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Rigshospitalet

In research, Rigshospitalet stands highest in Medicine (#193 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#267 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#709 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine — Otorhinolaryngology is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,262
of 28,054 · #811 all time
Rank in Denmark
#8
of 108
Research works
25k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
819k
33.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Rigshospitalet 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 #193 of 10,443 19.1%2,154 #124
Health SciencesDomain #267 of 11,982 19.1%2,265 #158
Life SciencesDomain #709 of 7,800 20.3%433 #403
SurgerySubfield #246 of 1,816 17.7%258 #107
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #102 of 738 16.5%218 #85
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #274 of 1,144 15.4%198 #158
EpidemiologySubfield #249 of 976 18.3%157 #199
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #996 of 3,579 19.3%258 #538
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #81 of 243 28.3%73 #107
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #158 of 441 27.2%67 #133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rigshospitalet 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#124 #193
  2. Health Sciences#158 #267
  3. Life Sciences#403 #709
  4. Surgery#107 #246
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#85 #102
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#158 #274
  7. Epidemiology#199 #249
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#538 #996
  9. Psychiatry and Mental health#107 #81
  10. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#133 #158
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 Rigshospitalet specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 22.3 works7.6×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 218.5 works7.1×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 44.5 works6.2×
  4. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 40.5 works6.2×
  5. GeneticsSubfield · 48.7 works6.1×
  6. NeurologySubfield · 89.4 works5.3×
  7. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 23.0 works5.3×
  8. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 72.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 258 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 96 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 77 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 2,154 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rigshospitalet?

Ranked on the composite score, Anne Tybjærg‐Hansen, Lars Køber and Henrik Kehlet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rigshospitalet.

  1. 1 Anne Tybjærg‐Hansen · #4,302 worldwide 1.2k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Lars Køber · #4,451 worldwide 2.6k citations · 265 works
  3. 3 Henrik Kehlet · #5,149 worldwide 1.4k citations · 202 works
  4. 4 Niels E. Skakkebæk · #5,150 worldwide 1k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Niels Høiby · #7,186 worldwide 1k citations · 118 works
  6. 6 Christian Hassager · #7,473 worldwide 998 citations · 126 works
  7. 7 Bente Klarlund Pedersen · #7,991 worldwide 1.3k citations · 148 works
  8. 8 Katharina M. Main · #10,963 worldwide 571 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Christian Gluud · #12,827 worldwide 1.2k citations · 169 works
  10. 10 Bent Ejlertsen · #13,300 worldwide 694 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Rigshospitalet

Which keywords describe research at Rigshospitalet?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Heart Failure, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology329▲ 2.8×126 topics
  2. Inflammation181▲ 3.0×80 topics
  3. Treatment139▲ 3.9×49 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease119▲ 3.6×39 topics
  5. Diagnosis114▲ 4.2×40 topics
  6. Chemotherapy110▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Quality of Life106▲ 2.5×51 topics
  8. Heart Failure103▲ 8.1×14 topics
  9. Immunotherapy89▲ 4.3×19 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress89▲ 1.86×56 topics
  11. Guidelines87▲ 6.4×13 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome84▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Management83▲ 3.6×31 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders80▲ 4.8×20 topics
  15. Risk Factors79▲ 2.5×35 topics
  16. Cancer74▲ 1.89×49 topics
  17. Biomarkers72▲ 3.6×18 topics
  18. Obesity72▲ 3.2×23 topics
  19. Radiotherapy70▲ 6.2×13 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors69▲ 5.4×14 topics
  21. Echocardiography66▲ 8.3×8 topics
  22. Prognosis62▲ 6.4×9 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines61▲ 3.8×14 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations60▲ 4.8×23 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk60▲ 6.6×9 topics
  26. Depression58▲ 2.3×18 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction58▲ 8.5×7 topics
  28. Complications55▲ 3.8×17 topics
  29. Clinical Trials55▲ 2.8×17 topics
  30. Surgical Management47▲ 3.9×20 topics
  31. Critical Care46▲ 6.8×8 topics
  32. Pathophysiology45▲ 5.1×11 topics
  33. Surgery42▲ 4.1×11 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging40▲ 5.4×7 topics
  35. Resuscitation38▲ 10.0×4 topics
  36. Neuroimaging38▲ 4.8×11 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life37▲ 5.4×5 topics
  38. Molecular Classification33▲ 7.4×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation30▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Survival Rates30▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Rigshospitalet publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Migraine and Headache Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…26Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 26 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…25Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 25 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 24 fractional worksMigraine and Headache Studies: 20 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 19 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 17 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …17Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 17 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 17 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 16 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationEmergency Medicine 25 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 24 works
  4. 4 Migraine and Headache StudiesPsychiatry and Mental health 20 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 19 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 17 works
  8. 8 Heart Failure Treatment and ManagementCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 17 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesNeurology 17 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 16 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rigshospitalet's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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