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Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital

In research, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital stands highest in Medicine (#3,773 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,552 of 16,688 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,368 of 3,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,470
of 34,923
Rank in Austria
#104
of 255
Research works
965
▼ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital

What is Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital 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
MedicineField #3,773 of 14,558 5.5%715
Health SciencesDomain #4,552 of 16,688 5.3%766
SurgerySubfield #1,368 of 3,248 6.4%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital 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 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 15 fractional works · 56.9% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 48.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 24.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences25%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1348.8%
    2. Health Professions26.1%
    3. Dentistry01.9%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences415.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities26.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.7%
    4. Psychology01.3%
    1. Engineering28.0%
    2. Environmental Science01.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.2%
    4. Materials Science00.8%
    5. Computer Science00.6%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.2%
    2. Neuroscience01.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.54× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.82×0 works
  2. Medicine2.54×13 works
  3. Health Professions2.33×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.24×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.22×4 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×0 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.70×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.55×0 works
  11. Engineering0.53×2 works
  12. Psychology0.44×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.25×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.24×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  16. Nursing0.12×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital?

Ranked on the quality score, Jörg Pont, Wolfgang Hoeltl and Christian Dittrich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital.

  1. 1 Jörg Pont Austria · #436,114 worldwide 3.2k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Wolfgang Hoeltl Austria · #744,258 worldwide 3.2k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Christian Dittrich Austria · #1,069,287 worldwide 7k citations · 225 works
  4. 4 Andrea Podczeck-Schweighofer Austria · #1,368,275 worldwide 2.1k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 J A W BERGHAUSER PONT Austria · #1,438,463 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Michael Quittan Austria · #1,670,367 worldwide 5k citations · 149 works
  7. 7 P. Peichl Austria · #1,698,510 worldwide 3.1k citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Friedrich Kober Austria · #1,742,491 worldwide 1k citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Heinz Lahrmann Austria · #1,756,842 worldwide 2.6k citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Maria DeSantis Austria · #1,915,504 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital

What are the most cited papers from Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital?

The most cited paper from Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital is "Platinum-Based Chemotherapy plus Cetuximab in Head and Neck Cancer" (Jan B. Vermorken, Ricard Mesı́a, Fernando Rivera et al., 2008), with 3,762 citations. Next come "Effect of Oral Alendronate on Bone Mineral Density and the Incidence of Fractures in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis" (2,304) and "Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Docetaxel in Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer" (1,726).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Platinum-Based Chemotherapy plus Cetuximab in Head and Neck Cancer Jan B. Vermorken, Ricard Mesı́a, Fernando Rivera et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Sep 2008 3,762
2 Effect of Oral Alendronate on Bone Mineral Density and the Incidence of Fractures in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Uri A. Liberman, Stuart R. Weiss, Johann Bröll et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 30 Nov 1995 2,304
3 Cisplatin, Fluorouracil, and Docetaxel in Unresectable Head and Neck Cancer Jan Baptist Vermorken, Éva Remenár, Carla van Herpen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 24 Oct 2007 1,726
4 Prognostic Significance of Tumor Regression After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy for Rectal Cancer Claus Michael Rödel, Peter Martus, Thomas Papadoupolos et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 26 Oct 2005 1,227
5 EAU Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2013 Guidelines Johannes Alfred Witjes, Éva Compérat, Nigel C. Cowan et al. · European Urology 12 Dec 2013 1,014
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Laparoscopic Repair, Chronic Pain, SARS-CoV-2, Immunotherapy, Hernia Repair, Mesh Techniques and Pedagogy.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Complications2▲ 17×8 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.63×18 topics
  3. Laparoscopic Repair2▲ 172×2 topics
  4. Chronic Pain2▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 3.9×9 topics
  6. Immunotherapy1▲ 7.2×5 topics
  7. SARS-CoV-21▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Hernia Repair1▲ 187×1 topic
  9. Mesh Techniques1▲ 187×1 topic
  10. Pedagogy1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  11. Identity1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  12. Literature1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  13. Student Competencies1▲ 57×1 topic
  14. Teaching Methods1▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hernia repair and management, Education, Innovation and Language Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies and Renal and related cancers.

Hernia repair and management: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 0 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 0 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 0 fractional worksStoma care and complicat…0Stoma care and complications: 0 fractional worksMedia, Gender, and Advertising: 0 fractional worksMedical Practices and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksLiterature, Magical Real…0Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez: 0 fractional works
SurgeryEducationLiterature and Literary TheoryMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Stoma care and complications Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Media, Gender, and Advertising Gender Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  10. 10 Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez Literature and Literary Theory 0 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% lower 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 Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000085% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital0.000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2019Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Spital6.0% in 201920002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2015.

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