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Kantonsspital Winterthur

In research, Kantonsspital Winterthur stands highest in Medicine (#5,605 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,148 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,508
of 28,054 · #18,590 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#118
of 220
Research works
1.4k
▲ 88% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kantonsspital Winterthur known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,605 of 10,443 9.3%233 #4933
Health SciencesDomain #7,148 of 11,982 9.4%248 #5939

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Kantonsspital Winterthur specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 57.1 works7.9×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 36.5 works7.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 233 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kantonsspital Winterthur?

Ranked on the composite score, Michel Adamina, Miklos Pless and H Sulser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kantonsspital Winterthur.

  1. 1 Michel Adamina Switzerland · #56,834 worldwide 275 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Miklos Pless Switzerland · #63,427 worldwide 183 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 H Sulser Switzerland · #447,411 worldwide 38 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Christoph A. Binkert Switzerland · #472,829 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 T Hardmeier Switzerland · #473,151 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 E Glatthaar Switzerland · #583,531 worldwide 13 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 PE Ballmer Switzerland · #714,384 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Stefan Breitenstein Switzerland · #763,293 worldwide 34 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Peter Wahl Switzerland · #898,269 worldwide 73 citations · 180 works
  10. 10 Christoph Meier Switzerland · #955,295 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kantonsspital Winterthur

Which keywords describe research at Kantonsspital Winterthur?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Immunotherapy, Religion, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology41▲ 3.4×74 topics
  2. Complications16▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 5.6×29 topics
  4. Immunotherapy16▲ 7.2×16 topics
  5. Treatment16▲ 4.2×36 topics
  6. Chemotherapy15▲ 6.8×21 topics
  7. Religion14▲ 9.6×3 topics
  8. Democracy14▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Family Law14▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Reform14▲ 68×1 topic
  11. Prostate Cancer13▲ 33×4 topics
  12. Management12▲ 5.1×20 topics
  13. Quality of Life12▲ 2.8×28 topics
  14. Rehabilitation11▲ 8.7×12 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.7×17 topics
  16. Clinical Trials10▲ 4.8×12 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Radiotherapy10▲ 8.0×13 topics
  19. Surgical Management10▲ 7.5×14 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 5.4×13 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors9▲ 6.4×13 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy8▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Genetic Variants8▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Screening7▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery7▲ 16×5 topics
  26. Surgical Treatment7▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Urinary Incontinence7▲ 30×2 topics
  28. MRI Imaging7▲ 28×4 topics
  29. Survival Rates7▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Biopsy7▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Androgen Suppression7▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Gleason Grading7▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 9.5×5 topics
  34. Genomic Profiling7▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Revision Surgery6▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Surgery6▲ 6.0×10 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Androgen Receptor6▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Antibiotic Prophylaxis6▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Arthroplasty6▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Kantonsspital Winterthur publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research and Urological Disorders and Treatments.

Multiculturalism, Politi…14Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 14 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosi…7Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…6Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 5 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 4 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 4 fractional worksUreteral procedures and complications: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health3 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 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 5 works
  5. 5 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 4 works
  6. 6 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 Ureteral procedures and complications Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kantonsspital Winterthur's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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