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Kantonsspital Graubünden

In research, Kantonsspital Graubünden stands highest in Medicine (#2,969 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,505 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,597
of 22,385 · #10,071 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#102
of 186
Research works
888
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Kantonsspital Graubünden

What is Kantonsspital Graubünden 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
MedicineField #2,969 of 8,541 8.4%106 #2821
Health SciencesDomain #3,505 of 9,902 8.3%112 #3204

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Kantonsspital Graubünden is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 77.2% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 73.1% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKantonsspitalGraubünden160fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine11773.1%
    2. Health Professions63.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities53.1%
    2. Social Sciences52.8%
    3. Psychology42.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering31.8%
    2. Environmental Science21.0%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kantonsspital Graubünden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 37.1 works9.9×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×117 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.20×4 works
  3. Health Professions1.39×6 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.06×5 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×8 works
  6. Psychology0.83×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  8. Nursing0.56×0 works
  9. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.42×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.22×4 works
  16. Environmental Science0.21×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.20×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  20. Engineering0.12×3 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital Graubünden?

Ranked on the quality score, Christoph Markus Sommer, Richard L. Cathomas and Nadine Kawel‐Boehm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kantonsspital Graubünden.

  1. 1 Christoph Markus Sommer Switzerland · #391,650 worldwide 6.8k citations · 147 works
  2. 2 Richard L. Cathomas Switzerland · #438,798 worldwide 13k citations · 346 works
  3. 3 Nadine Kawel‐Boehm Switzerland · #565,383 worldwide 2.6k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Ulrich Mey Switzerland · #905,034 worldwide 5.3k citations · 140 works
  5. 5 Sara Bastian Switzerland · #964,073 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Markus Furrer Switzerland · #1,022,625 worldwide 3.5k citations · 176 works
  7. 7 Piero O. Bonetti Switzerland · #1,270,263 worldwide 5.7k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Thomas Rüedi Switzerland · #1,373,076 worldwide 946 citations · 115 works
  9. 9 Paul Dubach Switzerland · #1,455,211 worldwide 4.7k citations · 90 works
  10. 10 Peter Martin Fehr Switzerland · #1,665,054 worldwide 406 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Kantonsspital Graubünden

What are the most cited papers from Kantonsspital Graubünden?

The most cited paper from Kantonsspital Graubünden is "European Association of Urology Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2020 Guidelines" (Johannes Alfred Witjes, Harman Max Bruins, Richard L. Cathomas et al., 2020), with 2,175 citations. Next come "Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial" (1,985) and "Continuation of bevacizumab after first progression in metastatic colorectal cancer (ML18147): a randomised phase 3 trial" (1,175).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 European Association of Urology Guidelines on Muscle-invasive and Metastatic Bladder Cancer: Summary of the 2020 Guidelines Johannes Alfred Witjes, Harman Max Bruins, Richard L. Cathomas et al. · European Urology 29 Apr 2020 2,175
2 Addition of docetaxel, zoledronic acid, or both to first-line long-term hormone therapy in prostate cancer (STAMPEDE): survival results from an adaptive, multiarm, multistage, platform randomised controlled trial Nicholas David James et al. · The Lancet Open access 21 Dec 2015 1,985
3 Continuation of bevacizumab after first progression in metastatic colorectal cancer (ML18147): a randomised phase 3 trial Jaafar Bennouna, Javier Sastre, Dirk Arnold et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 15 Nov 2012 1,175
4 Multiple myeloma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Philippe Moreau, Jesús F. San Miguel, Pieter Sonneveld et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 6 Apr 2017 882
5 Multiple myeloma: EHA-ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up† Meletios Athanasios Dimopoulos, Philippe Moreau, Evangelos Terpos et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 5 Feb 2021 850
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital Graubünden?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.4×69 topics
  2. Complications10▲ 13×11 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 5.0×22 topics
  4. Risk Factors9▲ 5.1×18 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 5.2×23 topics
  6. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.4×21 topics
  7. Rehabilitation7▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Immunotherapy7▲ 6.0×16 topics
  9. Surgical Management6▲ 9.7×15 topics
  10. Biomechanics6▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Management5▲ 4.2×22 topics
  12. Guidelines5▲ 6.8×8 topics
  13. Quality of Life5▲ 2.2×19 topics
  14. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.7×10 topics
  15. Mortality5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  16. Genetics4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  17. Internal Fixation4▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Surgical Treatment4▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.6×13 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  21. Surgery4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Shoulder Function4▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.8×15 topics
  26. Infection Prevention3▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization3▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Bone Healing3▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Fracture Epidemiology3▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Acromioclavicular Joint3▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Clavicle Fractures3▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  34. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Revision Surgery3▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 14×2 topics
  38. CT Imaging3▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Arthroplasty3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Informed Consent2▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Kantonsspital Graubünden publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Bone fractures and treatments, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…3Bone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…3Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 2 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…2Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…1Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical Psychology1 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kantonsspital Graubünden's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Graubünden as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Kantonsspital Graubünden0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kantonsspital Graubünden 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 counting5%10%15%Kantonsspital Graubünden10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.8% in 2025.

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