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Lillebaelt Hospital

In research, Lillebaelt Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,580 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,369 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,116
of 28,054 · #15,888 all time
Rank in Denmark
#40
of 108
Research works
1.2k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Lillebaelt Hospital 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 #2,580 of 10,443 18.6%213 #3492
Health SciencesDomain #3,369 of 11,982 18.6%239 #4404

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lillebaelt Hospital 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 Lillebaelt Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 28.8 works6.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 40.4 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.03× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 213 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lillebaelt Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ester Garne, Kim Christian Houlind and Flemming Hald Steffensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lillebaelt Hospital.

  1. 1 Ester Garne Denmark · #52,867 worldwide 335 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Kim Christian Houlind Denmark · #264,060 worldwide 128 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Flemming Hald Steffensen Denmark · #296,675 worldwide 81 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Marianne Waldstrøm Denmark · #414,108 worldwide 63 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Karina Dahl Steffensen Denmark · #491,218 worldwide 106 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Poul‐Erik Kofoed Denmark · #713,188 worldwide 69 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Jonna Skov Madsen Denmark · #824,224 worldwide 76 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Malene Roland Vils Pedersen Denmark · #863,962 worldwide 9 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Palle Jørn Sloth Osther Denmark · #915,615 worldwide 54 citations · 83 works
  10. 10 Helene Jung Denmark · #922,714 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Lillebaelt Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Lillebaelt Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Management, Global Burden, Diagnosis, Complications, Patient Satisfaction, Low Back Pain and Respiratory.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.5×84 topics
  2. Management17▲ 7.6×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 6.0×25 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 2.6×52 topics
  5. Global Burden16▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 3.7×32 topics
  7. Complications13▲ 8.9×15 topics
  8. Quality of Life12▲ 2.8×33 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Risk Factors11▲ 3.4×19 topics
  11. Low Back Pain10▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Clinical Trials10▲ 5.1×14 topics
  13. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Respiratory9▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  16. COPD9▲ 47×1 topic
  17. spirometry9▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Mortality9▲ 5.2×11 topics
  19. Revision Surgery8▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Spinal Fusion8▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Degenerative Disc Disease8▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Patient-Centered Care8▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Rehabilitation7▲ 6.4×9 topics
  26. Guidelines7▲ 5.4×12 topics
  27. Primary Care7▲ 6.2×14 topics
  28. Healthcare Outcomes6▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Surgical Treatment6▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Chronic Pain6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  31. Arthroplasty6▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Intervertebral Disc6▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Lumbar Disc Degeneration6▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Medical Education6▲ 8.1×9 topics
  35. Critical Care6▲ 8.4×8 topics
  36. Elderly Patients6▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Quality Improvement6▲ 9.9×7 topics
  38. Outcomes5▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Health Decision Aids5▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Lillebaelt Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 9 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communi…5Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 5 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …3Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 4 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  7. 7 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  9. 9 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lillebaelt Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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