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Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter

In research, Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,353 of 14,833 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,158 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,235
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#231
of 378
Research works
433
▼ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
636
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter

What is Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,353 of 14,833 3.2%364
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,158 of 3,511 2.5%260

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter 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 Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter is in Health Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (23%), Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 45.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 22.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 9.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKKompetenzzentrumGesundheit und…20fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences40%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Health Professions522.9%
    2. Medicine418.9%
    3. Veterinary02.5%
    4. Nursing00.8%
    1. Social Sciences314.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting29.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities28.7%
    4. Psychology16.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Engineering15.8%
    2. Computer Science14.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology02.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 8.69× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 18.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.92× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 18.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary18.08×0 works
  2. Health Professions8.69×5 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.02×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.92×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.44×0 works
  6. Psychology2.11×1 works
  7. Nursing1.67×0 works
  8. Social Sciences1.17×3 works
  9. Medicine0.98×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.56×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  12. Engineering0.39×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolfgang Speyer, Melissa Vetters and Gottfried Eugen KREUZ lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Speyer Switzerland · #2,685,977 worldwide 318 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Melissa Vetters Switzerland · #3,147,210 worldwide 160 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Gottfried Eugen KREUZ Switzerland · #3,154,881 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Sigrid Deger-Jalkotzy Switzerland · #3,171,520 worldwide 373 citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Victoria Zimmerl-Panagl Switzerland · #3,323,203 worldwide 13 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Werner Rainer Switzerland · #3,389,793 worldwide 1 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Gerhard Petersmann Switzerland · #3,686,846 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Joachim Dalfen Switzerland · #4,101,605 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Monika Frass Switzerland · #4,140,797 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Katja Sporn Switzerland · #4,143,823 worldwide 24 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter

What are the most cited papers from Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter?

The most cited paper from Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter is "Chemical composition and colouring agents of Roman mosaic and millefiori glass, studied by electron microprobe analysis and Raman microspectroscopy" (Vilma Gedzevičiūtė, Nele Welter, Ulrich Schüssler et al., 2009), with 87 citations. Next come "Personal Best Marathon Time and Longest Training Run, Not Anthropometry, Predict Performance in Recreational 24-Hour Ultrarunners" (71) and "Participation and performance trends in ultra-endurance running races under extreme conditions - ‘Spartathlon’ versus ‘Badwater’" (66).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemical composition and colouring agents of Roman mosaic and millefiori glass, studied by electron microprobe analysis and Raman microspectroscopy Vilma Gedzevičiūtė, Nele Welter, Ulrich Schüssler et al. · Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences Open access Mar 2009 87
2 Personal Best Marathon Time and Longest Training Run, Not Anthropometry, Predict Performance in Recreational 24-Hour Ultrarunners Beat Knechtle, Patrizia Knechtle, Thomas Johannes Rosemann et al. · The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 3 Jun 2011 71
3 Participation and performance trends in ultra-endurance running races under extreme conditions - ‘Spartathlon’ versus ‘Badwater’ Kristina da Fonseca-Engelhardt, Beat Knechtle, Christoph Alexander Rüst et al. · Extreme Physiology & Medicine Open access May 2013 66
4 Upper Body Skinfold Thickness is Related to Race Performance in Male Ironman Triathletes Beat Knechtle, Patrizia Knechtle, Thomas Johannes Rosemann · International Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 25 Nov 2010 66
5 Diagnosis of Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema—A Review Hannes Grünig, Pantelis Τ. Nikolaidis, Richard E. Moon et al. · Frontiers in Physiology Open access 30 Aug 2017 65
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Healthcare Utilization, Chronic Diseases, Germany, Health Surveys, Social Media, Quality of Life 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health3▲ 9.8×7 topics
  2. Chronic Diseases2▲ 38×3 topics
  3. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 123×2 topics
  4. Germany2▲ 397×1 topic
  5. Health Surveys2▲ 397×1 topic
  6. Social Media2▲ 5.3×5 topics
  7. Quality of Life1▲ 4.6×4 topics
  8. Sustainability1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  9. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  10. Aging1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  11. Digital Transformation1▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Studies, Health, psychology, and well-being, Chronic Disease Management Strategies and School Health and Nursing Education.

Health and Medical Studies2Health and Medical Studies: 2 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 0 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 0 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Change: 0 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…0Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 0 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEpidemiologySpeech and HearingSocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 0 works
  5. 5 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  7. 7 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 0 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 0 works
  10. 10 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 0 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 available10.5%not open89.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter0.000076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und Alter over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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