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Klinik Hirslanden

In research, Klinik Hirslanden stands highest in Medicine (#6,803 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,313 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,244
of 28,054 · #19,813 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#137
of 220
Research works
711
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Klinik Hirslanden 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 #6,803 of 10,443 12.3%123 #4618
Health SciencesDomain #8,313 of 11,982 12.4%129 #6044

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.1 works8.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.29× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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 Klinik Hirslanden?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas L. Serra, R. Agosti and Daniel Simmen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinik Hirslanden.

  1. 1 Andreas L. Serra Switzerland · #68,009 worldwide 189 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 R. Agosti Switzerland · #431,828 worldwide 81 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Daniel Simmen Switzerland · #523,423 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Stefan Seewald Switzerland · #974,837 worldwide 35 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Klinik Hirslanden

Which keywords describe research at Klinik Hirslanden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Echocardiography, Treatment and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.5×51 topics
  2. Treatment7▲ 4.0×23 topics
  3. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.5×21 topics
  4. Complications6▲ 8.2×14 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors6▲ 9.4×14 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.4×9 topics
  7. Diagnosis6▲ 4.2×18 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 1.80×28 topics
  9. Echocardiography5▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Surgery5▲ 10×10 topics
  12. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.5×15 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.9×16 topics
  14. Management5▲ 4.0×19 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.9×17 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Surgical Management4▲ 6.9×11 topics
  18. Heart Failure4▲ 6.2×10 topics
  19. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Guidelines4▲ 5.3×12 topics
  22. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Neuroprotection3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  25. Mortality3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  26. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  27. Surgical Treatment3▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  29. Survival Analysis3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  31. Survival Rates3▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Prognosis3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Genetic Variants3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Prostate Cancer3▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Radiation Therapy2▲ 13×6 topics
  38. Endovascular Repair2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Klinik Hirslanden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…2Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Klinik Hirslanden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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