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St. Josef-Hospital

In research, St. Josef-Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,617 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,838 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,605
of 28,054 · #8,194 all time
Rank in Germany
#424
of 1,178
Research works
2.4k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is St. Josef-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 #3,617 of 10,443 15.4%208 #2740
Health SciencesDomain #4,838 of 11,982 15.1%219 #3583

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 28.9 works18×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.92× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 208 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Josef-Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael A. Nauck, Juris J. Meier and Ralf Gold lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Josef-Hospital.

  1. 1 Michael A. Nauck Germany · #6,097 worldwide 983 citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Juris J. Meier Germany · #56,974 worldwide 415 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ralf Gold Germany · #102,930 worldwide 466 citations · 144 works
  4. 4 M. Kemen Germany · #120,569 worldwide 205 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang E. Schmidt Germany · #144,311 worldwide 187 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Ingo Kleiter Germany · #149,758 worldwide 211 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Christiane Schneider‐Gold Germany · #245,326 worldwide 67 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Waldemar Uhl Germany · #258,408 worldwide 183 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Aiden Haghikia Germany · #261,186 worldwide 120 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Kerstin Hellwig Germany · #267,529 worldwide 133 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at St. Josef-Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Josef-Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Diagnostic Criteria, Neurological Disorders, Epidemiology, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Cognitive Impairment, Diagnosis and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 2.6×76 topics
  2. Treatment22▲ 6.3×31 topics
  3. Diagnostic Criteria18▲ 28×8 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders17▲ 11×17 topics
  5. Mitochondrial Dysfunction16▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Diagnosis15▲ 5.7×25 topics
  7. Cognitive Impairment15▲ 21×7 topics
  8. Immunotherapy14▲ 6.9×15 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.9×32 topics
  10. Chemotherapy12▲ 5.9×16 topics
  11. Heart Failure11▲ 9.3×12 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration11▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Parkinson's Disease10▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 6.4×10 topics
  15. Prognosis10▲ 10×9 topics
  16. Quality of Life10▲ 2.3×25 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations9▲ 7.7×15 topics
  18. Multiple Sclerosis9▲ 88×1 topic
  19. Neuromyelitis Optica9▲ 88×1 topic
  20. Autoantibodies8▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Guidelines8▲ 6.0×12 topics
  22. Pathogenesis7▲ 4.6×14 topics
  23. Complications6▲ 4.5×14 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 9.3×5 topics
  25. Surgical Management6▲ 5.2×14 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 11×8 topics
  27. Echocardiography6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  28. Intravenous Immunoglobulin6▲ 31×3 topics
  29. Pregnancy6▲ 9.7×9 topics
  30. Protein Aggregation6▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  32. Glycemic Control6▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Chaperones5▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Huntington's Disease5▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Neuroimaging5▲ 6.9×9 topics
  36. Polyglutamine5▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy5▲ 71×1 topic
  38. Guillain-Barré Syndrome5▲ 71×1 topic
  39. Insulin Therapy5▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Dopaminergic Neurons5▲ 28×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…9Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 9 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …5Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 5 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…5Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…3Neurological disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 5 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 5 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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