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Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

In research, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#2,575 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,119 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,879 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,055
of 28,054 · #13,023 all time
Rank in Austria
#35
of 168
Research works
659
▲ 378% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences 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 #2,575 of 10,443 17.5%186 #5498
Health SciencesDomain #3,119 of 11,982 16.8%210 #6506
Social SciencesDomain #2,879 of 10,521 33.2%79 #5161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#5,498 #2,575
  2. Health Sciences#6,506 #3,119
  3. Social Sciences#5,161 #2,879
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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: 0.77× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.08× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.07× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 186 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.61× its world share, 40 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Beate Schrank, Walter Struhal and Martin Pecherstorfer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Beate Schrank Austria · #543,672 worldwide 75 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Walter Struhal Austria · #768,567 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Martin Pecherstorfer Austria · #818,414 worldwide 22 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Giovanni Rubeis Austria · #1,557,529 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Kristina Thorsteinsson Austria · #1,618,142 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Rita Linke Austria · #1,625,028 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Depression, Anxiety, Quality of Life, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis and Adolescents.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 2.4×86 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 4.2×34 topics
  3. Quality of Life16▲ 3.0×34 topics
  4. Depression14▲ 4.4×16 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 1.77×47 topics
  6. Anxiety12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  7. Diagnosis12▲ 3.4×30 topics
  8. Risk Factors11▲ 2.8×18 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 2.2×10 topics
  10. Big Data9▲ 2.8×6 topics
  11. Immunotherapy9▲ 3.5×17 topics
  12. Mental Health9▲ 1.70×19 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors9▲ 5.7×13 topics
  14. Management9▲ 3.1×21 topics
  15. Ethics9▲ 4.9×9 topics
  16. Adolescents8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  17. Chemotherapy7▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.5×15 topics
  19. Prevalence7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  20. Genetics7▲ 2.7×8 topics
  21. Radiotherapy7▲ 4.7×12 topics
  22. Surveillance6▲ 6.6×3 topics
  23. Guidelines6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  24. Asthma6▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Children6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Emotion Regulation6▲ 5.0×8 topics
  27. Embodiment5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 6.1×6 topics
  29. Social Isolation5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  30. Ethical Challenges5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  31. Discrimination5▲ 6.9×3 topics
  32. Fairness5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Algorithmic Bias5▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Psychopathology5▲ 7.1×3 topics
  35. Transparency5▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Revision Surgery5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  37. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Elderly Care4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. Mobile Health4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Neurobiological Correlates4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts.

Ethics and Social Impact…5Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 5 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Se…4Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 4 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 3 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…3Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 3 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older Adults: 3 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 3 fractional works
Safety ResearchImmunology and AllergyHematologyHuman-Computer Interaction5 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 5 works
  2. 2 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 4 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 4 works
  4. 4 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 3 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 3 works
  10. 10 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 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 available69.7%not open30.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 378% 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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