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Klinikum Links der Weser

In research, Klinikum Links der Weser stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,912 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,857 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 3.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#14,418
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#724
of 1,603
Research works
454
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Klinikum Links der Weser

What is Klinikum Links der Weser 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,912 of 16,688 5.3%364
MedicineField #3,857 of 14,558 5.5%335

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Klinikum Links der Weser 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 Klinikum Links der Weser work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Klinikum Links der Weser is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Engineering (8%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 31 fractional works · 77.3% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 69.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 21.5% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKlinikum Linksder Weser40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences10%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2869.8%
    2. Health Professions37.3%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Engineering38.0%
    2. Environmental Science11.6%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Energy00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences12.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    3. Psychology12.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    2. Neuroscience00.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Klinikum Links der Weser specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 28.1 works3.6×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 31.2 works3.4×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.78× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× 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, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.63×28 works
  2. Health Professions2.78×3 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×1 works
  4. Psychology0.76×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.57×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.53×0 works
  7. Engineering0.53×3 works
  8. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  10. Energy0.30×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.22×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Nursing0.08×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Klinikum Links der Weser?

Ranked on the quality score, Rainer Hambrecht, Andreas Fach and Eduard Fiehn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinikum Links der Weser.

  1. 1 Rainer Hambrecht Germany · #84,449 worldwide 43k citations · 402 works
  2. 2 Andreas Fach Germany · #397,446 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Eduard Fiehn Germany · #869,159 worldwide 3.5k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Harm Wienbergen Germany · #1,588,514 worldwide 2.8k citations · 189 works
  5. 5 Tina Backhaus Germany · #2,054,604 worldwide 773 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Tina Retzlaff Germany · #2,523,091 worldwide 153 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Johannes Schmucker Germany · #2,667,678 worldwide 625 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Günter Luska Germany · #2,674,451 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 A. Callies Germany · #2,675,736 worldwide 203 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Rico Osteresch Germany · #2,757,968 worldwide 382 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Klinikum Links der Weser

What are the most cited papers from Klinikum Links der Weser?

The most cited paper from Klinikum Links der Weser is "Intraaortic Balloon Support for Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock" (Hölger Thiele, Uwe Zeymer, Franz–Josef Neumann et al., 2012), with 2,867 citations. Next come "Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure" (2,511) and "PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock" (1,209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intraaortic Balloon Support for Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock Hölger Thiele, Uwe Zeymer, Franz–Josef Neumann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Aug 2012 2,867
2 Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation with Heart Failure NASSIR F. MARROUCHE, Johannes Brachmann, Dietrich Andresen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 31 Jan 2018 2,511
3 PCI Strategies in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cardiogenic Shock Holger Thiele et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 Oct 2017 1,209
4 Mutations in the gene encoding the serine protease inhibitor, Kazal type 1 are associated with chronic pancreatitis Heiko Witt, Werner A. P. Luck, Hans Christian Hennies et al. · Nature Genetics Jun 2000 1,048
5 Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (IABP-SHOCK II): final 12 month results of a randomised, open-label trial Hölger Thiele, Uwe Zeymer, Franz‐Josef Neumann et al. · The Lancet 3 Sep 2013 960
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Klinikum Links der Weser?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Echocardiography, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Endovascular Repair, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Public Health.

▲ 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. Heart Failure4▲ 24×8 topics
  2. Echocardiography4▲ 33×5 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 39×4 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  5. Guidelines3▲ 18×7 topics
  6. Public Health3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  7. Endovascular Repair2▲ 71×3 topics
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 45×4 topics
  9. Acute Coronary Syndromes2▲ 109×1 topic
  10. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 60×2 topics
  11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 54×2 topics
  12. ST-Segment Elevation2▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Thrombosis2▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Cardiogenic Shock2▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Left Ventricular Assist Device2▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Mortality2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  17. Surgical Repair2▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Sustainability2▲ 1.58×4 topics
  19. Ventricular Reconstruction2▲ 103×1 topic
  20. Aortic Dissection1▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Bicuspid Aortic Valve1▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Obesity1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  23. Risk Factors1▲ 3.1×6 topics
  24. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Biomechanics1▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Small and Medium Enterprises1▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  28. Chamber Quantification1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  31. Diastolic Function1▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Arrhythmias1▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Gender Equity1▲ 137×1 topic
  37. Health Effects1▲ 4.1×1 topic
  38. Noise Pollution1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Postoperative Complications1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Sex Bias1▲ 137×1 topic

Which research topics does Klinikum Links der Weser publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Acute Myocardial Infarct…2Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…2Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…1Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…1Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksSex and Gender in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…1Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Klinikum Links der Weser's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Klinikum Links der Weser as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Klinikum Links der Weser0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Klinikum Links der Weser over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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