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MED-EL (Austria)

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,656
of 22,385 · #20,422 all time
Rank in Austria
#132
of 143
Research works
248
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.8k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
MED-EL (Austria)

Which fields of science does MED-EL (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at MED-EL (Austria) is in Life Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (48%), Medicine (23%), Health Professions (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 47 fractional works · 49.0% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 48.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSensory Systems: 14 fractional works · 14.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 22.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMED-EL (Austria)95fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences11%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience4648.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    1. Medicine2222.8%
    2. Health Professions88.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology55.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    4. Social Sciences10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering44.7%
    2. Computer Science32.9%
    3. Chemistry11.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does MED-EL (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 41.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 28.4 works41×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 45.7 works30×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 29.58× its world share, 46 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.18× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 29.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience29.58×46 works
  2. Health Professions3.05×8 works
  3. Psychology1.72×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.64×3 works
  5. Medicine1.18×22 works
  6. Chemistry0.67×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.37×3 works
  8. Engineering0.31×4 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  12. Nursing0.18×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  15. Energy0.08×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MED-EL (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, Claude N. Jolly, Ingeborg J. Hochmair and Carolyn Garnham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MED-EL (Austria).

  1. 1 Claude N. Jolly Austria · #879,656 worldwide 2.6k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Ingeborg J. Hochmair Austria · #1,164,864 worldwide 943 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Carolyn Garnham Austria · #1,258,899 worldwide 1.5k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Stefan B. Strahl Austria · #1,411,485 worldwide 867 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Patrick S. C. D'Haese Austria · #1,536,582 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Peter Nopp Austria · #1,550,532 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Roland Hessler Austria · #1,672,797 worldwide 657 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Peter Schleich Austria · #2,046,998 worldwide 655 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jane M. Opie Austria · #2,160,757 worldwide 886 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Francesca Maria Scandurra Austria · #2,251,347 worldwide 769 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at MED-EL (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from MED-EL (Austria)?

The most cited paper from MED-EL (Austria) is "An overview of cochlear implant electrode array designs" (Anandhan E. Dhanasingh, Claude N. Jolly, 2017), with 312 citations. Next come "Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation of the Auditory System: Results of a Clinical Study" (271) and "Head Shadow, Squelch, and Summation Effects in Bilateral Users of the MED-EL COMBI 40/40+ Cochlear Implant" (268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An overview of cochlear implant electrode array designs Anandhan E. Dhanasingh, Claude N. Jolly · Hearing Research Open access 18 Oct 2017 312
2 Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation of the Auditory System: Results of a Clinical Study Jan Kiefer, Marcel Pok, Oliver F. Adunka et al. · Audiology and Neurotology 2005 271
3 Head Shadow, Squelch, and Summation Effects in Bilateral Users of the MED-EL COMBI 40/40+ Cochlear Implant Peter Schleich, Peter Nopp, Patrick S. C. D'Haese · Ear and Hearing 27 May 2004 268
4 Cochlear Implantation With Hearing Preservation Yields Significant Benefit for Speech Recognition in Complex Listening Environments René H. Gifford, Michael F. Dorman, Henryk Skarżyńśki et al. · Ear and Hearing Open access 27 Feb 2013 255
5 MED-EL Cochlear Implants: State of the Art and a Glimpse Into the Future Ingeborg J. Hochmair, Peter Nopp, Claude N. Jolly et al. · Trends in Amplification Open access Dec 2006 253
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MED-EL (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Quality of Life, Language Development, Speech Perception, Health-related Quality of Life, Cochlear Implants, Cognitive Decline and Neural Plasticity.

▲ 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. Hearing Loss48▲ 430×3 topics
  2. Quality of Life32▲ 23×7 topics
  3. Language Development25▲ 212×2 topics
  4. Speech Perception25▲ 308×2 topics
  5. Cochlear Implants25▲ 706×1 topic
  6. Cognitive Decline25▲ 212×1 topic
  7. Health-related Quality of Life25▲ 109×2 topics
  8. Neural Plasticity16▲ 90×4 topics
  9. Cochlear Neuropathy14▲ 486×1 topic
  10. Tinnitus14▲ 486×1 topic
  11. Acute Otitis Media9▲ 479×1 topic
  12. Otitis Media9▲ 479×1 topic
  13. Bilingualism4▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Language Acquisition4▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Neural Correlates4▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Cost-effectiveness Analysis3▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Early Intervention3▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Gesture3▲ 129×1 topic
  19. Health Utility Measures3▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Sign Language3▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Public Health3▲ 2.2×7 topics
  22. Neuroimaging3▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  24. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Assistive Technology2▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Augmentative and Alternative Communication2▲ 121×1 topic
  27. Functional Connectivity2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Health Effects2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  29. Environmental Noise2▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Noise Pollution2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Cerebellum2▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Vestibular2▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Patient Care2▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Quality2▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Auditory Cortex1▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Neuronal Oscillations1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Temporal Processing1▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Brain-Computer Interfaces1▲ 13×1 topic
  39. EEG Analysis1▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Cortical Networks1▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does MED-EL (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Ear Surgery and Otitis Media and Hearing Impairment and Communication.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…25Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 25 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnit…14Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 14 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis M…9Ear Surgery and Otitis Media: 9 fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 2 fractional worksMedical Practices and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSensory SystemsOtorhinolaryngologyDevelopmental and Educational Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 25 works
  2. 2 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 14 works
  3. 3 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  4. 4 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 2 works
  7. 7 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  8. 8 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 1 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.0%domestic only45.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MED-EL (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 MED-EL (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%MED-EL (Austria)0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MED-EL (Austria) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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