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Stadtspital Waid

In research, Stadtspital Waid stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,819 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,717 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,095
of 22,385 · #11,940 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#107
of 186
Research works
830
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Stadtspital Waid

What is Stadtspital Waid 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 #3,819 of 9,902 6.8%99 #3589
MedicineField #3,717 of 8,541 8.4%78 #3329

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stadtspital Waid 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 Stadtspital Waid work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Stadtspital Waid is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (13%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 115 fractional works · 74.7% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 60.4% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKStadtspital Waid154fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences9%

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. Medicine9360.4%
    2. Health Professions2113.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.2%
    2. Social Sciences53.0%
    3. Psychology32.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.2%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics42.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    1. Engineering85.1%
    2. Environmental Science32.0%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.69× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.11× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.14× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.69×4 works
  2. Health Professions5.11×21 works
  3. Medicine3.14×93 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×5 works
  5. Nursing1.05×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.74×2 works
  8. Psychology0.66×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×5 works
  10. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.40×3 works
  12. Engineering0.34×8 works
  13. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.24×5 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stadtspital Waid?

Ranked on the quality score, Martín Krause, P Buchmann and Trudy Geisseler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stadtspital Waid.

  1. 1 Martín Krause Switzerland · #1,475,651 worldwide 24k citations · 552 works
  2. 2 P Buchmann Switzerland · #2,661,890 worldwide 2.2k citations · 206 works
  3. 3 Trudy Geisseler Switzerland · #2,719,338 worldwide 30 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Michael Dietrich Switzerland · #2,746,971 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Matthias Breidert Switzerland · #2,926,223 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Josef Altorfer Switzerland · #3,215,728 worldwide 918 citations · 68 works
  7. 7 Emanuele Maranta Switzerland · #3,227,845 worldwide 290 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Daniel P. Christen Switzerland · #3,800,888 worldwide 456 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Stephan Wieser Switzerland · #3,853,563 worldwide 200 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Roland Kunz Switzerland · #3,980,283 worldwide 384 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Stadtspital Waid

What are the most cited papers from Stadtspital Waid?

The most cited paper from Stadtspital Waid is "The Use of Diuretics in Heart Failure with Congestion — A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology" (Wilfried Müllens, Kevin Damman, Veli‐Pekka Harjola et al., 2019), with 1,116 citations. Next come "A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention" (812) and "Cutaneous melanoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up" (715).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Use of Diuretics in Heart Failure with Congestion — A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Wilfried Müllens, Kevin Damman, Veli‐Pekka Harjola et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 2019 1,116
2 A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention Heike Annette Bischoff-Ferrari, Walter Churchill Willett, Endel John Orav et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Jul 2012 812
3 Cutaneous melanoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up Reinhard Dummer, Axel Hauschild, Merlin Guggenheim et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 20 Sep 2012 715
4 Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system John P. Hirdes, Gunnar Ljunggren, John N. Morris et al. · BMC Health Services Research Open access Dec 2008 683
5 Course and Outcome of Chronic Pancreatitis R Ammann, A Akovbiantz, F Largiadèr et al. · Gastroenterology May 1984 532
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stadtspital Waid?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Aging, Healthcare, Elderly, Caregiving, Social Support, Community Living and Retirement.

▲ 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. Quality of Life18▲ 8.1×20 topics
  2. Aging17▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Healthcare16▲ 8.8×7 topics
  4. Elderly15▲ 40×4 topics
  5. Epidemiology15▲ 2.4×64 topics
  6. Caregiving14▲ 133×2 topics
  7. Community Living14▲ 222×1 topic
  8. Retirement14▲ 144×1 topic
  9. Social Support14▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Diagnosis10▲ 6.7×28 topics
  11. Treatment9▲ 4.8×29 topics
  12. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×33 topics
  13. Complications6▲ 7.4×11 topics
  14. Medical Ethics5▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Patient Rights5▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Economic Evaluation5▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Financial Analysis5▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Hypersonic Effect5▲ 216×1 topic
  19. Management5▲ 3.9×16 topics
  20. Monetary Policy5▲ 13×1 topic
  21. Ultrasonic Perception5▲ 216×1 topic
  22. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  23. Mortality5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  24. Genetic Testing4▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Surgery4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  26. Elderly Patients4▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Echocardiography4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  28. Guidelines4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  29. Heart Failure4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  30. Informed Consent4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Telemedicine4▲ 18×5 topics
  32. Healthcare Communication3▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Healthcare Law3▲ 167×1 topic
  34. Reproductive Medicine3▲ 167×1 topic
  35. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Glaucoma3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Palliative Care3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Adverse Drug Reactions3▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Clinical Pharmacy3▲ 175×1 topic
  40. Pharmaceutical Care3▲ 175×1 topic

Which research topics does Stadtspital Waid publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Medical and Health Sciences Research.

Aging, Elder Care, and S…14Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 14 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…5Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 5 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…5Human auditory perception and evaluation: 5 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…3Medical and Health Sciences Research: 3 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Pra…3Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 3 fractional worksEducational Reforms and …2Educational Reforms and Innovations: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsAerospace EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 14 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 3 works
  6. 6 Educational Reforms and Innovations Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  7. 7 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stadtspital Waid's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Stadtspital Waid as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Stadtspital Waid0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stadtspital Waid 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Stadtspital Waid6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 1992.

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