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Klinikum St. Georg

In research, Klinikum St. Georg stands highest in Medicine (#8,103 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,858 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,427
of 28,054 · #20,717 all time
Rank in Germany
#761
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Klinikum St. Georg 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 #8,103 of 10,443 10.3%103 #7565
Health SciencesDomain #9,858 of 11,982 10.5%109 #9748

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Klinikum St. Georg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.8 works6.0×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 4.60× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Klinikum St. Georg?

Ranked on the composite score, Arved Weimann, Ingolf Schiefke and Adrian Gillissen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Klinikum St. Georg.

  1. 1 Arved Weimann Germany · #26,122 worldwide 296 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Ingolf Schiefke Germany · #106,229 worldwide 234 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Adrian Gillissen Germany · #358,230 worldwide 117 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Richard Goldhahn Germany · #451,959 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Armin Sablotzki Germany · #474,507 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Michael Borte Germany · #527,620 worldwide 150 citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Joachim Beige Germany · #689,013 worldwide 49 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Manfred Wiese Germany · #823,937 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Bernd Halbe Germany · #828,950 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ralph Wendt Germany · #857,223 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Klinikum St. Georg

Which keywords describe research at Klinikum St. Georg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Prognosis, Neurological Disorders, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Muscle Mass.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.8×70 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.6×34 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Chemotherapy8▲ 7.5×14 topics
  5. Prognosis6▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders6▲ 6.8×13 topics
  7. Diagnosis5▲ 3.9×26 topics
  8. Quality of Life5▲ 2.5×17 topics
  9. Treatment5▲ 2.9×27 topics
  10. Aging5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Management5▲ 4.0×18 topics
  13. Muscle Mass5▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Cancer Cachexia4▲ 33×1 topic
  15. Sarcopenia4▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Guidelines4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 4.7×6 topics
  18. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Survival Analysis4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization4▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  22. Gastric Cancer3▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Adjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Perioperative Care3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Rectal Cancer3▲ 55×1 topic
  29. SARS-CoV-23▲ 6.5×5 topics
  30. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  31. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Surgery3▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Weight Loss3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  35. Enhanced Recovery3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Surgical Care3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Lymph Node Dissection3▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Metastatic Gastric Cancer3▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 3 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After …3Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 2 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and G…2Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 2 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer 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 3 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 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  8. 8 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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