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Spitäler Schaffhausen

In research, Spitäler Schaffhausen stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,428 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,540 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,401
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#313
of 378
Research works
249
▲ 105% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Spitäler Schaffhausen

What is Spitäler Schaffhausen 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 #9,428 of 16,688 6.2%198
MedicineField #8,540 of 14,558 6.4%181

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

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Spitäler Schaffhausen is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Immunology and Microbiology (2%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 78.6% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 77.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSpitälerSchaffhausen50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences4%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3977.3%
    2. Dentistry00.7%
    3. Health Professions00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology59.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Materials Science11.2%
    2. Computer Science01.0%
    3. Mathematics00.7%
    4. Engineering00.5%
    5. Environmental Science00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology11.8%
    2. Social Sciences11.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 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.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.02×39 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.94×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.68×4 works
  4. Veterinary1.62×0 works
  5. Dentistry1.36×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.16×1 works
  7. Mathematics0.59×0 works
  8. Psychology0.58×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.33×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.17×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.13×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.09×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  19. Nursing0.08×0 works
  20. Engineering0.03×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Spitäler Schaffhausen?

Ranked on the quality score, Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos, Thomas M. Stoll and Markus Eberhard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spitäler Schaffhausen.

  1. 1 Dimitrios Rafail Kalaitzopoulos Switzerland · #288,589 worldwide 6.4k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Thomas M. Stoll Switzerland · #406,042 worldwide 12k citations · 156 works
  3. 3 Markus Eberhard Switzerland · #514,313 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Robert H. Eibl Switzerland · #1,172,891 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Nicolas Samartzis Switzerland · #2,422,760 worldwide 720 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Julius Balázs Switzerland · #2,646,216 worldwide 63 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Armin Jucker Switzerland · #4,743,432 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 M Litschgi Switzerland · #4,930,064 worldwide 313 citations · 93 works
  9. 9 P Ricklin Switzerland · #5,113,637 worldwide 72 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Dunant Jh Switzerland · #5,264,139 worldwide 115 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Spitäler Schaffhausen

What are the most cited papers from Spitäler Schaffhausen?

The most cited paper from Spitäler Schaffhausen is "Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus" (Michelle Petri et al., 2012), with 5,385 citations. Next come "Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (5,376) and "The frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort study" (651).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Derivation and validation of the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus Michelle Petri et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access 2 May 2012 5,385
2 Acute Abdomen: A Rare Case of Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma Severin Gloor, Kai Oliver Jensen, Stefan Breitenstein et al. · Case Reports in Gastroenterology Open access 21 Mar 2017 5,376
3 The frequency and outcome of lupus nephritis: results from an international inception cohort study John G. Hanly et al. · Lara D. Veeken Open access 5 Sep 2015 651
4 Metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Giancarlo D’Addario, Martin Früh, Martin Reck et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access May 2010 325
5 Microarrays of bladder cancer tissue are highly representative of proliferation index and histological grade Antonio Nocito et al. · The Journal of Pathology 29 Jun 2001 322
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Which keywords describe research at Spitäler Schaffhausen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Surgical Treatment, Pathophysiology, Infertility, Quality of Life and Immunobiology.

▲ 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▲ 4.9×29 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 14×12 topics
  3. Management6▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Pathophysiology5▲ 35×6 topics
  5. Surgical Treatment5▲ 53×4 topics
  6. Infertility5▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Quality of Life4▲ 6.2×6 topics
  8. Immunobiology4▲ 171×1 topic
  9. Stem Cells4▲ 29×1 topic
  10. Chemotherapy3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Treatment3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  12. Cytoreductive Surgery3▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Immunotherapy3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  14. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  16. Genomic Analysis2▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Biomarkers2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  18. Molecular Classification2▲ 29×3 topics
  19. Metastasis2▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Tumor Models2▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Fallopian Tube Origin2▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Mutation Analysis2▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.4×10 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.6×7 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors2▲ 8.4×7 topics
  26. Survival Analysis2▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy2▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Complications2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Cancer Genomics2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Mutational Signatures2▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 92×1 topic
  34. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Radiotherapy1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  37. Glioblastoma1▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Low Back Pain1▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Surgical Management1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  40. Temozolomide1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Spitäler Schaffhausen publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Endometriosis Research and Treatment, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Uterine Myomas and Treatments.

Endometriosis Research a…4Endometriosis Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…2Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…1Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional works
Reproductive MedicineCancer ResearchObstetrics and GynecologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  4. 4 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Spitäler Schaffhausen's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 105% higher 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 Spitäler Schaffhausen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Spitäler Schaffhausen0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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