Question 1

What is Kantonsspital St. Gallen known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Kantonsspital St. Gallen rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Kantonsspital St. Gallen ranks #2,417 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,333 all time), and #33 of 186 in Switzerland.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital St. Gallen?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital St. Gallen?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Kantonsspital St. Gallen's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.