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Klinikum St. Georg

In research, Klinikum St. Georg stands highest in Medicine (#2,499 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,124 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,313
of 22,385 · #8,838 all time
Rank in Germany
#428
of 795
Research works
1.1k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Klinikum St. Georg

What is Klinikum St. Georg 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
MedicineField #2,499 of 8,541 5.7%103 #3036
Health SciencesDomain #3,124 of 9,902 6.4%109 #3288

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Klinikum St. Georg is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Social Sciences (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 73.9% of its workMedicine: 116 fractional works · 69.4% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% 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 · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKlinikum St.Georg167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11669.4%
    2. Nursing42.3%
    3. Health Professions31.9%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences63.5%
    2. Psychology52.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities42.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Engineering42.4%
    2. Environmental Science21.1%
    3. Chemistry10.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Computer Science10.3%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Klinikum St. Georg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 4.69× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.69×4 works
  2. Medicine3.61×116 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.49×4 works
  4. Neuroscience1.19×3 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×8 works
  6. Psychology0.92×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.90×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.73×3 works
  9. Veterinary0.49×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.48×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×6 works
  14. Energy0.27×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.23×2 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  19. Engineering0.16×4 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.10×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Klinikum St. Georg?

Ranked on the quality score, Luisa Mantovani‐Löffler, Stephan Borte and Michael Borte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinikum St. Georg.

  1. 1 Luisa Mantovani‐Löffler Germany · #37,045 worldwide 16k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Stephan Borte Germany · #256,967 worldwide 4.1k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 Michael Borte Germany · #600,889 worldwide 12k citations · 502 works
  4. 4 Arved Weimann Germany · #625,997 worldwide 16k citations · 357 works
  5. 5 Ingolf Schiefke Germany · #779,325 worldwide 7.2k citations · 143 works
  6. 6 Manfred Wiese Germany · #1,020,000 worldwide 3.5k citations · 91 works
  7. 7 Martin Fischer Germany · #1,289,481 worldwide 812 citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Ralph T. Wendt Germany · #1,349,170 worldwide 1.7k citations · 175 works
  9. 9 Joachim Beige Germany · #1,468,568 worldwide 5.5k citations · 238 works
  10. 10 Ingolf Schiefke Germany · #1,666,320 worldwide 463 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Klinikum St. Georg

What are the most cited papers from Klinikum St. Georg?

The most cited paper from Klinikum St. Georg is "A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Resmetirom in NASH with Liver Fibrosis" (Stephen A. Harrison et al., 2024), with 1,963 citations. Next come "ESPEN guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery" (1,904) and "ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition" (1,326).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Phase 3, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Resmetirom in NASH with Liver Fibrosis Stephen A. Harrison et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Feb 2024 1,963
2 ESPEN guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery Arved Weimann, Marco Braga, Franco Carli et al. · Clinical Nutrition 7 Mar 2017 1,904
3 ESPEN expert group recommendations for action against cancer-related malnutrition Jann Arends, Vickie Elaine Baracos, Hartmut Bertz et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access 23 Jun 2017 1,326
4 ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical nutrition in surgery Arved Weimann, Marco Braga, Franco Carli et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access 19 Apr 2021 1,182
5 ESPEN Guidelines on Enteral Nutrition: Surgery including Organ Transplantation Arved Weimann, Marco Braga, László Harsányi et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access Apr 2006 1,126
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Klinikum St. Georg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Prognosis, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Neurological Disorders and Aging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 2.9×76 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 3.7×42 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 9.6×12 topics
  4. Chemotherapy8▲ 6.9×16 topics
  5. Prognosis6▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Quality of Life6▲ 2.6×22 topics
  7. Diagnosis6▲ 4.0×28 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders6▲ 6.0×13 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.3×18 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 2.7×29 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Aging5▲ 5.8×6 topics
  13. Management5▲ 3.8×19 topics
  14. Muscle Mass5▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Guidelines4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  17. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Cancer Cachexia4▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Sarcopenia4▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Survival Analysis4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  21. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Molecular Characterization4▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Adjuvant Chemotherapy4▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.1×11 topics
  25. Rectal Cancer4▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  27. Gastric Cancer4▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.2×15 topics
  29. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Perioperative Care3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.3×5 topics
  33. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Surgery3▲ 5.4×8 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Enhanced Recovery3▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Surgical Care3▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Thrombosis3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  39. Weight Loss3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Klinikum St. Georg publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After …3Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…2Diet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyOncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Klinikum St. Georg's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 St. Georg as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Klinikum St. Georg0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Klinikum St. Georg 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Klinikum St. Georg4.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.9% in 2021.

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