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Paracelsus Medical University

In research, Paracelsus Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,145 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,438 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,304 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Surgery and Neurology — Rheumatology is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,144
of 28,054 · #4,651 all time
Rank in Austria
#23
of 168
Research works
4k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
90k
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Paracelsus Medical University 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 #1,145 of 10,443 19.3%678 #1438
Health SciencesDomain #1,438 of 11,982 19.8%724 #1714
Life SciencesDomain #2,304 of 7,800 18.2%156 #2187
SurgerySubfield #663 of 1,816 17.0%133 #907
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,222 of 3,579 17.6%93 #2566
Social SciencesDomain #6,629 of 10,521 35.4%63 #5982

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Paracelsus Medical University 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#1,438 #1,145
  2. Health Sciences#1,714 #1,438
  3. Life Sciences#2,187 #2,304
  4. Surgery#907 #663
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,566 #2,222
  6. Social Sciences#5,982 #6,629
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 Paracelsus Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 27.1 works6.0×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 132.8 works5.7×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 32.0 works5.7×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 51.2 works4.9×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 93 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.59× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 678 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.06× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Paracelsus Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Josef Niebauer, Felix Sedlmayer and Raffaele Nardone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Paracelsus Medical University.

  1. 1 Josef Niebauer Austria · #1,746 worldwide 1.2k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Felix Sedlmayer Austria · #15,813 worldwide 513 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Raffaele Nardone Austria · #40,906 worldwide 396 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Bernhard Paulweber Austria · #81,290 worldwide 239 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Ludwig Aigner Austria · #120,418 worldwide 269 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Wolfgang Loidl Austria · #139,347 worldwide 115 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Markus Ritter Austria · #162,744 worldwide 228 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Uta C. Hoppe Austria · #199,963 worldwide 170 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Christian Pirich Austria · #236,868 worldwide 46 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Christoph J. Griessenauer Austria · #265,849 worldwide 106 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Paracelsus Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Paracelsus Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Complications, Treatment, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology108▲ 2.8×112 topics
  2. Inflammation71▲ 3.4×74 topics
  3. Complications40▲ 8.2×16 topics
  4. Treatment40▲ 3.3×43 topics
  5. Risk Factors35▲ 3.2×28 topics
  6. Quality of Life31▲ 2.2×41 topics
  7. Diagnosis31▲ 3.4×32 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress30▲ 1.82×45 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 2.5×32 topics
  10. Cancer27▲ 2.0×42 topics
  11. Guidelines26▲ 5.7×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy26▲ 3.8×20 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders26▲ 4.6×20 topics
  14. Immunotherapy26▲ 3.6×19 topics
  15. Management24▲ 3.1×25 topics
  16. Heart Failure24▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Rehabilitation24▲ 6.1×13 topics
  18. Surgical Management24▲ 5.8×17 topics
  19. Surgery22▲ 6.5×12 topics
  20. Obesity22▲ 3.0×21 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.7×19 topics
  22. Mortality20▲ 3.5×11 topics
  23. Biomarkers20▲ 2.9×15 topics
  24. Biomechanics19▲ 6.4×10 topics
  25. Regeneration19▲ 9.8×5 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 5.6×9 topics
  27. Radiotherapy17▲ 4.5×13 topics
  28. Matrix Metalloproteinases17▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Neuroprotection17▲ 4.8×13 topics
  30. Revision Surgery16▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement16▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Mesenchymal Stem Cells15▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Osteoarthritis15▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Echocardiography15▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Health-related Quality of Life14▲ 6.2×6 topics
  36. Hypertrophy14▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Arthroplasty13▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Antiepileptic Drugs12▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Cartilage12▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Chondrocyte12▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Paracelsus Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Epilepsy research and treatment and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques.

Osteoarthritis Treatment…12Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 12 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …11Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 11 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…9Epilepsy research and treatment: 9 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…8Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 8 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksSkin and Cellular Biology Research: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…6Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional works
RheumatologySurgeryPsychiatry and Mental healthCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 12 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  3. 3 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  4. 4 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 8 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Skin and Cellular Biology Research Cell Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.9%domestic only49.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Paracelsus Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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