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Jessa Hospital

In research, Jessa Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,612 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,321 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,724
of 22,385 · #9,970 all time
Rank in Belgium
#55
of 105
Research works
672
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Jessa Hospital

What is Jessa Hospital 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 #2,612 of 9,902 13.1%157 #2612
MedicineField #2,321 of 8,541 12.9%151 #2275

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

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Jessa Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 185 fractional works · 85.3% of its workMedicine: 178 fractional works · 82.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 46 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSurgery: 29 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJessa Hospital216fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17882.3%
    2. Health Professions52.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology114.9%
    2. Neuroscience31.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Psychology52.2%
    2. Social Sciences21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering41.6%
    2. Computer Science00.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Jessa Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.5 works20×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 29.4 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.92× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.28× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.28×178 works
  2. Veterinary1.21×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×2 works
  4. Neuroscience0.96×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×11 works
  6. Health Professions0.92×5 works
  7. Nursing0.92×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.75×1 works
  9. Psychology0.72×5 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.30×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  13. Engineering0.11×4 works
  14. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Jessa Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Pascal Vranckx, Johan M. Vijgen and Pieter Koopman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jessa Hospital.

  1. 1 Pascal Vranckx Belgium · #14,486 worldwide 78k citations · 742 works
  2. 2 Johan M. Vijgen Belgium · #173,011 worldwide 5.9k citations · 195 works
  3. 3 Pieter Koopman Belgium · #350,037 worldwide 2.7k citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Jasperina Dubois Belgium · #401,925 worldwide 3.6k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Tony Cox Belgium · #546,205 worldwide 24k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Lieven Herbots Belgium · #547,039 worldwide 5.3k citations · 212 works
  7. 7 Jan Verwerft Belgium · #548,504 worldwide 826 citations · 112 works
  8. 8 Edouard Benit Belgium · #807,161 worldwide 4.6k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 Annelies Maes Belgium · #815,211 worldwide 848 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Björn Stessel Belgium · #849,106 worldwide 1.5k citations · 97 works
All ranked researchers at Jessa Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Jessa Hospital?

The most cited paper from Jessa Hospital is "Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults" (Michael Paul Casaer, Dieter Mesotten, Greet Hermans et al., 2011), with 1,704 citations. Next come "Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial" (1,311) and "The future of cystic fibrosis care: a global perspective" (988).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Early versus Late Parenteral Nutrition in Critically Ill Adults Michael Paul Casaer, Dieter Mesotten, Greet Hermans et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Jun 2011 1,704
2 Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial Marco Valgimigli et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Mar 2015 1,311
3 The future of cystic fibrosis care: a global perspective Scott C Bell et al. · The Lancet Respiratory Medicine Open access 27 Sep 2019 988
4 Secondary prevention through comprehensive cardiovascular rehabilitation: From knowledge to implementation. 2020 update. A position paper from the Secondary Prevention and Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology Marco Ambrosetti et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Open access 30 Mar 2020 973
5 Ticagrelor plus aspirin for 1 month, followed by ticagrelor monotherapy for 23 months vs aspirin plus clopidogrel or ticagrelor for 12 months, followed by aspirin monotherapy for 12 months after implantation of a drug-eluting stent: a multicentre, open-label, randomised superiority trial Pascal Vranckx et al. · The Lancet Open access203 authors 27 Aug 2018 797
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Jessa Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Catheter Ablation, Diagnosis and Myocardial Infarction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.7×80 topics
  2. Heart Failure19▲ 20×10 topics
  3. Guidelines16▲ 15×10 topics
  4. Echocardiography15▲ 24×7 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 5.6×23 topics
  6. Diagnosis12▲ 6.0×30 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation11▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 3.7×29 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 18×7 topics
  10. Obesity9▲ 5.2×13 topics
  11. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Management8▲ 4.5×20 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Quality of Life8▲ 2.4×22 topics
  15. Arrhythmias7▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Chamber Quantification6▲ 37×1 topic
  17. Diastolic Function6▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Stroke Prevention6▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Risk Stratification6▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Thromboembolism6▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Atherosclerosis6▲ 9.0×6 topics
  24. Mortality6▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 28×2 topics
  26. High-Intensity Interval Training6▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  28. Vascular Function6▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Electroanatomic Mapping5▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Cardiorespiratory Fitness5▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Exercise Capacity5▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Surgical Management5▲ 5.6×14 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Psychological Interventions5▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Endothelial Function4▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Jessa Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiovascular and exercise physiology.

Cardiovascular Function …6Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…5Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Health and Menta…4Cardiac Health and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComplementary and alternative medicinePsychiatry and Mental healthSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Jessa Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Jessa Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Jessa Hospital0.00090% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Jessa Hospital 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.

still counting10%20%Jessa Hospital11.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2018.

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