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Solothurner Spitäler

In research, Solothurner Spitäler stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,619 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,977 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 10.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,930
of 22,385 · #15,815 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#158
of 186
Research works
400
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Solothurner Spitäler

What is Solothurner Spitäler 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 #5,619 of 9,902 9.0%68 #3567
MedicineField #4,977 of 8,541 8.5%61 #3213

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Solothurner Spitäler is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Health Professions (6%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 77 fractional works · 81.4% of its workMedicine: 70 fractional works · 73.9% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 23.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSolothurnerSpitäler94fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences81%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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7073.9%
    2. Health Professions66.1%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.0%
    3. Neuroscience11.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Social Sciences22.5%
    2. Psychology22.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering43.8%
    2. Environmental Science10.9%
    3. Materials Science00.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Solothurner Spitäler specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.1 works10×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.57× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.52×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.57×2 works
  3. Medicine3.84×70 works
  4. Health Professions2.30×6 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.12×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.91×1 works
  7. Psychology0.72×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.61×0 works
  9. Nursing0.52×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×2 works
  11. Engineering0.25×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.19×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.18×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Solothurner Spitäler?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert V. Thomann, Marc Nicola Gallay and Hans Bürgi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Solothurner Spitäler.

  1. 1 Robert V. Thomann Switzerland · #248,495 worldwide 10k citations · 157 works
  2. 2 Marc Nicola Gallay Switzerland · #842,722 worldwide 1k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Hans Bürgi Switzerland · #1,408,011 worldwide 3.7k citations · 153 works
  4. 4 Robert Bühler Switzerland · #1,507,635 worldwide 988 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Christoph von Dach Switzerland · #2,136,503 worldwide 84 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Naeder Helmy Switzerland · #2,203,400 worldwide 2.2k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Svenja Ravioli Switzerland · #2,246,463 worldwide 550 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Michael Finsterwald Switzerland · #3,010,601 worldwide 1.1k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Ulf Riede Switzerland · #3,096,829 worldwide 446 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Näder Helmy Switzerland · #3,372,492 worldwide 226 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Solothurner Spitäler

What are the most cited papers from Solothurner Spitäler?

The most cited paper from Solothurner Spitäler is "Esophageal motility disorders on high‐resolution manometry: Chicago classification version 4.0 ©" (Rena H. Yadlapati et al., 2020), with 1,079 citations. Next come "Individualised nutritional support in medical inpatients at nutritional risk: a randomised clinical trial" (905) and "Deficient Activity of von Willebrand Factor–Cleaving Protease in Chronic Relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura" (552).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Esophageal motility disorders on high‐resolution manometry: Chicago classification version 4.0 © Rena H. Yadlapati et al. · Neurogastroenterology & Motility Open access 29 Dec 2020 1,079
2 Individualised nutritional support in medical inpatients at nutritional risk: a randomised clinical trial Philipp Schüetz et al. · The Lancet Open access 25 Apr 2019 905
3 Deficient Activity of von Willebrand Factor–Cleaving Protease in Chronic Relapsing Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Miha Furlan, Rodolfo Robles, Max Solenthaler et al. · Blood May 1997 552
4 Vitamin D and musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity and cancer: Recommendations for clinical practice Jean-Claude Souberbielle et al. · Autoimmunity Reviews Open access 2 Jul 2010 542
5 Potassium homeostasis and management of dyskalemia in kidney diseases: conclusions from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Controversies Conference Catherine M. Clase et al. · Kidney International Open access 10 Oct 2019 503
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Solothurner Spitäler?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Treatment, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.7×45 topics
  2. Complications5▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.5×21 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 5.7×22 topics
  5. Surgical Management4▲ 11×12 topics
  6. Inflammation3▲ 1.65×18 topics
  7. Revision Surgery3▲ 27×2 topics
  8. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Biomechanics3▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Heart Failure3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  11. Guidelines3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  13. Arthroplasty3▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  15. Rehabilitation3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  16. Management2▲ 3.3×16 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  18. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.3×7 topics
  19. Genetic Variation2▲ 10.0×3 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  21. Mortality2▲ 4.0×5 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  23. Surgery2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Endovascular Repair2▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  27. Outcomes2▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Chronic Pain2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  30. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Quality Improvement2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  33. Revascularization2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Cytochrome P4502▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Pain Management2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Pharmacogenetics2▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Stroke2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  40. Elderly Patients1▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Solothurner Spitäler publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Health and Medical Studies.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Dru…2Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksEar and Head Tumors1Ear and Head Tumors: 1 fractional worksAbdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 1 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 1 fractional worksRadiology practices and …1Radiology practices and education: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPharmacologyGeneral Health ProfessionsOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Ear and Head Tumors Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Solothurner Spitäler's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Solothurner Spitäler as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Solothurner Spitäler0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Solothurner Spitäler over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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