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Luzerner Kantonsspital

In research, Luzerner Kantonsspital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,941 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,858 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#538 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Surgery is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,066
of 22,385 · #5,163 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#60
of 186
Research works
2.5k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Luzerner Kantonsspital

What is Luzerner Kantonsspital 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 #1,941 of 9,902 7.4%342 #1825
MedicineField #1,858 of 8,541 8.0%313 #1701
SurgerySubfield #538 of 1,532 11.8%87 #715

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Luzerner Kantonsspital 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#1,825 #1,941
  2. Medicine#1,701 #1,858
  3. Surgery#715 #538
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 Luzerner Kantonsspital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Luzerner Kantonsspital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 379 fractional works · 85.2% of its workMedicine: 349 fractional works · 78.4% of its workSurgery: 98 fractional works · 21.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 38 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 19 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLuzernerKantonsspital445fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine34978.4%
    2. Health Professions194.4%
    3. Dentistry92.0%
    4. Nursing20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology204.5%
    2. Neuroscience92.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Psychology61.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    3. Social Sciences40.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering71.7%
    2. Computer Science20.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    4. Mathematics10.2%
    5. Materials Science10.1%
    6. Environmental Science00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Luzerner Kantonsspital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 97.5 works9.3×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 37.7 works8.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.10× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 349 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.10×9 works
  2. Medicine4.08×349 works
  3. Health Professions1.65×19 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.26×9 works
  6. Nursing0.93×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×20 works
  8. Psychology0.42×6 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.34×4 works
  10. Mathematics0.16×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  14. Engineering0.11×7 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.07×4 works
  18. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  21. Veterinary0.03×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works
  24. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Luzerner Kantonsspital?

Ranked on the quality score, Florim Cuculi, Stefan Toggweiler and Richard Kobza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Luzerner Kantonsspital.

  1. 1 Florim Cuculi Switzerland · #208,321 worldwide 9.5k citations · 244 works
  2. 2 Stefan Toggweiler Switzerland · #223,244 worldwide 11k citations · 439 works
  3. 3 Richard Kobza Switzerland · #420,468 worldwide 7.6k citations · 321 works
  4. 4 Christoph Henzen Switzerland · #542,009 worldwide 7k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 Benjamin Berte Switzerland · #658,875 worldwide 2.8k citations · 110 works
  6. 6 Karl Friedrich Kothbauer Switzerland · #898,158 worldwide 4.2k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Adrian Attinger‐Toller Switzerland · #950,524 worldwide 2.3k citations · 93 works
  8. 8 Mathias Wolfrum Switzerland · #989,041 worldwide 3k citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Stephanie K. Brunner Switzerland · #1,000,261 worldwide 204 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Paul Erné Switzerland · #1,062,787 worldwide 26k citations · 661 works
All ranked researchers at Luzerner Kantonsspital

What are the most cited papers from Luzerner Kantonsspital?

The most cited paper from Luzerner Kantonsspital is "DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours" (David Capper et al., 2018), with 3,228 citations. Next come "Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018)" (2,413) and "The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement" (1,036).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours David Capper et al. · Nature Open access143 authors 13 Mar 2018 3,228
2 Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS): An update (2014–2018) Jean‐Pascal Lefaucheur et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology Open access 31 Dec 2019 2,413
3 The Warwick Agreement on femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAI syndrome): an international consensus statement Damian R. Griffin et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 14 Sep 2016 1,036
4 New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs Dominik Sturm et al. · Cell Open access110 authors Feb 2016 1,028
5 Use of the Inactivated Intranasal Influenza Vaccine and the Risk of Bell's Palsy in Switzerland Margot Mütsch, Weigong Zhou, Philip Rhodes et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Feb 2004 923
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Luzerner Kantonsspital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation, Atherosclerosis, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology52▲ 2.9×87 topics
  2. Complications28▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Quality of Life20▲ 3.2×32 topics
  4. Inflammation20▲ 2.1×47 topics
  5. Treatment20▲ 3.6×34 topics
  6. Guidelines19▲ 8.9×11 topics
  7. Diagnosis17▲ 4.2×33 topics
  8. Surgical Management16▲ 9.0×20 topics
  9. Risk Factors16▲ 3.2×21 topics
  10. Rehabilitation14▲ 8.0×12 topics
  11. Chemotherapy14▲ 4.5×19 topics
  12. Atherosclerosis14▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Echocardiography13▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention13▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 4.8×12 topics
  16. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 8.8×8 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.3×25 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 4.4×13 topics
  19. Heart Failure11▲ 5.5×13 topics
  20. Management11▲ 3.0×24 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.3×14 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  23. Coronary Stents9▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Myocardial Revascularization9▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.3×12 topics
  26. Surgery9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  27. Breast Reconstruction9▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 8.4×7 topics
  29. Reconstruction8▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Distal Radius Fractures8▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Endovascular Repair8▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Flexor Tendon Repair8▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Surgical Treatment7▲ 8.4×6 topics
  36. Free Flap7▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Microsurgical Reconstruction7▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Postoperative Complications7▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  40. Infection Prevention7▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Luzerner Kantonsspital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques.

Coronary Interventions a…9Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…8Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…7Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 7 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 6 fractional worksBone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments: 6 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…5Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 5 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 5 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…5Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 5 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRheumatologyRehabilitation1 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Bone Tumor Diagnosis and Treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  7. 7 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 5 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 5 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Luzerner Kantonsspital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Luzerner Kantonsspital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Luzerner Kantonsspital0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Luzerner Kantonsspital 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 counting5%10%15%Luzerner Kantonsspital11.3% 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 11.3% in 2025.

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