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Karlstad Central Hospital

In research, Karlstad Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,027 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,785 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,835
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#131
of 259
Research works
586
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Karlstad Central Hospital

What is Karlstad Central Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #4,027 of 14,558 9.3%412
Health SciencesDomain #4,785 of 16,688 9.5%450

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karlstad Central Hospital 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 Karlstad Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Karlstad Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Neuroscience (7%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 33 fractional works · 79.3% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 73.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.9% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKarlstad CentralHospital42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences6%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3173.8%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Nursing01.1%
    4. Dentistry00.5%
    1. Neuroscience36.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Psychology24.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Social Sciences00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    2. Engineering00.7%
    3. Environmental Science00.6%
    4. Computer Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.21× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.21×3 works
  2. Medicine3.84×31 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.76×1 works
  4. Nursing2.21×0 works
  5. Psychology1.49×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.45×2 works
  7. Dentistry1.09×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.45×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.27×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.12×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  14. Engineering0.05×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Karlstad Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Claes Ginman, Leif Spangen and Lena Malmberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karlstad Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Claes Ginman Sweden · #1,094,996 worldwide 1.9k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Leif Spangen Sweden · #1,702,303 worldwide 1.1k citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Lena Malmberg Sweden · #2,057,993 worldwide 2k citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Björn Bergström Sweden · #2,250,450 worldwide 623 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 C. Ericson Sweden · #2,553,473 worldwide 667 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 G. Tufvesson Sweden · #3,169,617 worldwide 422 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Fredrik Lundin Sweden · #3,341,407 worldwide 957 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 P. Gamborg Nielsen Sweden · #3,396,629 worldwide 505 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 R Eitrem Sweden · #3,571,489 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Carl Lindgren Sweden · #3,950,987 worldwide 1.3k citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Karlstad Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Karlstad Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Karlstad Central Hospital is "Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction" (Ole Fröbert et al., 2013), with 1,163 citations. Next come "Ultra-hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: 5-year outcomes of the HYPO-RT-PC randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial" (897) and "Randomized comparison between chemotherapy plus best supportive care with best supportive care in advanced gastric cancer" (860).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Ole Fröbert et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Sep 2013 1,163
2 Ultra-hypofractionated versus conventionally fractionated radiotherapy for prostate cancer: 5-year outcomes of the HYPO-RT-PC randomised, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial Anders Widmark, Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson, Lars E. Beckman et al. · The Lancet 18 Jun 2019 897
3 Randomized comparison between chemotherapy plus best supportive care with best supportive care in advanced gastric cancer Bengt L. G. Glimelius, Karin M. Ekström, Katarina Hoffman et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access Feb 1997 860
4 Chemotherapy improves survival and quality of life in advanced pancreatic and biliary cancer Bengt L. G. Glimelius, Katarina Hoffman, Per‐Olow Sjödén et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access Aug 1996 806
5 Prevalence and Incidence of Atopic Dermatitis: A Systematic Review Sonya H Bylund, Laura B. von Kobyletzki, M Svalstedt et al. · Acta Dermato Venereologica ReviewOpen access 2020 508
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Karlstad Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Prostate Cancer, Treatment, Clinical Trials, Pain Management, Diagnosis and Biomarkers.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.0×48 topics
  2. Quality of Life3▲ 5.1×13 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 5.0×20 topics
  4. Prostate Cancer2▲ 41×2 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.6×18 topics
  6. Diagnosis2▲ 5.4×17 topics
  7. Clinical Trials2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  8. Biomarkers2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×12 topics
  10. Pain Management2▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Hearing Loss2▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  14. Genomic Profiling2▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  18. Radiation Therapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Surgical Management2▲ 8.5×8 topics
  20. Cognitive Decline1▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Genetic Variants1▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Postoperative Pain1▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Survival Rates1▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Anxiety1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Biopsy1▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Heart Failure1▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Risk Factors1▲ 2.7×8 topics
  28. Social Isolation1▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Aging1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Androgen Receptor1▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Elderly Patients1▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Gleason Grading1▲ 69×1 topic
  33. Hormone Therapy1▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Management1▲ 3.6×10 topics
  35. Metastatic Prostate Cancer1▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Screening1▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Global Burden1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  38. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.8×14 topics

Which research topics does Karlstad Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation and Electrolyte and hormonal disorders.

Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…1Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal…1Electrolyte and hormonal disorders: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Opioid Use: 1 fractional worksAdrenal Hormones and Dis…1Adrenal Hormones and Disorders: 1 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCognitive NeuroscienceSurgeryAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Pain Management and Opioid Use Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Adrenal Hormones and Disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 0 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 available22.7%not open77.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Karlstad Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Karlstad Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Karlstad Central Hospital0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Karlstad Central Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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