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Kerckhoff Klinik

In research, Kerckhoff Klinik stands highest in Medicine (#4,347 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,866 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 27.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,638
of 28,054 · #9,538 all time
Rank in Germany
#650
of 1,178
Research works
1.9k
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Kerckhoff Klinik 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 #4,347 of 10,443 12.9%156 #1968
Health SciencesDomain #5,866 of 11,982 12.6%162 #2542

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kerckhoff Klinik 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 Kerckhoff Klinik specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 27.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 53.6 works27×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.35× its world share, 156 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kerckhoff Klinik?

Ranked on the composite score, Eckhard Mayer, Thomas Walther and Helge Möllmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kerckhoff Klinik.

  1. 1 Eckhard Mayer Germany · #20,793 worldwide 563 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Thomas Walther Germany · #24,993 worldwide 753 citations · 129 works
  3. 3 Helge Möllmann Germany · #61,031 worldwide 467 citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Christian W. Hamm Germany · #102,616 worldwide 992 citations · 338 works
  5. 5 Thorsten Dill Germany · #144,265 worldwide 228 citations · 171 works
  6. 6 Christoph Liebetrau Germany · #149,781 worldwide 221 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Thomas Neumann Germany · #176,706 worldwide 160 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Andreas Rolf Germany · #207,691 worldwide 150 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Stefan Hein Germany · #322,010 worldwide 140 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Samuel Sossalla Germany · #344,570 worldwide 145 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Kerckhoff Klinik

Which keywords describe research at Kerckhoff Klinik?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Treatment, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Endothelial Dysfunction, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement.

▲ 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. Echocardiography21▲ 42×7 topics
  2. Heart Failure18▲ 22×11 topics
  3. Treatment16▲ 7.0×21 topics
  4. Catheter Ablation15▲ 66×2 topics
  5. Epidemiology15▲ 2.0×34 topics
  6. Guidelines14▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Inflammation12▲ 3.1×39 topics
  8. Endothelial Dysfunction12▲ 27×5 topics
  9. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 85×1 topic
  10. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Myocardial Infarction11▲ 25×6 topics
  12. Diagnosis10▲ 6.1×14 topics
  13. Autoantibodies10▲ 23×6 topics
  14. Obesity10▲ 7.1×13 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Stroke Prevention9▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines9▲ 22×4 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 39×3 topics
  20. Coronary Artery Disease8▲ 39×3 topics
  21. Arrhythmias8▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.0×17 topics
  23. Risk Stratification8▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Thromboembolism8▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 17×6 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Fibrosis7▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Chamber Quantification7▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Diastolic Function7▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Ventricular Tachycardia7▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 15×5 topics
  33. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Right Heart Assessment6▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Survival Prediction6▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment6▲ 39×2 topics
  39. Radiation Exposure6▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Computed Tomography Angiography6▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Kerckhoff Klinik publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …7Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …7Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 7 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…4Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kerckhoff Klinik's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% lower 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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