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Institute for Sports Medicine

In research, Institute for Sports Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#6,590 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,065 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,502
of 28,054 · #15,750 all time
Rank in Germany
#607
of 1,178
Research works
925
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Institute for Sports Medicine 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
MedicineField #6,590 of 10,443 22.2%71 #6832
Health SciencesDomain #8,065 of 11,982 23.0%78 #8400

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Sports Medicine 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.39× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.07× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Sports Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Harald Mellerowicz, Klaus Völker and Heinz Lohrer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Sports Medicine.

  1. 1 Harald Mellerowicz Germany · #356,687 worldwide 19 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Klaus Völker Germany · #484,359 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Heinz Lohrer Germany · #485,296 worldwide 40 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 G Schönhölzer Germany · #540,498 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Sports Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Sports Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, High-Intensity Interval Training, Resistance Training, Physical Activity, Performance Analysis, Training Load, Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.2×46 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training10▲ 61×2 topics
  3. Resistance Training8▲ 61×2 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.1×17 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×38 topics
  6. Risk Factors7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  7. Performance Analysis6▲ 20×1 topic
  8. Physical Activity6▲ 9.0×11 topics
  9. Training Load6▲ 69×1 topic
  10. Rehabilitation6▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Injury Prevention6▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Public Health6▲ 2.7×20 topics
  13. Exercise5▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Heart Failure5▲ 7.2×8 topics
  15. Shoulder Function5▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Biomechanics4▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Prevention4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 5.9×5 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Athletic Training4▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Muscle Injuries4▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Sports Injury4▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Chronic Diseases4▲ 9.9×5 topics
  24. Motor Imagery4▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Labor Market4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  26. Rotator Cuff Tears4▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Shoulder Pathology4▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Gait Analysis3▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Sport Psychology3▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Vascular Function3▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Competitive Balance3▲ 92×1 topic
  32. Muscle Strength3▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Prediction Markets3▲ 92×1 topic
  34. Athlete Development3▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Expert Performance3▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Intrinsic Motivation3▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Cardiorespiratory Fitness3▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Exercise Capacity3▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Arthroplasty3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Physical Fitness3▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Sports Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Sports Analytics and Performance.

Sports Performance and T…6Sports Performance and Training: 6 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…4Sports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 3 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…3Sports, Gender, and Society: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 3 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…2Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryEconomics and EconometricsDevelopmental and Educational Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques 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 available31.1%not open68.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Sports Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher 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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