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Ruhrlandklinik

In research, Ruhrlandklinik stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,001 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,238 of 10,443 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#852 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 22.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,242
of 28,054 · #11,534 all time
Rank in Germany
#590
of 1,178
Research works
1.9k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Ruhrlandklinik 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 #6,001 of 11,982 9.2%217 #4797
MedicineField #5,238 of 10,443 9.1%203 #3836
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #852 of 1,144 9.6%91 #869

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ruhrlandklinik 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. Health Sciences#4,797 #6,001
  2. Medicine#3,836 #5,238
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#869 #852
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 Ruhrlandklinik specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 90.6 works22×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 203 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ruhrlandklinik?

Ranked on the composite score, Wilfried Eberhardt, Ulrich Costabel and Balázs Hegedűs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ruhrlandklinik.

  1. 1 Wilfried Eberhardt Germany · #2,911 worldwide 1.3k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Ulrich Costabel Germany · #4,484 worldwide 1.1k citations · 154 works
  3. 3 Balázs Hegedűs Germany · #109,244 worldwide 151 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 G. Brittinger Germany · #139,011 worldwide 348 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Francesco Bonella Germany · #178,240 worldwide 171 citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Georgios Stamatis Germany · #224,515 worldwide 97 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 N. Konietzko Germany · #256,981 worldwide 69 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Helmut Teschler Germany · #388,009 worldwide 193 citations · 115 works
  9. 9 L Freitag Germany · #409,020 worldwide 45 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 W Maassen Germany · #482,851 worldwide 24 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Ruhrlandklinik

Which keywords describe research at Ruhrlandklinik?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Radiotherapy, Fibrosis, Treatment, Management and Tumor Staging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 3.1×57 topics
  2. Chemotherapy24▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Treatment18▲ 5.6×20 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 7.2×23 topics
  5. Fibrosis16▲ 33×7 topics
  6. Radiotherapy16▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Management15▲ 7.2×18 topics
  8. Interstitial Lung Disease14▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Tumor Staging14▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Adjuvant Therapy14▲ 42×2 topics
  11. TGF-ß14▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition14▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Inflammation14▲ 2.5×32 topics
  14. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis14▲ 111×1 topic
  15. Myofibroblast14▲ 111×1 topic
  16. Lung Cancer13▲ 29×2 topics
  17. CT Screening13▲ 74×1 topic
  18. Mechanical Ventilation13▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Positron Emission Tomography13▲ 74×1 topic
  20. Tissue Engineering10▲ 6.2×3 topics
  21. Airway Stenosis10▲ 65×1 topic
  22. Tracheostomy10▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Clinical Trials10▲ 5.4×5 topics
  24. Mutation Analysis10▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Pulmonary Infections9▲ 62×2 topics
  26. Immunotherapy9▲ 4.9×13 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy9▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Cystic Fibrosis9▲ 49×3 topics
  29. Asthma9▲ 35×3 topics
  30. Genetics9▲ 4.9×7 topics
  31. Allergic Diseases8▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Bronchiectasis8▲ 108×1 topic
  33. CFTR8▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Eosinophils8▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Immunology8▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines8▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Mortality8▲ 5.1×10 topics
  38. Prognostic Factors7▲ 6.4×10 topics
  39. Pneumothorax7▲ 75×2 topics
  40. Circadian Rhythms6▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Ruhrlandklinik publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Tracheal and airway disorders and Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 14 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…10Tracheal and airway disorders: 10 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research…8Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 8 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 8 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 6 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …6Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology

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

  1. 1 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 8 works
  6. 6 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 6 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 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 available21.3%not open78.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ruhrlandklinik's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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