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Robert Bosch Hospital

In research, Robert Bosch Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,248 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,201 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,757
of 22,385 · #4,523 all time
Rank in Germany
#323
of 795
Research works
1.7k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Robert Bosch Hospital

What is Robert Bosch 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 #2,248 of 9,902 10.0%186 #1791
MedicineField #2,201 of 8,541 9.8%171 #1692

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert Bosch 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 Robert Bosch Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Robert Bosch Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (7%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 212 fractional works · 76.8% of its workMedicine: 192 fractional works · 69.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 35 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 9.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRobert BoschHospital276fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences6%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine19269.6%
    2. Health Professions186.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology217.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.6%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering103.7%
    2. Computer Science51.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Chemistry00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology72.5%
    2. Social Sciences52.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Robert Bosch Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 35.1 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 26.2 works6.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.49× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 192 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 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.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.62×192 works
  2. Health Professions2.49×18 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.57×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.45×21 works
  5. Nursing0.89×1 works
  6. Psychology0.81×7 works
  7. Neuroscience0.51×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.25×5 works
  10. Engineering0.25×10 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×2 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.16×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.11×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  19. Veterinary0.09×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Robert Bosch Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, German Ott, Udo P Sechtem and Heiko Mahrholdt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert Bosch Hospital.

  1. 1 German Ott Germany · #20,285 worldwide 80k citations · 823 works
  2. 2 Udo P Sechtem Germany · #90,325 worldwide 117k citations · 623 works
  3. 3 Heiko Mahrholdt Germany · #109,282 worldwide 42k citations · 225 works
  4. 4 Annette M. Staiger Germany · #199,889 worldwide 5.2k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Jan Wehkamp Germany · #214,267 worldwide 15k citations · 321 works
  6. 6 Clemens Becker Germany · #261,264 worldwide 20k citations · 467 works
  7. 7 Heike Horn Germany · #358,778 worldwide 6.7k citations · 137 works
  8. 8 Sonja Martin Germany · #532,594 worldwide 1.9k citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Gabriel Meinhardt Germany · #545,783 worldwide 4.5k citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Matthias C. Voehringer Germany · #565,156 worldwide 2.2k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Robert Bosch Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Robert Bosch Hospital?

The most cited paper from Robert Bosch Hospital is "Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (H. Borghaei et al., 2015), with 9,557 citations. Next come "The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Myeloid and Histiocytic/Dendritic Neoplasms" (4,204) and "The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms" (4,010).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer H. Borghaei et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Sep 2015 9,557
2 The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Myeloid and Histiocytic/Dendritic Neoplasms Joseph David Khoury et al. · Leukemia Open access 22 Jun 2022 4,204
3 The 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Haematolymphoid Tumours: Lymphoid Neoplasms Rita Alaggio et al. · Leukemia Open access 22 Jun 2022 4,010
4 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
5 The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Peter G. Hagan et al. · JAMA 16 Feb 2000 3,661
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Robert Bosch Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Coronary Artery Disease, Guidelines, Cardiac Imaging, Mortality and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 6.2×21 topics
  2. Epidemiology17▲ 1.52×50 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 24×5 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 2.6×47 topics
  5. Coronary Artery Disease13▲ 42×3 topics
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging13▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Guidelines13▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Cardiac Imaging13▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Mortality13▲ 8.0×10 topics
  10. Heart Failure12▲ 10.0×11 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease11▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment11▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Radiation Exposure11▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Echocardiography11▲ 14×7 topics
  15. Computed Tomography Angiography11▲ 58×1 topic
  16. Myocardial Perfusion11▲ 58×1 topic
  17. Quality of Life10▲ 2.4×25 topics
  18. Public Health10▲ 2.4×18 topics
  19. Treatment10▲ 2.8×28 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis9▲ 12×7 topics
  21. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.4×21 topics
  23. Risk Factors9▲ 2.8×15 topics
  24. Diagnosis8▲ 3.2×25 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation8▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Physical Performance8▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Elderly7▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Coronary Stents7▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Myocardial Revascularization7▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Chronic Diseases6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Rituximab6▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Parkinson's Disease6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  33. Sepsis6▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Fall Risk5▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Gait Speed5▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Prognosis5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  37. Elderly Patients5▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Critical Care5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  39. Arrhythmias5▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Hemodialysis5▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Robert Bosch Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…11Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …4Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 3 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Robert Bosch Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Robert Bosch Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Robert Bosch Hospital0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Robert Bosch Hospital 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%Robert Bosch Hospital11.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2007.

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