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Kantonsspital Winterthur

In research, Kantonsspital Winterthur stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,220 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,038 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,839
of 22,385 · #5,771 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#62
of 186
Research works
1.4k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Kantonsspital Winterthur

What is Kantonsspital Winterthur 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 #2,220 of 9,902 8.0%248 #1926
MedicineField #2,038 of 8,541 7.8%233 #1765

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Kantonsspital Winterthur is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Social Sciences (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 290 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 274 fractional works · 76.7% of its workSurgery: 66 fractional works · 18.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKantonsspitalWinterthur356fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27476.7%
    2. Health Professions144.0%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences185.1%
    2. Psychology51.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    4. Decision Sciences10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.6%
    2. Neuroscience30.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering72.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy30.8%
    3. Computer Science30.8%
    4. Environmental Science10.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kantonsspital Winterthur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 66.4 works8.0×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 40.5 works7.4×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 274 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 18 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. Medicine3.99×274 works
  2. Health Professions1.50×14 works
  3. Nursing1.11×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×16 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.55×2 works
  6. Neuroscience0.53×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.45×1 works
  8. Psychology0.45×5 works
  9. Social Sciences0.41×18 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.38×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.23×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  15. Engineering0.14×7 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  17. Energy0.08×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.08×2 works
  19. Veterinary0.08×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital Winterthur?

Ranked on the quality score, Michel Adamina, Georgios Peros and Christoph A. Binkert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kantonsspital Winterthur.

  1. 1 Michel Adamina Switzerland · #124,786 worldwide 14k citations · 237 works
  2. 2 Georgios Peros Switzerland · #187,119 worldwide 4.8k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Christoph A. Binkert Switzerland · #329,158 worldwide 14k citations · 237 works
  4. 4 Stefan Breitenstein Switzerland · #351,231 worldwide 13k citations · 212 works
  5. 5 Miklos Pless Switzerland · #560,237 worldwide 10k citations · 259 works
  6. 6 Peter M. Wahl Switzerland · #692,445 worldwide 6.8k citations · 728 works
  7. 7 Beat Foerster Switzerland · #743,587 worldwide 2.3k citations · 107 works
  8. 8 Johannes M. Froehlich Switzerland · #764,937 worldwide 4.5k citations · 153 works
  9. 9 Daniel R. Zwahlen Switzerland · #932,611 worldwide 3.3k citations · 206 works
  10. 10 Cornelia Frei-Lanter Switzerland · #1,045,281 worldwide 3k citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kantonsspital Winterthur

What are the most cited papers from Kantonsspital Winterthur?

The most cited paper from Kantonsspital Winterthur is "Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (Severin Gloor, Kai Oliver Jensen, Stefan Breitenstein et al., 2017), with 5,376 citations. Next come "Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy" (2,598) and "ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition" (2,569).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma Severin Gloor, Kai Oliver Jensen, Stefan Breitenstein et al. · Case Reports in Gastroenterology Open access 21 Mar 2017 5,376
2 Clinical Features and Outcomes of Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy Christian Templin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Sep 2015 2,598
3 ESPEN guidelines on definitions and terminology of clinical nutrition Tommy Cederholm et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access 15 Sep 2016 2,569
4 ECCO Guidelines on Therapeutics in Crohn's Disease: Medical Treatment Joana Torres et al. · Journal of Crohn s and Colitis Open access 2 Nov 2019 1,378
5 Metal-on-Metal Bearings and Hypersensitivity in Patients with Artificial Hip Joints Hans-Georg Willert, GOTTFRIED HANS BUCHHORN, Afshin Fayyazi et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 2005 1,129
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital Winterthur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Complications, Diagnosis, Religion, Democracy and Family Law.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 3.5×78 topics
  2. Chemotherapy19▲ 7.5×22 topics
  3. Immunotherapy19▲ 7.4×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis19▲ 5.6×30 topics
  5. Treatment18▲ 4.2×36 topics
  6. Complications17▲ 9.8×16 topics
  7. Quality of Life16▲ 3.2×30 topics
  8. Management16▲ 5.4×21 topics
  9. Religion14▲ 8.5×3 topics
  10. Democracy14▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Family Law14▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Prostate Cancer14▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Reform14▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Rehabilitation14▲ 9.5×12 topics
  15. Risk Factors11▲ 2.9×19 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 5.6×13 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations11▲ 7.0×17 topics
  18. Radiotherapy11▲ 7.6×13 topics
  19. Surgical Management10▲ 7.1×16 topics
  20. Clinical Trials10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  21. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 9.7×7 topics
  22. Urinary Incontinence10▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment10▲ 14×6 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors10▲ 6.2×13 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery9▲ 17×5 topics
  26. Genetic Variants8▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Guidelines8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 9.6×5 topics
  29. Surgery8▲ 6.6×10 topics
  30. Radiation Therapy8▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Survival Rates8▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Screening8▲ 22×3 topics
  33. MRI Imaging7▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Biopsy7▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Androgen Suppression7▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Gleason Grading7▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Reconstruction7▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Genomic Profiling7▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  40. Revision Surgery6▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Kantonsspital Winterthur publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research and Pelvic floor disorders treatments.

Multiculturalism, Politi…14Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 14 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 6 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 5 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…4Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 4 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatologyUrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  5. 5 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 5 works
  6. 6 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  7. 7 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 4 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kantonsspital Winterthur's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Winterthur as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kantonsspital Winterthur0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kantonsspital Winterthur 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 Winterthur10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 1998.

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