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St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum

In research, St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum stands highest in Medicine (#9,156 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,385 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,349
of 28,054 · #23,130 all time
Rank in Germany
#870
of 1,178
Research works
470
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum 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
MedicineField #9,156 of 17,978 11.2%322
Health SciencesDomain #11,385 of 20,462 11.0%356

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum 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).

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.25× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.58× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Hildmann and Stefan Volkenstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum.

  1. 1 H. Hildmann Germany · #941,655 worldwide 13 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Stefan Volkenstein Germany · #1,508,505 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum

Which keywords describe research at St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Hearing Loss, Rehabilitation, Inflammation, Cognitive Decline, Complications and Health-related Quality of Life.

▲ 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▲ 3.3×41 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 7.9×20 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 4.0×16 topics
  4. Hearing Loss6▲ 67×4 topics
  5. Rehabilitation5▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Cognitive Decline4▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Complications4▲ 10.0×10 topics
  8. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Treatment3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  10. Guidelines3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  11. Cochlear Implants3▲ 114×1 topic
  12. Language Development3▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Speech Perception3▲ 50×1 topic
  14. Management3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  15. Healthcare3▲ 3.2×2 topics
  16. Pathogenesis3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  17. Patient Care2▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Proton Pump Inhibitors2▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Quality2▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Diagnosis2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  21. Neuroimaging2▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  23. Biomarkers2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Esophageal Motility Disorders2▲ 88×1 topic
  26. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease2▲ 88×1 topic
  27. Mortality2▲ 4.2×9 topics
  28. Children2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  29. Eosinophilic Esophagitis2▲ 86×1 topic
  30. Surgical Management2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  31. Gastric Cancer1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity1▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Cerebellum1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Cochlear Neuropathy1▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Eradication Therapy1▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Helicobacter pylori1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Metastatic Breast Cancer1▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Tinnitus1▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Vestibular1▲ 56×1 topic

Which research topics does St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Medical Practices and Rehabilitation, Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments and Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksMedical Practices and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux …2Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 2 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis2Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 2 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 1 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 1 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …1Vestibular and auditory disorders: 1 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeurosciencePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationGastroenterologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  2. 2 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 2 works
  4. 4 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Elisabeth-Hospital Bochum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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