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Robert Bosch Hospital

In research, Robert Bosch Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,522 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,840 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,943
of 28,054 · #10,480 all time
Rank in Germany
#574
of 1,178
Research works
1.7k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Robert Bosch Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,522 of 11,982 12.6%186 #4834
MedicineField #5,840 of 10,443 11.9%171 #3860

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Robert Bosch Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.8 works13×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works6.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.50× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Robert Bosch Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Udo Sechtem, German Ott and Eduard F. Stange lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert Bosch Hospital.

  1. 1 Udo Sechtem Germany · #980 worldwide 2.5k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 German Ott Germany · #4,420 worldwide 1.1k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Eduard F. Stange Germany · #147,084 worldwide 319 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Walter E. Aulitzky Germany · #156,954 worldwide 79 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Ulrich Franke Germany · #172,416 worldwide 56 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Péter Fritz Germany · #181,005 worldwide 85 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 U Sechtem Germany · #275,014 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 E Fischer Germany · #280,868 worldwide 46 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Clemens Becker Germany · #338,009 worldwide 113 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Hermann Wisser Germany · #361,620 worldwide 38 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Robert Bosch Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Robert Bosch Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, Guidelines, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mortality, Cardiac Imaging 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 2022–2025 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. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 5.9×20 topics
  2. Epidemiology15▲ 1.54×44 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 26×5 topics
  4. Coronary Artery Disease13▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Guidelines12▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Mortality12▲ 8.9×10 topics
  8. Cardiac Imaging12▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Inflammation12▲ 2.4×37 topics
  10. Heart Failure12▲ 11×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment10▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Radiation Exposure10▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Computed Tomography Angiography10▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Myocardial Perfusion10▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 17×7 topics
  16. Echocardiography10▲ 15×7 topics
  17. Treatment9▲ 3.2×26 topics
  18. Quality of Life9▲ 2.6×25 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis8▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 27×4 topics
  21. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.8×18 topics
  22. Diagnosis8▲ 3.5×21 topics
  23. Cancer7▲ 2.3×30 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation7▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Coronary Stents6▲ 61×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Complications6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.1×11 topics
  29. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. Rituximab5▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Arrhythmias5▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Elderly Patients5▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Physical Performance5▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Elderly4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  35. Hemodialysis4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Inflammatory Response4▲ 27×3 topics
  37. Sepsis4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Robert Bosch Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…10Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 3 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 3 works
  9. 9 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 3 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Robert Bosch Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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