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Leipzig Heart Institute

In research, Leipzig Heart Institute stands highest in Medicine (#3,170 of 10,443 worldwide), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#239 of 738 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,323 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 37.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,657
of 28,054 · #7,808 all time
Rank in Germany
#495
of 1,178
Research works
2.1k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Leipzig Heart Institute 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 #3,170 of 10,443 16.6%243 #1454
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #239 of 738 17.1%112 #137
Health SciencesDomain #4,323 of 11,982 16.3%250 #1912

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,454 #3,170
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#137 #239
  3. Health Sciences#1,912 #4,323
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Leipzig Heart Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 37.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 112.5 works37×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 38.4 works5.7×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 24.3 works5.5×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 2 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: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 243 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leipzig Heart Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Gerhard Hindricks, Hölger Thiele and Gerhard Schüler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leipzig Heart Institute.

  1. 1 Gerhard Hindricks Germany · #1,439 worldwide 3k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Hölger Thiele Germany · #2,502 worldwide 2.3k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Gerhard Schüler Germany · #5,662 worldwide 1.8k citations · 173 works
  4. 4 Michael A. Borger Germany · #7,281 worldwide 1.6k citations · 177 works
  5. 5 Nikolaos Dagres Germany · #13,757 worldwide 760 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Friedrich W. Mohr Germany · #14,337 worldwide 647 citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Gerhard Hindricks Germany · #16,626 worldwide 530 citations · 72 works
  8. 8 Steffen Desch Germany · #20,196 worldwide 582 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Philipp Lurz Germany · #24,671 worldwide 481 citations · 79 works
  10. 10 Axel Linke Germany · #29,535 worldwide 466 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Leipzig Heart Institute

Which keywords describe research at Leipzig Heart Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Catheter Ablation, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

▲ 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. Heart Failure47▲ 37×11 topics
  2. Echocardiography35▲ 45×8 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction30▲ 45×6 topics
  4. Guidelines28▲ 21×6 topics
  5. Catheter Ablation27▲ 78×2 topics
  6. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement26▲ 125×1 topic
  7. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement26▲ 125×1 topic
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention26▲ 67×4 topics
  9. Arrhythmias20▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Thrombosis19▲ 23×6 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.6×18 topics
  12. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation17▲ 78×2 topics
  13. Diagnosis17▲ 6.3×15 topics
  14. Cardiogenic Shock17▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Left Ventricular Assist Device17▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Sudden Cardiac Death16▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Treatment15▲ 4.3×9 topics
  18. Obesity15▲ 6.7×7 topics
  19. Atrial Fibrillation15▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Risk Factors14▲ 4.5×10 topics
  21. Cardiomyopathy14▲ 55×3 topics
  22. Radiofrequency Ablation14▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Stroke Prevention14▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Electroanatomic Mapping14▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Ventricular Tachycardia14▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Anticoagulant Therapy13▲ 37×3 topics
  27. Endovascular Repair13▲ 55×3 topics
  28. Risk Stratification13▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Thromboembolism13▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Dilated Cardiomyopathy13▲ 65×2 topics
  31. Surgical Repair12▲ 102×1 topic
  32. Ventricular Reconstruction12▲ 102×1 topic
  33. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Chamber Quantification11▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Diastolic Function11▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Remote Monitoring10▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy10▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator10▲ 86×1 topic
  40. Aortic Aneurysm10▲ 54×2 topics

Which research topics does Leipzig Heart Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 26 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 17 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …14Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 14 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…13Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 12 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 11 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…10Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 10 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 8 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 12 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 8 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leipzig Heart Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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