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Spital Uster

In research, Spital Uster stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,930 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,405 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#34,710
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#359
of 429
Research works
374
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Spital Uster known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #16,930 of 20,462 4.3%246
MedicineField #15,405 of 17,978 4.6%210

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Spital Uster 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 Spital Uster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 25.8 works3.3×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 5.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.57× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Spital Uster?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter Burkert, Jan Tůma and J Metzger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spital Uster.

  1. 1 Walter Burkert Switzerland · #114,769 worldwide 61 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Jan Tůma Switzerland · #235,228 worldwide 126 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 J Metzger Switzerland · #731,316 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Thomas Steiger Switzerland · #1,164,738 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Spital Uster

Which keywords describe research at Spital Uster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, Management, Chemotherapy, Airway Stenosis, Tracheostomy and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.85×19 topics
  2. Diagnosis2▲ 6.0×11 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 4.5×13 topics
  4. Management2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  5. Complications2▲ 9.1×8 topics
  6. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 2.5×3 topics
  8. Airway Stenosis1▲ 62×1 topic
  9. Tracheostomy1▲ 62×1 topic
  10. Healthcare Policy1▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Risk Factors1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  12. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  13. Mortality1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  14. Prevention1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  15. Radiotherapy1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  16. COVID-191▲ 1.95×6 topics
  17. Cultural Heritage1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  18. Inflammation1▲ 1.25×7 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Diseases1▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Empyema1▲ 98×1 topic
  21. Mortality Trends1▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Pleural Effusion1▲ 98×1 topic
  23. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Spital Uster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tracheal and airway disorders, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Healthcare Systems and Public Health.

Tracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…1Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…1Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…1Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…1Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksArchaeology and Historical Studies: 0 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 0 fractional worksDermatological and COVID-19 studies: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyDermatologyArcheology1 others

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

  1. 1 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  8. 8 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Dermatological and COVID-19 studies Dermatology 0 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Spital Uster's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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