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Martha-Maria Hospital

In research, Martha-Maria Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,325 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,837 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,980
of 22,385 · #21,624 all time
Rank in Germany
#643
of 795
Research works
366
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Martha-Maria Hospital

What is Martha-Maria Hospital 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 #4,325 of 9,902 6.4%83 #5444
MedicineField #3,837 of 8,541 6.6%80 #4597

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Martha-Maria 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Martha-Maria Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Martha-Maria Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 88 fractional works · 82.2% of its workMedicine: 85 fractional works · 79.5% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 13.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMartha-MariaHospital107fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8579.5%
    2. Health Professions32.5%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.8%
    4. Neuroscience21.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    2. Psychology21.4%
    3. Social Sciences11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    1. Environmental Science10.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    3. Materials Science00.5%
    4. Engineering00.3%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Martha-Maria Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.3 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: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.13× its world share, 85 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.13×85 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.77×2 works
  3. Veterinary1.15×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.05×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.95×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×5 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×3 works
  9. Psychology0.47×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×2 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.28×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  17. Engineering0.02×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Martha-Maria Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Sven Ehrlich, Andrea Kraft and Frank A. Hoffmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Martha-Maria Hospital.

  1. 1 Sven Ehrlich Germany · #476,765 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Andrea Kraft Germany · #577,772 worldwide 2.3k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Frank A. Hoffmann Germany · #628,062 worldwide 2.5k citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Ioannis Sokolakis Germany · #656,939 worldwide 1.8k citations · 140 works
  5. 5 Georgios Hatzichristodoulou Germany · #1,588,609 worldwide 4.9k citations · 295 works
  6. 6 Jürgen Lautermann Germany · #2,144,381 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Wolfgang Schuette Germany · #2,364,014 worldwide 2.5k citations · 111 works
  8. 8 Thomas Negele Germany · #2,628,421 worldwide 656 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 W. Schütte Germany · #2,727,251 worldwide 448 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Markus Seige Germany · #3,003,664 worldwide 451 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Martha-Maria Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Martha-Maria Hospital?

The most cited paper from Martha-Maria Hospital is "European Association of Urology Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health—2021 Update: Male Sexual Dysfunction" (Andrea Salonia et al., 2021), with 837 citations. Next come "Contrasting disease patterns in seropositive and seronegative neuromyelitis optica: A multicentre study of 175 patients" (773) and "Risk factors of paralysis and functional outcome after recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring in thyroid surgery" (656).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 European Association of Urology Guidelines on Sexual and Reproductive Health—2021 Update: Male Sexual Dysfunction Andrea Salonia et al. · European Urology Open access 26 Jun 2021 837
2 Contrasting disease patterns in seropositive and seronegative neuromyelitis optica: A multicentre study of 175 patients Sven Jarius et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation Open access 19 Jan 2012 773
3 Risk factors of paralysis and functional outcome after recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring in thyroid surgery Henning Dralle, Carsten Sekulla, Johannes Haerting et al. · Surgery Open access Dec 2004 656
4 European Association of Urology Guidelines on Male Sexual and Reproductive Health: 2021 Update on Male Infertility Suks Minhas et al. · European Urology Open access 9 Sep 2021 637
5 Efficacy and Safety of Rovalpituzumab Tesirine Compared With Topotecan as Second-Line Therapy in DLL3-High SCLC: Results From the Phase 3 TAHOE Study Fiona Helen Blackhall et al. · Journal of Thoracic Oncology Open access 17 Feb 2021 279
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Martha-Maria Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Chronic Venous Insufficiency, Varicose Veins, Chemotherapy and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 4.0×36 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Quality of Life11▲ 6.8×14 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 6.8×19 topics
  5. Chronic Venous Insufficiency8▲ 350×1 topic
  6. Varicose Veins8▲ 350×1 topic
  7. Chemotherapy8▲ 10×12 topics
  8. Diagnosis7▲ 6.9×14 topics
  9. Clinical Trials6▲ 9.1×6 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy6▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Immunotherapy6▲ 7.1×8 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  14. Erectile Dysfunction5▲ 141×1 topic
  15. Sexual Dysfunction5▲ 141×1 topic
  16. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Genomic Profiling4▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Surgical Management4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations4▲ 8.7×13 topics
  20. Guidelines4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  21. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 59×1 topic
  22. EGFR Mutations4▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Diabetes4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  24. Prophylaxis4▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Antithrombotic Therapy3▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  27. Venous Thromboembolism3▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Autoantibodies3▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization3▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  32. CT Screening3▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Lung Cancer3▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.8×9 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  37. Medical Ethics2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Stroke2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Martha-Maria Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases, Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management.

Diagnosis and Treatment …8Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases: 8 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…2Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksGenital Health and Disease: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 2 fractional worksEntomological Studies and Ecology: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPsychiatry and Mental healthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInternal Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Genital Health and Disease Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Entomological Studies and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Martha-Maria Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher 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 Martha-Maria Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Martha-Maria Hospital0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Martha-Maria Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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