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Swiss Continence Foundation

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Research works
106
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Swiss Continence Foundation

Not ranked overall: Swiss Continence Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Swiss Continence Foundation work in?

In all years, 69% of research at Swiss Continence Foundation is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 73 fractional works · 69.0% of its workMedicine: 70 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 10.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss ContinenceFoundation106fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine7065.8%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology109.3%
    2. Neuroscience32.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences77.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.7%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Environmental Science21.6%
    2. Engineering21.5%
    3. Chemistry10.7%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Computer Science00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.46×0 works
  2. Neuroscience3.80×1 works
  3. Veterinary3.30×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.93×0 works
  5. Medicine2.43×7 works
  6. Psychology2.02×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.93×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.27×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.13×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.95×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×0 works
  12. Nursing0.57×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.39×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×0 works
  15. Engineering0.09×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Continence Foundation?

The most cited paper from Swiss Continence Foundation is "Comprehensive geriatric assessment: a meta-analysis of controlled trials" (Andreas Ernst Stuck, Albert L. Siu, Gilbert Darryl Wieland et al., 1993), with 1,995 citations. Next come "Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer Today—A Homogeneous Series Without Neoadjuvant Therapy" (761) and "Cognitive dysfunction in HIV patients despite long-standing suppression of viremia" (708).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comprehensive geriatric assessment: a meta-analysis of controlled trials Andreas Ernst Stuck, Albert L. Siu, Gilbert Darryl Wieland et al. · The Lancet Review Oct 1993 1,995
2 Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer Today—A Homogeneous Series Without Neoadjuvant Therapy Stephan Madersbacher, WERNER W. HOCHREITER, Fiona C. Burkhard et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 13 Feb 2003 761
3 Cognitive dysfunction in HIV patients despite long-standing suppression of viremia Samanta Simioni, Matthias L. Cavassini, Jean-Marie Annoni et al. · AIDS Open access 18 Mar 2010 708
4 Global, Regional, and National Burden of Calcific Aortic Valve and Degenerative Mitral Valve Diseases, 1990–2017 Simon Yadgir et al. · Circulation 29 Mar 2020 492
5 Latissimus Dorsi Transfer for the Treatment of Irreparable Tears of the Rotator Cuff Christian Gerber · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Feb 1992 471
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Continence Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Atherosclerosis and Immunotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.4×53 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×33 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.7×17 topics
  4. Guidelines4▲ 8.3×9 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 3.5×22 topics
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress4▲ 1.81×19 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  9. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.8×14 topics
  10. Mortality3▲ 6.1×9 topics
  11. Atherosclerosis3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.2×9 topics
  13. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  14. Management3▲ 3.2×12 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Colonialism2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  17. Complications2▲ 4.3×11 topics
  18. Heart Failure2▲ 4.8×10 topics
  19. Gene Expression2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Echocardiography2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  22. Coronary Stents2▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Diplomacy2▲ 20×2 topics
  24. International Relations2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  25. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Soviet Union2▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Hypertension2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  28. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  29. Perfusion Imaging2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Postoperative Complications2▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 18×3 topics
  34. European Union2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  35. Quantitative2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Cardiac Risk2▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Perioperative2▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Preterm Infants2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Continence Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical Influence and Diplomacy, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Historical Influence and…1Historical Influence and Diplomacy: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksBacterial Infections and Vaccines: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 0 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…0Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEconomics and EconometricsMicrobiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 0 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 0 works
  7. 7 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Continence Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Swiss Continence Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Swiss Continence Foundation0.000079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss Continence Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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