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St. Josef-Hospital

In research, St. Josef-Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,663 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,532 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology (Neurology is 16.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,045
of 22,385 · #4,767 all time
Rank in Germany
#267
of 795
Research works
2.4k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
St. Josef-Hospital

What is St. Josef-Hospital 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 #1,663 of 9,902 10.7%219 #1716
MedicineField #1,532 of 8,541 10.9%208 #1605

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St. Josef-Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at St. Josef-Hospital is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 264 fractional works · 78.3% of its workMedicine: 252 fractional works · 74.6% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 11.4% of its workNeurology: 32 fractional works · 9.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt.Josef-Hospital338fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences3%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25274.6%
    2. Health Professions92.7%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology236.9%
    2. Neuroscience216.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Psychology31.0%
    2. Social Sciences20.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering31.0%
    2. Computer Science20.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.4%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St. Josef-Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 16.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 31.8 works16×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.77× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 252 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.88×252 works
  2. Neuroscience3.77×21 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.89×6 works
  4. Veterinary1.53×1 works
  5. Nursing1.48×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×23 works
  7. Health Professions1.01×9 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  10. Psychology0.33×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.21×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.17×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.08×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.08×1 works
  17. Engineering0.07×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Albrecht Nauck, Juris Jendrik Meier and Ilya Ayzenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Josef-Hospital.

  1. 1 Michael Albrecht Nauck Germany · #42,907 worldwide 68k citations · 575 works
  2. 2 Juris Jendrik Meier Germany · #74,199 worldwide 25k citations · 278 works
  3. 3 Ilya Ayzenberg Germany · #101,220 worldwide 5.4k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Ingo Kleiter Germany · #127,189 worldwide 15k citations · 285 works
  5. 5 Kerstin Hellwig Germany · #247,842 worldwide 13k citations · 331 works
  6. 6 Ralf Gold Germany · #279,832 worldwide 49k citations · 1,262 works
  7. 7 Carolin Schwake Germany · #314,103 worldwide 803 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Ilya Ayzenberg Germany · #343,752 worldwide 240 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Christos Krogias Germany · #361,025 worldwide 5.3k citations · 264 works
  10. 10 Sandra Szymanski Germany · #363,809 worldwide 4.4k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at St. Josef-Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St. Josef-Hospital?

The most cited paper from St. Josef-Hospital is "Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes" (Steven P. Marso, Gilbert H. Daniels, Kirstine Brown‐Frandsen et al., 2016), with 7,629 citations. Next come "FSP1 is a glutathione-independent ferroptosis suppressor" (3,394) and "Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1)" (1,836).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Steven P. Marso, Gilbert H. Daniels, Kirstine Brown‐Frandsen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Jun 2016 7,629
2 FSP1 is a glutathione-independent ferroptosis suppressor Sebastian G. Doll et al. · Nature Open access 21 Oct 2019 3,394
3 Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) Timo D. Müller et al. · Molecular Metabolism Open access 30 Sep 2019 1,836
4 Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study of Oral BG-12 for Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis Ralf Gold, Ludwig Kappos, Douglas Lorne Arnold et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 19 Sep 2012 1,735
5 GLP-1 receptor agonists in the treatment of type 2 diabetes – state-of-the-art Michael Albrecht Nauck, Daniel Robert Quast, Jakob Wefers et al. · Molecular Metabolism Open access 14 Oct 2020 1,616
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Josef-Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology36▲ 2.6×81 topics
  2. Treatment24▲ 5.8×32 topics
  3. Diagnostic Criteria21▲ 27×9 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders21▲ 11×17 topics
  5. Cognitive Impairment18▲ 21×7 topics
  6. Diagnosis17▲ 5.4×25 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Dysfunction17▲ 17×8 topics
  8. Immunotherapy17▲ 6.9×15 topics
  9. Chemotherapy16▲ 6.6×16 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.6×34 topics
  11. Inflammation13▲ 1.84×58 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.0×10 topics
  13. Heart Failure12▲ 8.2×12 topics
  14. Neurodegeneration12▲ 12×10 topics
  15. Quality of Life12▲ 2.5×27 topics
  16. Parkinson's Disease12▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Multiple Sclerosis11▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Neuromyelitis Optica11▲ 87×1 topic
  19. Prognosis11▲ 9.5×9 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations10▲ 6.8×16 topics
  21. Guidelines10▲ 6.0×12 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Autoantibodies9▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.6×15 topics
  26. Complications8▲ 4.7×15 topics
  27. Surgical Management8▲ 5.7×15 topics
  28. Survival Analysis7▲ 7.9×6 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 6.3×8 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy7▲ 10×8 topics
  31. Echocardiography6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  32. Intravenous Immunoglobulin6▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Pregnancy6▲ 8.8×9 topics
  35. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy6▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Guillain-Barré Syndrome6▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Glycemic Control6▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Protein Aggregation6▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Gemcitabine6▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Surgical Complications6▲ 21×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…11Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 11 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…6Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…5Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 5 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineNeurologyOncologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 6 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 5 works
  5. 5 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 5 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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. Josef-Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%St. Josef-Hospital0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%St. Josef-Hospital10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2021.

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