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Sozialstiftung Bamberg

In research, Sozialstiftung Bamberg stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,451 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,368 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,770
of 22,385 · #8,950 all time
Rank in Germany
#445
of 795
Research works
731
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Sozialstiftung Bamberg

What is Sozialstiftung Bamberg 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 #3,451 of 9,902 6.1%100 #2694
MedicineField #3,368 of 8,541 6.2%91 #2454

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Sozialstiftung Bamberg is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 116 fractional works · 73.6% of its workMedicine: 105 fractional works · 66.9% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 18.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSozialstiftungBamberg157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences10%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10566.9%
    2. Health Professions95.4%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology106.6%
    2. Neuroscience32.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Psychology74.3%
    2. Social Sciences53.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering53.2%
    2. Computer Science31.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    4. Environmental Science10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sozialstiftung Bamberg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 29.6 works8.0×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.06× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.90×1 works
  2. Medicine3.48×105 works
  3. Health Professions2.06×8 works
  4. Psychology1.42×7 works
  5. Neuroscience1.35×3 works
  6. Nursing1.30×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.23×10 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.13×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.43×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.27×5 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.22×3 works
  15. Engineering0.21×5 works
  16. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sozialstiftung Bamberg?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter R. May, Katrin Pfuhlmann and Jürgen Terhaag lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sozialstiftung Bamberg.

  1. 1 Peter R. May Germany · #421,492 worldwide 3k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Katrin Pfuhlmann Germany · #981,322 worldwide 639 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Jürgen Terhaag Germany · #1,208,466 worldwide 851 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ruth Seggewiß-Bernhardt Germany · #1,301,242 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 S. Klöhr Germany · #1,476,129 worldwide 1k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Peter Krauseneck Germany · #1,608,165 worldwide 901 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Volker Schöffl Germany · #2,091,332 worldwide 5.2k citations · 274 works
  8. 8 Jörg Dickschas Germany · #2,181,780 worldwide 816 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Thomas Hochholzer Germany · #2,743,489 worldwide 611 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Dieter O. Reimann Germany · #3,011,891 worldwide 230 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sozialstiftung Bamberg

What are the most cited papers from Sozialstiftung Bamberg?

The most cited paper from Sozialstiftung Bamberg is "DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours" (David Capper et al., 2018), with 3,228 citations. Next come "Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling" (561) and "Addition of sorafenib versus placebo to standard therapy in patients aged 60 years or younger with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (SORAML): a multicentre, phase 2, randomised controlled trial" (404).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours David Capper et al. · Nature Open access143 authors 13 Mar 2018 3,228
2 Sarcoma classification by DNA methylation profiling Christian Koelsche et al. · Nature Communications Open access111 authors 21 Jan 2021 561
3 Addition of sorafenib versus placebo to standard therapy in patients aged 60 years or younger with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (SORAML): a multicentre, phase 2, randomised controlled trial Christoph Röllig et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 5 Nov 2015 404
4 Safety and efficacy of cladribine tablets in patients with relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis: Results from the randomized extension trial of the CLARITY study Gavin Giovannoni, Per Soelberg Sørensen, Stuart D. Cook et al. · Multiple Sclerosis Journal Open access 5 Sep 2017 344
5 Anaplastic astrocytoma with piloid features, a novel molecular class of IDH wildtype glioma with recurrent MAPK pathway, CDKN2A/B and ATRX alterations Annekathrin Reinhardt et al. · Acta Neuropathologica Open access 21 Mar 2018 291
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sozialstiftung Bamberg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Inflammation, Herbal Medicine, Biomechanics, Treatment and Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 4.8×51 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.3×23 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 10×12 topics
  4. Treatment8▲ 4.1×20 topics
  5. Rehabilitation7▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Herbal Medicine7▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Biomechanics7▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  9. Arthroplasty5▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Outcomes5▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Osteoarthritis5▲ 23×6 topics
  12. Alternative Medicine5▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Complementary Medicine5▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Depression4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  15. Probiotics4▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Gastrointestinal Disorders4▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Injury Prevention4▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Management4▲ 3.4×10 topics
  19. Prevention4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  20. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 52×1 topic
  22. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Microbiota4▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Revision Surgery4▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Constipation4▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Enteric Nervous System4▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Intestinal Permeability4▲ 51×2 topics
  29. Irritable Bowel Syndrome4▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  31. Surgical Management4▲ 6.1×12 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.4×11 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Alignment3▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Patient Care3▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Psychological Factors3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  38. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Internal Fixation3▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 7.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Sozialstiftung Bamberg publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Gastrointestinal motility and disorders and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Complementary and Altern…5Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal motilit…4Gastrointestinal motility and disorders: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…2Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional works
Complementary and alternative medicineSurgeryGastroenterologyGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 4 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sozialstiftung Bamberg's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher 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 Sozialstiftung Bamberg as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Sozialstiftung Bamberg0.00061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sozialstiftung Bamberg 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sozialstiftung Bamberg5.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2019.

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