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St. Claraspital

In research, St. Claraspital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,259 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,074
of 28,054 · #22,636 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#146
of 220
Research works
457
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is St. Claraspital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #9,259 of 11,982 19.1%61 #8954

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does St. Claraspital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.1 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: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 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.

Who are the top researchers at St. Claraspital?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Hüssy, P Tondelli and Tobias Zellweger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Claraspital.

  1. 1 Paul Hüssy · #197,721 worldwide 3 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 P Tondelli · #232,071 worldwide 61 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Tobias Zellweger · #289,698 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Markus von Flüe · #336,124 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ralph Peterli · #471,512 worldwide 56 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 U Herzog · #583,652 worldwide 43 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 H Affolter · #708,039 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Christoph Ackermann · #829,573 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at St. Claraspital

Which keywords describe research at St. Claraspital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Obesity, Weight Loss, Complications, Cardiovascular Risk and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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 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▲ 3.2×32 topics
  2. Chemotherapy6▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Obesity5▲ 8.8×6 topics
  5. Weight Loss5▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Complications5▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×23 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Revision Surgery4▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Diabetes4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Bariatric Surgery3▲ 139×1 topic
  15. Health Outcomes3▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Metabolic Surgery3▲ 139×1 topic
  17. Diagnosis3▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Immunotherapy3▲ 6.2×13 topics
  19. Surgical Management3▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization3▲ 24×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 9.7×10 topics
  22. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Management3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Arthroplasty2▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Outcomes2▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.9×8 topics
  33. Alignment2▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Survival Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Gastric Cancer2▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Prevention2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Surgery2▲ 8.1×7 topics
  39. Injury Prevention2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery2▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does St. Claraspital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal 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 worksSports Dynamics and Biomechanics: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 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 Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Biomedical Engineering 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Claraspital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher 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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