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Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet

In research, Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,899 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,599 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology (Rheumatology is 82.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,446
of 22,385 · #13,424 all time
Rank in Germany
#667
of 795
Research works
539
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet

What is Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet 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 #4,899 of 9,902 11.4%96 #3133
MedicineField #5,599 of 8,541 11.0%93 #3771

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet 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 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%), Social Sciences (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 116 fractional works · 84.6% of its workMedicine: 113 fractional works · 82.4% of its workRheumatology: 51 fractional works · 37.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 7.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 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 workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRheumazentrumRuhrgebiet137fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11382.4%
    2. Health Professions32.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology118.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences32.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Engineering10.9%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Energy00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Computer Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 82.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 51.5 works82×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.13× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.28× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology8.13×11 works
  2. Medicine4.28×113 works
  3. Health Professions0.77×3 works
  4. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  8. Energy0.26×0 works
  9. Nursing0.22×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.16×3 works
  11. Psychology0.14×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  14. Engineering0.06×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet?

Ranked on the quality score, Jürgen Braun, Xenofon Baraliakos and Jan Brandt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet.

  1. 1 Jürgen Braun Germany · #78,378 worldwide 56k citations · 901 works
  2. 2 Xenofon Baraliakos Germany · #103,105 worldwide 34k citations · 1,039 works
  3. 3 Jan Brandt Germany · #159,615 worldwide 18k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 John Seungsoo Han Germany · #354,205 worldwide 3k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Juergen Braun Germany · #600,060 worldwide 2.1k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Uta Kiltz Germany · #673,579 worldwide 11k citations · 483 works
  7. 7 Imke Redeker Germany · #980,692 worldwide 1k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Ludwig Kalthoff Germany · #1,164,985 worldwide 1.3k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Elmar Schmitz-Bortz Germany · #1,278,459 worldwide 596 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Diana Vossen Germany · #1,284,275 worldwide 558 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet

What are the most cited papers from Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet?

The most cited paper from Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet is "The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection" (Martín Rudwaleit et al., 2009), with 3,707 citations. Next come "Ankylosing spondylitis" (1,824) and "The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) handbook: a guide to assess spondyloarthritis" (1,663).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection Martín Rudwaleit et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 18 Mar 2009 3,707
2 Ankylosing spondylitis Jürgen Braun, Joachim Sieper · The Lancet Apr 2007 1,824
3 The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) handbook: a guide to assess spondyloarthritis Joachim Sieper, Martín Rudwaleit, Xenofon Baraliakos et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 11 May 2009 1,663
4 2016 update of the ASAS-EULAR management recommendations for axial spondyloarthritis Désirée M F M van der Heijde et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 13 Jan 2017 1,593
5 Treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis with infliximab: a randomised controlled multicentre trial Jürgen Braun, Jan Brandt, Joachim Listing et al. · The Lancet Apr 2002 1,265
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Spondyloarthritis, Cardiovascular Risk, Biological Therapy, Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cytokines.

▲ 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. Inflammation25▲ 8.6×26 topics
  2. Autoantibodies25▲ 78×7 topics
  3. Ankylosing Spondylitis25▲ 609×1 topic
  4. Spondyloarthritis25▲ 609×1 topic
  5. Cardiovascular Risk21▲ 48×3 topics
  6. Biological Therapy21▲ 256×2 topics
  7. Rheumatoid Arthritis20▲ 148×3 topics
  8. Cytokines20▲ 49×3 topics
  9. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs19▲ 273×1 topic
  10. Joint Inflammation19▲ 273×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology12▲ 2.1×28 topics
  12. Treatment11▲ 6.5×14 topics
  13. TGF-ß9▲ 40×3 topics
  14. Immune System8▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Regulatory T Cells8▲ 50×4 topics
  16. IL-178▲ 162×1 topic
  17. TH17 Cells8▲ 162×1 topic
  18. Low Back Pain8▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Spinal Fusion7▲ 55×2 topics
  20. Clinical Outcomes7▲ 24×5 topics
  21. Degenerative Disc Disease7▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Surgical Treatment6▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Spinal Surgery6▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Psychological Factors6▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Intervertebral Disc6▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Lumbar Disc Degeneration6▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Diagnostic Criteria5▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Functional MRI4▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome4▲ 114×1 topic
  30. Fibromyalgia4▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Reflective Practice4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Stem Cell Therapy4▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  34. Femoral Head3▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Osteonecrosis3▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis3▲ 94×1 topic
  37. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Antiphospholipid Syndrome3▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Spondyloarthritis Studie…25Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 25 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…19Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 19 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 8 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic…4Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 4 fractional worksBone and Joint Diseases: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 3 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 3 fractional worksClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional works
RheumatologyImmunologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 25 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 19 works
  3. 3 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 8 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  6. 6 Bone and Joint Diseases Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research Hematology 3 works
  8. 8 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 3 works
  9. 9 Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Family Practice 2 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet0.00041% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet 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 counting10%20%Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet19.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2025.

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