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Klinikum Ludwigshafen

In research, Klinikum Ludwigshafen stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,699 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,573 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Surgery is 10.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,358
of 22,385 · #6,029 all time
Rank in Germany
#311
of 795
Research works
2.5k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Klinikum Ludwigshafen

What is Klinikum Ludwigshafen 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 #1,699 of 9,902 10.4%195 #2225
MedicineField #1,573 of 8,541 10.6%185 #2063

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Klinikum Ludwigshafen is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Engineering (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 216 fractional works · 82.2% of its workMedicine: 205 fractional works · 78.1% of its workSurgery: 63 fractional works · 24.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKlinikumLudwigshafen263fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20578.1%
    2. Health Professions83.0%
    3. Dentistry31.0%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering114.2%
    2. Chemistry20.7%
    3. Computer Science20.6%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Environmental Science10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.3%
    2. Neuroscience51.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Social Sciences51.8%
    2. Psychology31.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Klinikum Ludwigshafen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 63.0 works10×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.3 works7.7×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 205 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.06×205 works
  2. Dentistry2.07×3 works
  3. Health Professions1.14×8 works
  4. Neuroscience1.08×5 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.90×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×9 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.42×2 works
  9. Psychology0.34×3 works
  10. Engineering0.28×11 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.26×2 works
  12. Nursing0.25×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.23×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.14×5 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.08×2 works
  20. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.05×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Klinikum Ludwigshafen?

Ranked on the quality score, Christian Urbanek, Uwe Zeymer and Armin Grau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinikum Ludwigshafen.

  1. 1 Christian Urbanek Germany · #295,784 worldwide 2.7k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Uwe Zeymer Germany · #352,111 worldwide 35k citations · 943 works
  3. 3 Armin Grau Germany · #425,352 worldwide 10k citations · 229 works
  4. 4 Frederick Palm Germany · #575,648 worldwide 3.2k citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Karlheinz Seidl Germany · #1,177,189 worldwide 5.8k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 Claus Juenger Germany · #1,298,609 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Caroline Kilkowski Germany · #1,352,443 worldwide 1.9k citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Martin Franz Hoffmann Germany · #1,414,209 worldwide 4.5k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Andreas C. Lehmann Germany · #1,683,093 worldwide 5.1k citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Margit Vater Germany · #1,999,162 worldwide 1.8k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Klinikum Ludwigshafen

What are the most cited papers from Klinikum Ludwigshafen?

The most cited paper from Klinikum Ludwigshafen 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 "Niraparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer" (2,318) and "Dual Antithrombotic Therapy with Dabigatran after PCI in Atrial Fibrillation" (1,386).

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 Niraparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer Antonio González-Martı́n et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 2019 2,318
3 Dual Antithrombotic Therapy with Dabigatran after PCI in Atrial Fibrillation Christopher Paul Cannon, Deepak L. Bhatt, Jonas Oldgren et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Aug 2017 1,386
4 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
5 Six versus eight cycles of bi-weekly CHOP-14 with or without rituximab in elderly patients with aggressive CD20+ B-cell lymphomas: a randomised controlled trial (RICOVER-60) Michael G. Pfreundschuh et al. · The Lancet Oncology 17 Jan 2008 1,139
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Klinikum Ludwigshafen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Guidelines and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.7×72 topics
  2. Complications19▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Rehabilitation15▲ 14×12 topics
  4. Biomechanics13▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Inflammation12▲ 2.1×31 topics
  6. Diagnosis12▲ 4.7×25 topics
  7. Treatment11▲ 3.6×29 topics
  8. Heart Failure10▲ 8.1×11 topics
  9. Quality of Life9▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Risk Factors9▲ 3.1×19 topics
  11. Guidelines8▲ 6.8×10 topics
  12. Management7▲ 3.4×21 topics
  13. Mortality7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  14. Infection Prevention7▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Sudden Cardiac Death7▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Echocardiography7▲ 9.0×7 topics
  17. Breast Reconstruction6▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Reconstruction6▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Surgical Management6▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy6▲ 51×1 topic
  21. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator6▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Catheter Ablation5▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Internal Fixation5▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Pedicle Screw Fixation5▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Vertebroplasty5▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Arthroplasty5▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Free Flap5▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Microsurgical Reconstruction5▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Anatomy5▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Revision Surgery4▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  34. Functional Recovery4▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Nasal4▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Regeneration4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Resuscitation4▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Arrhythmias4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Shoulder Function4▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment4▲ 7.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Klinikum Ludwigshafen publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Cardiac pacing and defib…6Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 6 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…5Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…5Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…3Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyOncology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Klinikum Ludwigshafen's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher 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 Klinikum Ludwigshafen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Klinikum Ludwigshafen0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Klinikum Ludwigshafen 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 counting5%10%15%Klinikum Ludwigshafen10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 1998.

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