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St. Josefs Hospital

In research, St. Josefs Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,266 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,064 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,449
of 28,054 · #24,604 all time
Rank in Germany
#928
of 1,178
Research works
553
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is St. Josefs 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 #7,266 of 10,443 10.9%85 #5876
Health SciencesDomain #9,064 of 11,982 11.1%89 #7766

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does St. Josefs Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.8 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.30× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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.

Who are the top researchers at St. Josefs Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Boris Gabriel and K Vetter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Josefs Hospital.

  1. 1 Boris Gabriel Germany · #776,483 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 K Vetter Germany · #1,484,684 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at St. Josefs Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Josefs Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.1×43 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation9▲ 71×2 topics
  3. Complications8▲ 15×10 topics
  4. Guidelines7▲ 14×9 topics
  5. Mortality6▲ 9.7×8 topics
  6. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 53×2 topics
  7. Quality of Life5▲ 3.7×16 topics
  8. Treatment5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  9. Inflammation5▲ 2.5×27 topics
  10. Stroke Prevention5▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 38×1 topic
  12. Heart Failure5▲ 11×10 topics
  13. Risk Stratification5▲ 66×1 topic
  14. Arrhythmias5▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Echocardiography5▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  18. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Rehabilitation4▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment4▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Biomechanics4▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Risk Factors4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  23. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Revision Surgery4▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Diagnosis3▲ 3.5×12 topics
  30. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Surgery3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  34. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Liver Disease2▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Embolization2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Internal Fixation2▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Arthroplasty2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Deep Vein Thrombosis2▲ 26×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular In…2Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 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 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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