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Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics

In research, Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,545 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#3,548 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,551 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,902
of 28,054 · #8,478 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#115
of 220
Research works
895
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics 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 #2,545 of 20,462 24.5%514
MedicineField #3,548 of 17,978 23.6%423
Life SciencesDomain #6,551 of 14,347 21.5%152
Physical SciencesDomain #19,729 of 21,541 19.9%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.70× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.19× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics?

Ranked on the composite score, Bjørn Risberg and Kurt Neeser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics.

  1. 1 Bjørn Risberg Switzerland · #406,616 worldwide 71 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Kurt Neeser Switzerland · #1,447,239 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Healthcare, Precision Medicine, Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, Biomarkers, Predictive Modeling 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.5×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.85×18 topics
  3. Healthcare5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  4. Deep Learning5▲ 1.46×15 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 1.94×33 topics
  6. Precision Medicine4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.6×8 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.1×25 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 2.4×23 topics
  10. Medical Imaging3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  11. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×16 topics
  12. Biomarkers3▲ 4.5×12 topics
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 2.1×19 topics
  14. Treatment3▲ 2.4×20 topics
  15. COVID-193▲ 2.1×10 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress3▲ 1.76×21 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 2.9×13 topics
  18. Predictive Modeling2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  19. Bayesian Methods2▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Big Data2▲ 2.4×4 topics
  21. Health Equity2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  22. Management2▲ 2.7×16 topics
  23. Mortality2▲ 3.3×9 topics
  24. Health Disparities2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  25. Primary Care2▲ 4.8×11 topics
  26. Electronic Health Records2▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  28. Clinical Event Prediction2▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Mortality Risk2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  30. Patient Similarity2▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Psychopathology2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Big Data Analytics1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  34. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Ethical Challenges1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  36. Mental Disorders1▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Emotion Dynamics1▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Network Analysis1▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Dysphonia1▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Voice Disorders1▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Machine Learning in Healthcare, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Mental Health Research Topics and Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials.

Machine Learning in Heal…2Machine Learning in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 1 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 1 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 1 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Inference: 1 fractional worksStatistical Methods and Bayesian Inference: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceHealth InformaticsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyStatistics and Probability4 others

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

  1. 1 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 1 works
  5. 5 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  9. 9 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 1 works
  10. 10 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 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 available43.4%not open56.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.7%domestic only27.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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