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Leipzig Heart Institute

In research, Leipzig Heart Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,338 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,445 of 8,541 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#256 of 736 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 35.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,465
of 22,385 · #3,851 all time
Rank in Germany
#245
of 795
Research works
2.1k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Leipzig Heart Institute

What is Leipzig Heart Institute 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 #1,338 of 9,902 13.1%250 #1034
MedicineField #1,445 of 8,541 13.3%243 #1109
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #256 of 736 14.6%112 #201

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leipzig Heart Institute 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,034 #1,338
  2. Medicine#1,109 #1,445
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#201 #256
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Leipzig Heart Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Leipzig Heart Institute is in Health Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Engineering (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (2%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 286 fractional works · 85.4% of its workMedicine: 279 fractional works · 83.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 126 fractional works · 37.7% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEpidemiology: 23 fractional works · 6.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeipzig HeartInstitute335fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences2%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27983.2%
    2. Health Professions72.0%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Engineering267.6%
    2. Mathematics10.3%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Computer Science10.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.1%
    2. Neuroscience30.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences20.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leipzig Heart Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 35.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 126.4 works36×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 46.3 works5.9×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.5 works5.7×
  4. EpidemiologySubfield · 22.6 works4.8×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 279 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.33×279 works
  2. Health Professions0.77×7 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×2 works
  4. Neuroscience0.51×3 works
  5. Engineering0.51×26 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×7 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  11. Psychology0.12×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  18. Nursing0.04×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leipzig Heart Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Christian Besler, Philipp C. Lurz and Hölger Thiele lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leipzig Heart Institute.

  1. 1 Christian Besler Germany · #18,630 worldwide 9.4k citations · 177 works
  2. 2 Philipp C. Lurz Germany · #19,500 worldwide 25k citations · 624 works
  3. 3 Hölger Thiele Germany · #27,772 worldwide 105k citations · 1,800 works
  4. 4 Gerhard Hindricks Germany · #38,848 worldwide 149k citations · 732 works
  5. 5 Karl‐Philipp Rommel Germany · #40,090 worldwide 7.8k citations · 190 works
  6. 6 Matthias Unterhuber Germany · #62,701 worldwide 2.7k citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Axel Linke Germany · #77,165 worldwide 13k citations · 185 works
  8. 8 Florian Schlotter Germany · #79,322 worldwide 2.4k citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Robert Höllriegel Germany · #79,405 worldwide 4.2k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Sandra Erbs Germany · #92,015 worldwide 15k citations · 158 works
All ranked researchers at Leipzig Heart Institute

What are the most cited papers from Leipzig Heart Institute?

The most cited paper from Leipzig Heart Institute 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 "Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI versus Medical Therapy in Stable Coronary Disease" (2,784) and "2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation" (2,780).

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 Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI versus Medical Therapy in Stable Coronary Disease Bernard De Bruyne et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Aug 2012 2,784
3 2017 HRS/EHRA/ECAS/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on catheter and surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation Hugh G Calkins et al. · Heart Rhythm Open access 12 May 2017 2,780
4 A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease Majid Nikpay et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access151 authors 7 Sep 2015 2,733
5 Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression Urmo Võsa et al. · Nature Genetics Open access114 authors Sep 2021 2,339
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leipzig Heart Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Guidelines, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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 Failure56▲ 37×12 topics
  2. Echocardiography42▲ 45×8 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction34▲ 43×6 topics
  4. Guidelines31▲ 19×8 topics
  5. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement31▲ 127×1 topic
  6. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement31▲ 127×1 topic
  7. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention30▲ 67×4 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation30▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Thrombosis23▲ 25×6 topics
  10. Arrhythmias21▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation21▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Cardiogenic Shock20▲ 126×1 topic
  13. Left Ventricular Assist Device20▲ 126×1 topic
  14. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 5.2×18 topics
  15. Diagnosis18▲ 5.9×16 topics
  16. Sudden Cardiac Death18▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Obesity18▲ 6.8×9 topics
  18. Treatment16▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. Atrial Fibrillation16▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Endovascular Repair16▲ 54×3 topics
  21. Stroke Prevention16▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy15▲ 50×3 topics
  23. Radiofrequency Ablation15▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Anticoagulant Therapy15▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Electroanatomic Mapping15▲ 89×1 topic
  26. Ventricular Tachycardia15▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Risk Stratification15▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Thromboembolism15▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Dilated Cardiomyopathy14▲ 62×2 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk14▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Chamber Quantification13▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Diastolic Function13▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Surgical Repair13▲ 99×1 topic
  34. Ventricular Reconstruction13▲ 99×1 topic
  35. Inflammatory Response12▲ 51×4 topics
  36. Aortic Aneurysm12▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Remote Monitoring12▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Aortic Dissection12▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Bicuspid Aortic Valve12▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Congenital Heart Disease12▲ 42×3 topics

Which research topics does Leipzig Heart Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 31 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 20 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 13 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 13 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…12Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 12 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 11 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 10 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…10Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 10 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 31 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 13 works
  7. 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  9. 9 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 10 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 10 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leipzig Heart Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Leipzig Heart Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Leipzig Heart Institute0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Leipzig Heart Institute 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 counting10%20%30%Leipzig Heart Institute10.8% 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 22.5% in 2005.

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