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Klinikum Bielefeld

In research, Klinikum Bielefeld stands highest in Medicine (#5,805 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,548 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,938
of 28,054 · #20,660 all time
Rank in Germany
#741
of 1,178
Research works
961
▲ 135% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Klinikum Bielefeld 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 #5,805 of 10,443 7.3%121 #4792
Health SciencesDomain #7,548 of 11,982 6.8%136 #6453

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Klinikum Bielefeld 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).

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.73× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.14× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 121 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Klinikum Bielefeld?

Ranked on the composite score, Christoph Stellbrink, Stephan Probst and Christoph Pfeiffer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinikum Bielefeld.

  1. 1 Christoph Stellbrink Germany · #72,765 worldwide 407 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Stephan Probst Germany · #279,898 worldwide 107 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Christoph Pfeiffer Germany · #478,608 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 H. Kuhn Germany · #584,373 worldwide 70 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Lars‐Uwe Scholtz Germany · #631,001 worldwide 6 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Frank Brasch Germany · #748,871 worldwide 57 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ingo Todt Germany · #830,820 worldwide 54 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Holger Sudhoff Germany · #873,346 worldwide 150 citations · 345 works
  9. 9 Ulrich Junge Germany · #904,865 worldwide 38 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Hisham Fansa Germany · #1,095,619 worldwide 28 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Klinikum Bielefeld

Which keywords describe research at Klinikum Bielefeld?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Rehabilitation, Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Neuroimaging, Patient Care and Quality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.1×56 topics
  2. Quality of Life11▲ 3.9×22 topics
  3. Hearing Loss10▲ 47×3 topics
  4. Rehabilitation9▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×28 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders8▲ 7.7×11 topics
  7. Healthcare8▲ 3.5×5 topics
  8. Neuroimaging7▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Patient Care7▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Quality7▲ 90×1 topic
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 8.3×11 topics
  12. Functional Connectivity6▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Cerebellum6▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Vestibular6▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Heart Failure6▲ 6.8×9 topics
  16. Radiotherapy6▲ 7.5×11 topics
  17. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.0×15 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  19. Echocardiography5▲ 9.2×6 topics
  20. Squamous Cell Carcinoma5▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  22. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation4▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  26. Acute Otitis Media4▲ 101×1 topic
  27. Otitis Media4▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Genetic Testing4▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Remote Monitoring4▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Arrhythmias4▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Cognitive Decline3▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  34. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cochlear Neuropathy3▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Social Isolation3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  39. Survival Rates3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Tinnitus3▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does Klinikum Bielefeld publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, Vestibular and auditory disorders, Ear Surgery and Otitis Media and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 6 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 3 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional works
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationNeurologyOtorhinolaryngologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 7 works
  2. 2 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 6 works
  3. 3 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 3 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Klinikum Bielefeld's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 135% 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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