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Klinik für Psychosomatik

In research, Klinik für Psychosomatik stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,207 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#3,473 of 8,541 worldwide) and Psychology (#1,046 of 2,121 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology, Psychology and Social Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 16.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,424
of 22,385 · #4,245 all time
Rank in Germany
#281
of 795
Research works
2.9k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Klinik für Psychosomatik

What is Klinik für Psychosomatik 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 #3,207 of 9,902 7.9%113 #2799
MedicineField #3,473 of 8,541 7.7%82 #2993
PsychologyField #1,046 of 2,121 9.6%75 #775
Social SciencesDomain #6,410 of 9,585 8.7%118 #3569

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Klinik für Psychosomatik 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#2,799 #3,207
  2. Medicine#2,993 #3,473
  3. Psychology#775 #1,046
  4. Social Sciences#3,569 #6,410
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Klinik für Psychosomatik work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Klinik für Psychosomatik is in Social Sciences, 43% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Psychology (31%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 153 fractional works · 47.3% of its workPsychology: 99 fractional works · 30.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 55 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 27 fractional works · 8.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 140 fractional works · 43.4% of its workMedicine: 104 fractional works · 32.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 24 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.0% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKlinik fürPsychosomatik322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences47%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology9930.8%
    2. Social Sciences3310.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities164.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10432.4%
    2. Health Professions3510.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience175.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science20.5%
    2. Engineering10.4%
    3. Computer Science10.2%
    4. Energy00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Klinik für Psychosomatik specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 55.4 works16×
  2. PsychologyField · 99.3 works10×
  3. Social PsychologySubfield · 26.6 works9.4×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.22× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.08× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.69× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 10.11× its world share, 99 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology10.11×99 works
  2. Health Professions4.08×35 works
  3. Neuroscience3.22×17 works
  4. Medicine1.69×104 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.68×16 works
  6. Social Sciences0.81×33 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.73×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×7 works
  9. Nursing0.29×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×3 works
  11. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×2 works
  16. Energy0.07×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.03×1 works
  20. Engineering0.03×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Klinik für Psychosomatik?

Ranked on the quality score, Eik Niederlohmann, Beate Mitulla and Elsbeth von Staehr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinik für Psychosomatik.

  1. 1 Eik Niederlohmann Germany · #1,337,734 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Beate Mitulla Germany · #1,816,232 worldwide 1k citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Elsbeth von Staehr Germany · #2,586,231 worldwide 6 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Matthias Langkafel Germany · #2,636,890 worldwide 656 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Dietmar Hansch Germany · #2,710,072 worldwide 33 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Hermann von Staehr Germany · #2,794,093 worldwide 3 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Claus Bischoff Germany · #3,086,341 worldwide 2.4k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Rolf Meermann Germany · #3,137,332 worldwide 1k citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Eberhard Okon Germany · #3,161,523 worldwide 314 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Consolata Thiel-Bonney Germany · #3,278,591 worldwide 179 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Klinik für Psychosomatik

What are the most cited papers from Klinik für Psychosomatik?

The most cited paper from Klinik für Psychosomatik is "Intracoronary Bone Marrow–Derived Progenitor Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction" (Volker Schächinger, Sandra Erbs, Albrecht Elsässer et al., 2006), with 1,896 citations. Next come "Fibromyalgia Criteria and Severity Scales for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies: A Modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia" (1,516) and "Borderline personality disorder" (887).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intracoronary Bone Marrow–Derived Progenitor Cells in Acute Myocardial Infarction Volker Schächinger, Sandra Erbs, Albrecht Elsässer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Sep 2006 1,896
2 Fibromyalgia Criteria and Severity Scales for Clinical and Epidemiological Studies: A Modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia Frederick Wolfe, Daniel Joseph Clauw, Mary‐Ann Fitzcharles et al. · The Journal of Rheumatology Open access Feb 2011 1,516
3 Borderline personality disorder Falk Leichsenring, Eric Leibing, Johannes Kruse et al. · The Lancet 31 Dec 2010 887
4 AGNP Consensus Guidelines for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Psychiatry: Update 2011 Christoph Hiemke et al. · Pharmacopsychiatry Open access Sep 2011 875
5 International evidence-based recommendations on ultrasound-guided vascular access Massimo Lamperti, Andrew R Bodenham, Mauro Pittiruti et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 21 May 2012 836
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Klinik für Psychosomatik?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health, Prevalence, Adolescents, Professional Development, Emotional Regulation and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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. Depression30▲ 10×18 topics
  2. Mental Health26▲ 5.7×31 topics
  3. Anxiety23▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Epidemiology19▲ 1.46×52 topics
  5. Public Health17▲ 3.6×24 topics
  6. Quality of Life17▲ 3.7×34 topics
  7. Prevalence17▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Adolescents17▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Treatment16▲ 4.2×23 topics
  10. Professional Development15▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Emotional Regulation14▲ 176×2 topics
  12. Self-Efficacy14▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Workplace14▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Coaching14▲ 240×1 topic
  15. Outcomes14▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Psychodrama14▲ 224×1 topic
  17. Emotion Regulation14▲ 13×8 topics
  18. Genetics12▲ 5.5×14 topics
  19. Neurobiological Correlates12▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis12▲ 6.5×10 topics
  21. Obesity12▲ 4.9×11 topics
  22. Psychological Factors11▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Integrated Care10▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Crisis Resolution9▲ 223×1 topic
  25. Home Treatment9▲ 223×1 topic
  26. Neurobiology9▲ 11×9 topics
  27. Ethics9▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Psychological Interventions9▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Resilience9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Psychopathology8▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Philosophy8▲ 5.7×8 topics
  32. Attachment8▲ 28×4 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Body Image8▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Psychological Distress8▲ 9.5×6 topics
  37. Healthcare Utilization7▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Eating Disorders7▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Psychoanalysis7▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Clinical Practice7▲ 15×5 topics

Which research topics does Klinik für Psychosomatik publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Psychiatric care and mental health services, Eating Disorders and Behaviors and Health and Medical Studies.

Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 14 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 9 fractional worksEating Disorders and Behaviors: 7 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 6 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 6 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …6Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 6 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Social Critique: 6 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 4 fractional works
Social PsychologyClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 14 works
  2. 2 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 9 works
  3. 3 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 7 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  5. 5 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  8. 8 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 6 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 4 works
  10. 10 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 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 available13.1%not open86.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Klinik für Psychosomatik's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Klinik für Psychosomatik as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Klinik für Psychosomatik0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Klinik für Psychosomatik 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Klinik für Psychosomatik7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2018.

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