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Kantonsspital Baselland

In research, Kantonsspital Baselland stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,517 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,324 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,548
of 22,385 · #9,729 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#92
of 186
Research works
5.2k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
66k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Kantonsspital Baselland

What is Kantonsspital Baselland 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 #2,517 of 9,902 7.8%135 #4244
MedicineField #2,324 of 8,541 7.9%127 #3587

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Kantonsspital Baselland is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 147 fractional works · 82.2% of its workMedicine: 138 fractional works · 77.5% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 21.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKantonsspitalBaselland178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13877.5%
    2. Health Professions84.5%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.1%
    3. Neuroscience31.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Psychology42.2%
    2. Social Sciences21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering53.0%
    2. Materials Science10.3%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kantonsspital Baselland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 38.3 works9.2×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 4 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.03×138 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.05×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.72×8 works
  4. Neuroscience1.05×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×8 works
  6. Psychology0.73×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×2 works
  8. Nursing0.30×0 works
  9. Engineering0.20×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  19. Energy0.05×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital Baselland?

Ranked on the quality score, Beat Hintermann, Andreas Lohri and Emanuel Burri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kantonsspital Baselland.

  1. 1 Beat Hintermann Switzerland · #815,956 worldwide 18k citations · 472 works
  2. 2 Andreas Lohri Switzerland · #821,819 worldwide 6.1k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Emanuel Burri Switzerland · #1,160,099 worldwide 2.5k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Markus Knupp Switzerland · #1,602,781 worldwide 5.6k citations · 159 works
  5. 5 GUNTHER E. WOLFF Switzerland · #1,894,750 worldwide 999 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Wai Hing Kung Switzerland · #2,008,867 worldwide 502 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Remy F. Meier Switzerland · #2,158,232 worldwide 7k citations · 243 works
  8. 8 Lilianna Bolliger Switzerland · #2,235,916 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Andres Heigl Switzerland · #2,284,597 worldwide 295 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Samuel Vožeh Switzerland · #2,460,712 worldwide 2.4k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Kantonsspital Baselland

What are the most cited papers from Kantonsspital Baselland?

The most cited paper from Kantonsspital Baselland is "Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria" (Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al., 2011), with 9,914 citations. Next come "Imatinib Compared with Interferon and Low-Dose Cytarabine for Newly Diagnosed Chronic-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia" (3,593) and "Prosthetic-Joint Infections" (3,131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: 2010 Revisions to the McDonald criteria Chris H. Polman, Stephen C. Reingold, Brenda Banwell et al. · Annals of Neurology Open access 11 Jan 2011 9,914
2 Imatinib Compared with Interferon and Low-Dose Cytarabine for Newly Diagnosed Chronic-Phase Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Stephen G. O’Brien et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Mar 2003 3,593
3 Prosthetic-Joint Infections Werner Zimmerli, Andrej Trampuž, P. E. Ochsner · New England Journal of Medicine 13 Oct 2004 3,131
4 Genetic Heterogeneity and Penetrance Analysis of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genes in Breast Cancer Families Deborah Ford et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access Mar 1998 3,057
5 ERS/ATS technical standard on interpretive strategies for routine lung function tests Sanja Stanojevic, David A. Kaminsky, Martin R. Miller et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access 23 Dec 2021 1,639
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital Baselland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Arthroplasty, Biomechanics, Complications, Ankle Injuries, Sprains and Regeneration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 5.3×70 topics
  2. Rehabilitation15▲ 21×10 topics
  3. Arthroplasty14▲ 82×2 topics
  4. Biomechanics13▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Complications12▲ 14×14 topics
  6. Ankle Injuries10▲ 191×1 topic
  7. Sprains10▲ 191×1 topic
  8. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×35 topics
  9. Regeneration9▲ 24×4 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 4.9×26 topics
  11. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×24 topics
  12. Treatment8▲ 3.6×25 topics
  13. Stem Cells8▲ 16×4 topics
  14. Extracellular Matrix7▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Growth Factors7▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Mechanical Loading7▲ 124×1 topic
  17. Tendon7▲ 124×1 topic
  18. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Management6▲ 4.2×16 topics
  20. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 65×1 topic
  21. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Mortality6▲ 5.5×9 topics
  23. Revision Surgery5▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Surgical Management5▲ 7.3×12 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.2×11 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  28. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×14 topics
  29. Surgical Treatment5▲ 14×5 topics
  30. Guidelines4▲ 5.2×11 topics
  31. Outcomes4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Aging4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  33. Alignment4▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  36. Foot Strike Patterns4▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Running Injuries4▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Internal Fixation3▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Embolization3▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Kantonsspital Baselland publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Foot and Ankle Surgery, Tendon Structure and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Foot and Ankle Surgery10Foot and Ankle Surgery: 10 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…4Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional worksHernia repair and manage…2Hernia repair and management: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringPhysiology

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

  1. 1 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Hernia repair and management Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments 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 available12.2%not open87.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.8%domestic only87.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kantonsspital Baselland's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Kantonsspital Baselland as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Kantonsspital Baselland0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kantonsspital Baselland 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kantonsspital Baselland8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2011.

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