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St. Franziskus Hospital

In research, St. Franziskus Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,868 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,542 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology and Surgery — Ophthalmology is 31.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,707
of 28,054 · #19,989 all time
Rank in Germany
#697
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is St. Franziskus Hospital 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
MedicineField #7,868 of 10,443 9.9%165 #5273
Health SciencesDomain #9,542 of 11,982 9.6%184 #7064

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Franziskus Hospital 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. Franziskus Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 31.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 20.2 works31×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 33.8 works6.0×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.54× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Franziskus Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel Pauleikhoff, Carsten Heinz and Theodosios Bisdas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Franziskus Hospital.

  1. 1 Daniel Pauleikhoff Germany · #74,155 worldwide 304 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Carsten Heinz Germany · #187,071 worldwide 65 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Theodosios Bisdas Germany · #278,810 worldwide 95 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Arnd Heiligenhaus Germany · #286,627 worldwide 115 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Giovanni Torsello Germany · #424,807 worldwide 128 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Giovanni Torsello Germany · #628,921 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Georg Spital Germany · #647,215 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Kai Rothaus Germany · #710,697 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Dirk Bauer Germany · #813,266 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Konstantinos Stavroulakis Germany · #815,256 worldwide 37 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at St. Franziskus Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Franziskus Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Macular Degeneration, Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy, Endovascular Repair and Glaucoma.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 2.5×56 topics
  2. Inflammation18▲ 3.5×40 topics
  3. Risk Factors15▲ 5.6×14 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress12▲ 3.1×23 topics
  5. Macular Degeneration12▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Diabetes11▲ 8.9×12 topics
  7. Diabetic Retinopathy10▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Endovascular Repair10▲ 52×3 topics
  9. Public Health10▲ 2.7×15 topics
  10. Glaucoma9▲ 27×4 topics
  11. Complications9▲ 7.6×14 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 4.6×15 topics
  13. Glycemic Control8▲ 23×4 topics
  14. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor8▲ 41×4 topics
  15. Optic Nerve8▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Insulin Therapy8▲ 27×3 topics
  17. Intravitreal Injection8▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 10×6 topics
  19. Chronic Diseases8▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Epidemiological Study8▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Healthcare Utilization8▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Intraocular Pressure8▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Germany7▲ 153×1 topic
  24. Health Surveys7▲ 153×1 topic
  25. Optical Coherence Tomography7▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders7▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Weight Loss7▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Choroidal Thickness7▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Guidelines7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  30. Retinal Pigment Epithelium7▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Mortality6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  32. Type 1 Diabetes6▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Biomechanics6▲ 7.9×5 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  35. Diabetes Mellitus5▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Genetic Susceptibility5▲ 23×5 topics
  37. Thrombus Formation5▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Echocardiography5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Matrix Metalloproteinases5▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does St. Franziskus Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Studies, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Health and Medical Studies7Health and Medical Studies: 7 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…7Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 5 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 4 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 4 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…4Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…3Corneal surgery and disorders: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOphthalmologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 7 works
  3. 3 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 4 works
  7. 7 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 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 available25.3%not open74.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Franziskus Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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