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Kantonsspital St. Gallen

In research, Kantonsspital St. Gallen stands highest in Health Sciences (#727 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#669 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#333 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Surgery is 7.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,417
of 22,385 · #1,333 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#33
of 186
Research works
3.9k
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
68k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Kantonsspital St. Gallen

What is Kantonsspital St. Gallen 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 #727 of 9,902 9.4%319 #500
MedicineField #669 of 8,541 9.4%304 #451
SurgerySubfield #333 of 1,532 9.4%73 #253

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kantonsspital St. Gallen 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#500 #727
  2. Medicine#451 #669
  3. Surgery#253 #333
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kantonsspital St. Gallen work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Kantonsspital St. Gallen is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 349 fractional works · 78.5% of its workMedicine: 334 fractional works · 75.1% of its workSurgery: 79 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 39 fractional works · 8.9% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKantonsspital St.Gallen445fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%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. Medicine33475.1%
    2. Health Professions122.7%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology286.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology122.7%
    3. Neuroscience102.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Social Sciences91.9%
    2. Psychology51.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Engineering112.6%
    2. Computer Science30.6%
    3. Environmental Science20.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kantonsspital St. Gallen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 79.4 works7.6×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 39.5 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 334 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.91×334 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.70×12 works
  3. Veterinary1.74×1 works
  4. Neuroscience1.33×10 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×28 works
  6. Health Professions1.02×12 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×1 works
  8. Nursing0.67×2 works
  9. Psychology0.37×5 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.34×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×2 works
  14. Engineering0.17×11 works
  15. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.15×9 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.14×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×2 works
  20. Computer Science0.08×3 works
  21. Environmental Science0.07×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital St. Gallen?

Ranked on the quality score, Silke Gillessen, Burkhard Ludewig and Lucas M. Onder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kantonsspital St. Gallen.

  1. 1 Silke Gillessen Switzerland · #31,651 worldwide 35k citations · 568 works
  2. 2 Burkhard Ludewig Switzerland · #44,020 worldwide 20k citations · 360 works
  3. 3 Lucas M. Onder Switzerland · #63,919 worldwide 4.4k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Andrea Rubbert‐Roth Switzerland · #98,462 worldwide 21k citations · 232 works
  5. 5 Roland Züst Switzerland · #109,492 worldwide 4.8k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Hung‐Wei Cheng Switzerland · #117,593 worldwide 3.8k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Wolfram Jochum Switzerland · #144,802 worldwide 16k citations · 290 works
  8. 8 Florian Strasser Switzerland · #151,388 worldwide 17k citations · 236 works
  9. 9 Cristina Gil‐Cruz Switzerland · #156,178 worldwide 3.4k citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Natalia Barbara Pikor Switzerland · #169,923 worldwide 2.2k citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Kantonsspital St. Gallen

What are the most cited papers from Kantonsspital St. Gallen?

The most cited paper from Kantonsspital St. Gallen is "Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus" (Kenneth Fearon, Florian Strasser, Stefan D. Anker et al., 2011), with 5,828 citations. Next come "Strategies for subtypes—dealing with the diversity of breast cancer: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2011" (3,932) and "Dose-Response Analysis Using R" (3,885).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus Kenneth Fearon, Florian Strasser, Stefan D. Anker et al. · The Lancet Oncology 5 Feb 2011 5,828
2 Strategies for subtypes—dealing with the diversity of breast cancer: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2011 Aron Goldhirsch, W. C. Wood, Alan Stuart Coates et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 28 Jun 2011 3,932
3 Dose-Response Analysis Using R Christian Ritz, Florent Baty, Jens Carl Streibig et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 30 Dec 2015 3,885
4 Personalizing the treatment of women with early breast cancer: highlights of the St Gallen International Expert Consensus on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2013 Aron Goldhirsch et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 6 Aug 2013 3,776
5 EAU Guidelines on Prostate Cancer Axel Heidenreich, Gunnar Aus, M. Bolla et al. · European Urology Open access 20 Sep 2007 3,150
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital St. Gallen?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 3.1×97 topics
  2. Diagnosis18▲ 4.3×33 topics
  3. Surgical Management17▲ 9.1×19 topics
  4. Chemotherapy16▲ 5.1×22 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 6.5×14 topics
  6. Complications16▲ 7.2×14 topics
  7. Treatment16▲ 2.9×35 topics
  8. Quality of Life16▲ 2.5×35 topics
  9. Inflammation15▲ 1.59×55 topics
  10. Rehabilitation15▲ 8.5×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy14▲ 4.5×18 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors14▲ 7.3×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors13▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Radiotherapy12▲ 7.1×13 topics
  15. Guidelines12▲ 5.7×12 topics
  16. Biomechanics12▲ 8.5×8 topics
  17. Management12▲ 3.3×25 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 4.3×12 topics
  19. Surgical Treatment10▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Heart Failure10▲ 5.1×12 topics
  21. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.3×13 topics
  22. Degenerative Disc Disease10▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 9.0×5 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Pain Management8▲ 7.6×9 topics
  27. Shoulder Function8▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Echocardiography8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion8▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Low Back Pain7▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. Rotator Cuff Tears7▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Shoulder Pathology7▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Targeted Therapy7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Spinal Surgery6▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Arthroplasty6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Robotic Surgery6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  39. Intervertebral Disc6▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Lumbar Disc Degeneration6▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Kantonsspital St. Gallen publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Surgical Simulation and Training.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…7Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 7 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…6Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 5 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 4 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…3Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 3 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kantonsspital St. Gallen's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Kantonsspital St. Gallen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Kantonsspital St. Gallen0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kantonsspital St. Gallen 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kantonsspital St. Gallen9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2023.

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