: Management. Report of a task force of the EULAR Standing Committee For International Clinical Studies Including Therapeutics (ESCISIT) Weiya Zhang, M Doherty, T Bardin et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 17 May 2006 1,420
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Which keywords describe research at Hôpital Nestlé?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Palliative Care, Public Health, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Metabolism, Mental Health, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease.

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

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 2.1×20 topics
  2. Public Health2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×13 topics
  4. Palliative Care2▲ 34×4 topics
  5. Mental Health1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.5×7 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  8. Metabolism1▲ 6.9×8 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.4×14 topics

Which research topics does Hôpital Nestlé publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, Nutritional Studies and Diet, Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning and Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade.

Health, Medicine and Soc…1Health, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …1Nutritional Studies and Diet: 1 fractional worksDeath, Funerary Practices, and Mourning: 0 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 0 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 0 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…0Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional worksPhytase and its Applications: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAnthropologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Death, Funerary Practices, and Mourning Anthropology 0 works
  4. 4 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  9. 9 Phytase and its Applications Plant Science 0 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available16.5%not open83.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hôpital Nestlé's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher 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 Nestlé as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Hôpital Nestlé0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hôpital Nestlé 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2009Hôpital Nestlé5.0% in 20092000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 1990.

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