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Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie

In research, Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,043 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,426 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,467
of 28,054 · #7,019 all time
Rank in Germany
#644
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
20.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,043 of 11,982 8.4%137 #4734
MedicineField #5,426 of 10,443 8.0%125 #4064

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 125 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie?

Ranked on the composite score, Börge Schmidt, Andreas Stang and H. Hirche lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie.

  1. 1 Börge Schmidt Germany · #134,985 worldwide 225 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Andreas Stang Germany · #158,362 worldwide 171 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 H. Hirche Germany · #174,926 worldwide 111 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 W.‐U. Müller Germany · #387,874 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Uwe Gröber Germany · #409,755 worldwide 54 citations · 93 works
  6. 6 Peter Holzhauer Germany · #417,718 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Sommer Germany · #556,659 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 W Müller Germany · #619,789 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 E. Kuwert Germany · #858,749 worldwide 57 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 H Kühl Germany · #1,103,541 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide, Migraine, Genetic Influences, Chronic Migraine, Headache Disorders, Genetic Mutations and Epidemiology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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▲ 1.93×66 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders11▲ 10×9 topics
  3. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide9▲ 117×2 topics
  4. Genetic Influences9▲ 104×2 topics
  5. Migraine9▲ 118×2 topics
  6. Chronic Migraine9▲ 199×1 topic
  7. Headache Disorders9▲ 199×1 topic
  8. Quality of Life8▲ 3.0×24 topics
  9. Inflammation8▲ 2.0×42 topics
  10. Risk Factors7▲ 3.5×24 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations7▲ 8.8×16 topics
  12. Public Health7▲ 2.6×23 topics
  13. Treatment6▲ 2.8×24 topics
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  15. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.3×16 topics
  16. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  17. Management5▲ 3.4×19 topics
  18. Diagnosis5▲ 2.9×18 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Precision Medicine5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. Radiotherapy5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  22. Anxiety4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Endovascular Treatment4▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.8×11 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.2×14 topics
  26. Epidemiological Study4▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  28. Neuroinflammation4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  29. Stroke Prevention4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Chronic Diseases4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  31. Prognosis4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Healthcare Utilization3▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Radiosurgery3▲ 20×4 topics
  34. Clinical Management3▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Neuropathology3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Predictive Modeling3▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Embolization3▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Recombinant Factor VIIa3▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Socioeconomic Status3▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Data Collection3▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migraine and Headache Studies, Health and Medical Studies, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 and Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research.

Migraine and Headache St…9Migraine and Headache Studies: 9 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 3 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…2Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsNeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 3 works
  5. 5 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available18.7%not open81.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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