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Hospital Neuchâtel

In research, Hospital Neuchâtel stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,515 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,000 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,161
of 22,385 · #21,101 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#147
of 186
Research works
362
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Hospital Neuchâtel

What is Hospital Neuchâtel 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 #4,515 of 9,902 11.6%71 #6410
MedicineField #4,000 of 8,541 10.2%62 #5681

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Hospital Neuchâtel is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 82 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 73 fractional works · 72.1% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHospitalNeuchâtel101fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine7372.1%
    2. Health Professions109.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.2%
    2. Neuroscience22.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Psychology33.2%
    2. Social Sciences21.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering22.0%
    2. Environmental Science11.0%
    3. Materials Science10.6%
    4. Computer Science00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.67× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.75×73 works
  2. Health Professions3.67×10 works
  3. Neuroscience1.43×2 works
  4. Psychology1.06×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×4 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×0 works
  7. Nursing0.41×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.23×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  13. Engineering0.13×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.12×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hospital Neuchâtel?

Ranked on the quality score, Alend Saadi, Hervé Olivier Zender and Guillaume Racloz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hospital Neuchâtel.

  1. 1 Alend Saadi Switzerland · #1,234,168 worldwide 616 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Hervé Olivier Zender Switzerland · #1,855,818 worldwide 778 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Guillaume Racloz Switzerland · #2,063,670 worldwide 304 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Cyril Pellaton Switzerland · #2,181,361 worldwide 757 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Philippe Erard Switzerland · #2,208,013 worldwide 663 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Eric Pieter Heymann Switzerland · #2,396,730 worldwide 345 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Fabian Spigariol Switzerland · #2,833,594 worldwide 53 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Bernard Laubscher Switzerland · #2,943,792 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Dumeng Décosterd Switzerland · #3,084,248 worldwide 157 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Marc Daniel Worreth Switzerland · #3,118,859 worldwide 507 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Hospital Neuchâtel

What are the most cited papers from Hospital Neuchâtel?

The most cited paper from Hospital Neuchâtel is "Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study" (Andri Rauch et al., 2010), with 1,143 citations. Next come "Cancer Risk in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: Associations With Immunodeficiency, Smoking, and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy" (863) and "Osteotomies in Patello-Femoral Instabilities" (540).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic Variation in IL28B Is Associated With Chronic Hepatitis C and Treatment Failure: A Genome-Wide Association Study Andri Rauch et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 12 Jan 2010 1,143
2 Cancer Risk in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: Associations With Immunodeficiency, Smoking, and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Gary M. Clifford, Jerry Polesel, Martin Rickenbach et al. · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 15 Mar 2005 863
3 Osteotomies in Patello-Femoral Instabilities David Henri Dejour, Bertrand Le Coultre · Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review Review 7 Feb 2007 540
4 Changing patterns of cancer incidence in the early- and late-HAART periods: the Swiss HIV Cohort Study the Swiss HIV Cohort Study et al. · British Journal of Cancer Open access 29 Jun 2010 307
5 Genotype 3 is associated with accelerated fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C Pierre–Yves Bochud, Tao Cai, Kathrin Overbeck et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 9 Jun 2009 284
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Which keywords describe research at Hospital Neuchâtel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Global Burden, Primary Care, Management and Palliative 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.5×62 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 8.1×24 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 4.8×20 topics
  5. Mental Health4▲ 3.1×8 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×13 topics
  7. Management4▲ 5.2×20 topics
  8. Global Burden4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  9. Primary Care4▲ 9.6×10 topics
  10. Palliative Care3▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Public Health3▲ 2.3×12 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Guidelines3▲ 6.5×9 topics
  14. Healthcare Legislation3▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Patient Rights3▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Quality of Life3▲ 2.2×22 topics
  17. Heart Failure3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  18. Hypertension3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. Mortality2▲ 4.3×9 topics
  20. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Digital Health2▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Healthcare Quality Indicators2▲ 40×2 topics
  23. Complications2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  24. Healthcare Policy2▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Inequalities2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Surgical Management2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  28. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Medical Education2▲ 7.9×6 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Events2▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Antihypertensive Drugs2▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Blood Pressure2▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  35. Prevention Guidelines2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Prognosis2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Heart Rate Variability2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Perioperative Care2▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Revascularization2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Hospital Neuchâtel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health, Medicine and Society, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies and Tracheal and airway disorders.

Health, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…2Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…2Tracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…1Liver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  8. 8 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hospital Neuchâtel's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Hospital Neuchâtel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Hospital Neuchâtel0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hospital Neuchâtel over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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