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St. Claraspital

In research, St. Claraspital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,685 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,127
of 22,385 · #15,877 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#164
of 186
Research works
457
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
St. Claraspital

What is St. Claraspital 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 #4,685 of 9,902 12.8%61 #3876

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Claraspital 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 St. Claraspital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at St. Claraspital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 67 fractional works · 81.9% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 76.0% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 27.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 10.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Claraspital82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences2%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6276.0%
    2. Health Professions44.6%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering33.6%
    2. Computer Science00.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    6. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Psychology10.8%
    2. Social Sciences00.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St. Claraspital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.2 works12×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 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 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×62 works
  2. Nursing2.79×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.53×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.74×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×6 works
  6. Neuroscience1.09×1 works
  7. Psychology0.26×1 works
  8. Engineering0.24×3 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.07×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Claraspital?

Ranked on the quality score, Ralph Peterli, Thomas T. A. Peters and Bettina Karin Wölnerhanssen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Claraspital.

  1. 1 Ralph Peterli Switzerland · #323,190 worldwide 8.1k citations · 217 works
  2. 2 Thomas T. A. Peters Switzerland · #530,648 worldwide 5.9k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Bettina Karin Wölnerhanssen Switzerland · #636,118 worldwide 3.8k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Tobias Zellweger Switzerland · #668,184 worldwide 3.1k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Anne Christin Meyer‐Gerspach Switzerland · #725,013 worldwide 2.3k citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Marc Slawik Switzerland · #799,460 worldwide 3.1k citations · 157 works
  7. 7 Beatrice E. Kern Switzerland · #1,486,980 worldwide 2.8k citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Daniel Christian Steinemann Switzerland · #1,598,608 worldwide 1.1k citations · 108 works
  9. 9 Martin Buess Switzerland · #1,755,312 worldwide 2.1k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Christoph Jakob Ackermann Switzerland · #1,898,236 worldwide 2.5k citations · 106 works
All ranked researchers at St. Claraspital

What are the most cited papers from St. Claraspital?

The most cited paper from St. Claraspital is "Modern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus" (Chandra Prakash Gyawali, Peter J. Kahrilas, Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino et al., 2018), with 1,460 citations. Next come "Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Weight Loss in Patients With Morbid Obesity" (1,273) and "Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as prognostic markers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with nivolumab" (1,046).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modern diagnosis of GERD: the Lyon Consensus Chandra Prakash Gyawali, Peter J. Kahrilas, Edoardo Vincenzo Savarino et al. · Gut Open access 3 Feb 2018 1,460
2 Effect of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy vs Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Weight Loss in Patients With Morbid Obesity Ralph Peterli, Bettina Karin Wölnerhanssen, Thomas T. A. Peters et al. · JAMA Open access 16 Jan 2018 1,273
3 Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte ratio (PLR) as prognostic markers in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with nivolumab Stefan Diem, Sabine P. Schmid, Mirjam Krapf et al. · Lung Cancer 24 Jul 2017 1,046
4 Prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis Josée-Lyne Ethier, Danielle Nicole Desautels, Arnoud J. Templeton et al. · Breast Cancer Research ReviewOpen access 5 Jan 2017 711
5 Improvement in Glucose Metabolism After Bariatric Surgery: Comparison of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Ralph Peterli, Bettina Karin Wölnerhanssen, Thomas T. A. Peters et al. · Annals of Surgery 31 Jul 2009 566
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Claraspital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Obesity, Weight Loss, Complications, Cardiovascular Risk and Type 2 Diabetes.

▲ 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▲ 3.1×36 topics
  2. Chemotherapy6▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Obesity5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  5. Weight Loss5▲ 38×2 topics
  6. Complications5▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Inflammation5▲ 2.7×25 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Diabetes4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 5.1×16 topics
  12. Revision Surgery4▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Health Outcomes4▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Immunotherapy4▲ 6.2×14 topics
  16. Lifestyle Intervention4▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Bariatric Surgery4▲ 125×1 topic
  18. Metabolic Surgery4▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 19×5 topics
  20. Surgical Management4▲ 10×9 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 9.6×10 topics
  22. Treatment3▲ 3.4×16 topics
  23. Management3▲ 5.0×12 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization3▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 15×5 topics
  28. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Arthroplasty2▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Outcomes2▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Prevention2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  35. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  36. Surgery2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  37. Alignment2▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Survival Analysis2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Gastric Cancer2▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does St. Claraspital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…4Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…1Diet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 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 St. Claraspital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 St. Claraspital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%St. Claraspital0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Claraspital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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