Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Wiesbaden · Germany

St. Josefs Hospital

In research, St. Josefs Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,711 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,397 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 17.8× its share of world research).

joho.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#19,640
of 22,385 · #12,235 all time
Rank in Germany
#678
of 795
Research works
553
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
St. Josefs Hospital

What is St. Josefs 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 #4,711 of 9,902 7.4%89 #2692
MedicineField #4,397 of 8,541 7.7%85 #2453

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Josefs 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. Josefs Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at St. Josefs Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 101 fractional works · 87.3% of its workMedicine: 96 fractional works · 83.3% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 24.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 18.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. JosefsHospital115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences2%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9683.3%
    2. Health Professions43.5%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering22.0%
    2. Mathematics10.9%
    3. Computer Science00.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.1%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does St. Josefs Hospital specialise in?

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

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.5 works18×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 27.7 works10×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.33×96 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.89×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.34×4 works
  4. Dentistry0.96×0 works
  5. Mathematics0.74×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  11. Psychology0.15×0 works
  12. Engineering0.13×2 works
  13. Nursing0.12×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.09×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Josefs Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Philipp Hartung, Martin Naisan and Karl Philipp Kutzner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Josefs Hospital.

  1. 1 Philipp Hartung Germany · #390,239 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Martin Naisan Germany · #1,360,387 worldwide 52 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Karl Philipp Kutzner Germany · #1,513,339 worldwide 1.2k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Marcus Richter Germany · #1,900,364 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Klaus Freidel Germany · #2,089,693 worldwide 806 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Boris Gabriel Germany · #2,138,685 worldwide 1.9k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Bernhard M. Kaess Germany · #2,229,854 worldwide 3.3k citations · 103 works
  8. 8 Andreas A. Boehmer Germany · #2,384,343 worldwide 149 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Yazan Noufal Germany · #2,614,160 worldwide 20 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 A. W. Elmer Germany · #2,788,531 worldwide 138 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at St. Josefs Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St. Josefs Hospital?

The most cited paper from St. Josefs Hospital is "Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial" (Salah‐Eddin Al‐Batran et al., 2019), with 2,700 citations. Next come "Management Strategies and Determinants of Outcome in Acute Major Pulmonary Embolism: Results of a Multicenter Registry" (1,044) and "Heparin plus Alteplase Compared with Heparin Alone in Patients with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism" (1,000).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perioperative chemotherapy with fluorouracil plus leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and docetaxel versus fluorouracil or capecitabine plus cisplatin and epirubicin for locally advanced, resectable gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction adenocarcinoma (FLOT4): a randomised, phase 2/3 trial Salah‐Eddin Al‐Batran et al. · The Lancet 11 Apr 2019 2,700
2 Management Strategies and Determinants of Outcome in Acute Major Pulmonary Embolism: Results of a Multicenter Registry Wolfgang E. Kasper, Stavros Konstantinides, Annette Geibel et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Nov 1997 1,044
3 Heparin plus Alteplase Compared with Heparin Alone in Patients with Submassive Pulmonary Embolism Stavros Konstantinides, Annette Geibel, Gerhard Heusel et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Oct 2002 1,000
4 Long-term effect of aspirin on cancer risk in carriers of hereditary colorectal cancer: an analysis from the CAPP2 randomised controlled trial John Burn et al. · The Lancet Open access 28 Oct 2011 959
5 Frequency and Spectrum of Cancers in the Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome Nicholas Hearle et al. · Clinical Cancer Research 15 May 2006 861
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Josefs Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Complications, Mortality, Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke Prevention and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.2×47 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation9▲ 65×2 topics
  3. Guidelines8▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 14×10 topics
  5. Mortality7▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Treatment6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  8. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×27 topics
  10. Echocardiography5▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Heart Failure5▲ 10×10 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  13. Stroke Prevention5▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Arrhythmias5▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Risk Stratification5▲ 60×1 topic
  17. Biomechanics5▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Rehabilitation5▲ 10.0×6 topics
  21. Surgical Treatment5▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  23. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Diagnosis4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  27. Revision Surgery4▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Endovascular Repair3▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Surgical Management3▲ 6.6×11 topics
  35. Internal Fixation3▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Surgery3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  37. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Embolization2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Liver Disease2▲ 24×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease a…2Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInternal Medicine

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher 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. Josefs Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%St. Josefs Hospital0.00046% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Josefs 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. Josefs Hospital10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2025.

Other research institutions in Wiesbaden

All research institutions in Wiesbaden

Share St. Josefs Hospital's ranking

St. Josefs Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with St. Josefs Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about St. Josefs Hospital. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.