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Jessa Hospital

In research, Jessa Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,829 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,171 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,218
of 28,054 · #15,934 all time
Rank in Belgium
#67
of 138
Research works
672
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Jessa Hospital 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 #3,829 of 10,443 18.5%151 #4201
Health SciencesDomain #5,171 of 11,982 18.8%157 #5440

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Jessa Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.8 works20×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 25.5 works5.9×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.25× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jessa Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Johan Vijgen, Edouard Benit and Pieter Koopman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jessa Hospital.

  1. 1 Johan Vijgen Belgium · #235,393 worldwide 166 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Edouard Benit Belgium · #384,411 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Pieter Koopman Belgium · #570,989 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Reinoud Cartuyvels Belgium · #624,109 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Alaaddin Yılmaz Belgium · #718,696 worldwide 71 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jeroen C.H. van der Hilst Belgium · #797,036 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jeroen Mebis Belgium · #1,032,130 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Peter Messiaen Belgium · #1,050,648 worldwide 21 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Brigitte Maes Belgium · #1,063,893 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jean‐Luc Rummens Belgium · #1,093,309 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Jessa Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Jessa Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Guidelines, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.8×76 topics
  2. Heart Failure16▲ 20×10 topics
  3. Guidelines14▲ 16×9 topics
  4. Echocardiography12▲ 24×7 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 5.6×22 topics
  6. Diagnosis10▲ 5.9×26 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation9▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 3.9×28 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Obesity7▲ 5.1×12 topics
  11. Management7▲ 4.7×18 topics
  12. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Arrhythmias6▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Mortality5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  16. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Stroke Prevention5▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Chamber Quantification5▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Diastolic Function5▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Atherosclerosis5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Risk Stratification5▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Thromboembolism5▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 49×1 topic
  28. Surgical Management4▲ 5.8×13 topics
  29. Vascular Function4▲ 24×2 topics
  30. High-Intensity Interval Training4▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Psychological Interventions4▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Cardiorespiratory Fitness4▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Exercise Capacity4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Postoperative Complications4▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Endothelial Function4▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Jessa Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cardiovascular Function …5Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…5Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…4Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComplementary and alternative medicinePsychiatry and Mental healthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jessa Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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