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Stadtspital Waid

In research, Stadtspital Waid stands highest in Medicine (#8,020 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,789 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,372
of 28,054 · #23,356 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#177
of 220
Research works
830
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Stadtspital Waid 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 #8,020 of 10,443 10.8%78 #7404
Health SciencesDomain #9,789 of 11,982 8.9%99 #8096

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

What does Stadtspital Waid specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 20.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.81× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× 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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.75× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.00× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× 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, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stadtspital Waid?

Ranked on the composite score, Martín Krause, A Akovbiantz and H Bühler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stadtspital Waid.

  1. 1 Martín Krause Switzerland · #5,394 worldwide 640 citations · 133 works
  2. 2 A Akovbiantz Switzerland · #102,197 worldwide 97 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 H Bühler Switzerland · #667,120 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Lars C Huber Switzerland · #838,883 worldwide 33 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Schnyder Uw Switzerland · #936,002 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 W Steinbrunn Switzerland · #1,441,562 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Stadtspital Waid

Which keywords describe research at Stadtspital Waid?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Quality of Life18▲ 9.0×19 topics
  2. Aging17▲ 23×6 topics
  3. Healthcare15▲ 9.9×6 topics
  4. Elderly15▲ 44×4 topics
  5. Caregiving14▲ 140×2 topics
  6. Community Living14▲ 229×1 topic
  7. Retirement14▲ 151×1 topic
  8. Social Support14▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Epidemiology13▲ 2.4×58 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 6.6×26 topics
  11. Treatment8▲ 4.8×27 topics
  12. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×30 topics
  13. Medical Ethics5▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Patient Rights5▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Complications5▲ 7.7×10 topics
  16. Economic Evaluation5▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Financial Analysis5▲ 30×1 topic
  18. Hypersonic Effect5▲ 253×1 topic
  19. Monetary Policy5▲ 15×1 topic
  20. Ultrasonic Perception5▲ 253×1 topic
  21. Genetic Testing4▲ 28×4 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  23. Surgery4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  24. Elderly Patients4▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  26. Informed Consent4▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Telemedicine4▲ 21×5 topics
  28. Guidelines3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  29. Healthcare Communication3▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Healthcare Law3▲ 179×1 topic
  31. Reproductive Medicine3▲ 179×1 topic
  32. Echocardiography3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  33. Heart Failure3▲ 5.7×10 topics
  34. Palliative Care3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Adverse Drug Reactions3▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Clinical Pharmacy3▲ 185×1 topic
  37. Pharmaceutical Care3▲ 185×1 topic
  38. Pain Management3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  39. Environmental Risk Assessment2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Pollution Monitoring2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Stadtspital Waid publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 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 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stadtspital Waid's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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