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Universitätsklinik Balgrist

In research, Universitätsklinik Balgrist stands highest in Health Sciences (#687 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#774 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#254 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 23.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,713
of 22,385 · #2,121 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#34
of 186
Research works
2.3k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
84k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.33×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Universitätsklinik Balgrist

What is Universitätsklinik Balgrist 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 #687 of 9,902 15.4%352 #672
MedicineField #774 of 8,541 15.6%339 #758
SurgerySubfield #254 of 1,532 16.5%148 #245

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitätsklinik Balgrist 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#672 #687
  2. Medicine#758 #774
  3. Surgery#245 #254
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Universitätsklinik Balgrist work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Universitätsklinik Balgrist is in Health Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Engineering (8%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 396 fractional works · 79.9% of its workMedicine: 382 fractional works · 77.0% of its workSurgery: 168 fractional works · 34.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 35 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 30 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitätsklinikBalgrist496fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine38277.0%
    2. Health Professions112.3%
    3. Dentistry20.3%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering428.4%
    2. Computer Science81.6%
    3. Materials Science20.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Neuroscience132.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology122.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences50.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities40.8%
    3. Psychology40.7%
    4. Decision Sciences20.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Universitätsklinik Balgrist specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 23.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 29.8 works23×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 168.5 works14×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 35.1 works14×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 382 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.01×382 works
  2. Neuroscience1.65×13 works
  3. Veterinary1.00×1 works
  4. Health Professions0.88×12 works
  5. Dentistry0.68×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×3 works
  7. Engineering0.56×42 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×12 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.33×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.28×4 works
  11. Psychology0.24×4 works
  12. Computer Science0.20×8 works
  13. Nursing0.16×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.11×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.07×5 works
  20. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universitätsklinik Balgrist?

Ranked on the quality score, Christian Gerber, Armin E. P. Curt and Christian W. A. Pfirrmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitätsklinik Balgrist.

  1. 1 Christian Gerber Switzerland · #26,891 worldwide 40k citations · 501 works
  2. 2 Armin E. P. Curt Switzerland · #66,091 worldwide 26k citations · 514 works
  3. 3 Christian W. A. Pfirrmann Switzerland · #69,168 worldwide 24k citations · 335 works
  4. 4 Volker H. Dietz Switzerland · #72,620 worldwide 33k citations · 458 works
  5. 5 Juerg Hodler Switzerland · #95,285 worldwide 22k citations · 195 works
  6. 6 Marco Zanetti Switzerland · #113,091 worldwide 20k citations · 202 works
  7. 7 Norbert Boos Switzerland · #161,199 worldwide 16k citations · 187 works
  8. 8 Shawna E. McCallin Switzerland · #169,860 worldwide 3.1k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Sabrina Catanzaro Switzerland · #203,441 worldwide 2.8k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Marc Bolliger Switzerland · #251,467 worldwide 5.6k citations · 114 works
All ranked researchers at Universitätsklinik Balgrist

What are the most cited papers from Universitätsklinik Balgrist?

The most cited paper from Universitätsklinik Balgrist is "Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration" (Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Alexander Metzdorf, Marco Zanetti et al., 2001), with 4,061 citations. Next come "The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection" (3,707) and "Traumatic spinal cord injury" (2,463).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Magnetic Resonance Classification of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Alexander Metzdorf, Marco Zanetti et al. · Spine Sep 2001 4,061
2 The development of Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for axial spondyloarthritis (part II): validation and final selection Martín Rudwaleit et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 18 Mar 2009 3,707
3 Traumatic spinal cord injury Christopher S. Ahuja, Jefferson R. Wilson, Satoshi Nori et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 26 Apr 2017 2,463
4 The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society classification criteria for peripheral spondyloarthritis and for spondyloarthritis in general Martín Rudwaleit, Désirée van der Heijde, R. B. M. Landewé et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 25 Nov 2010 1,769
5 The Etiology of Osteoarthritis of the Hip Reinhold Ganz, Michael Leunig, Katharina Leunig-Ganz et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Open access 24 Jan 2008 1,594
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universitätsklinik Balgrist?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Complications, Degenerative Disc Disease, Low Back Pain, Spinal Fusion and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 4.6×52 topics
  2. Biomechanics46▲ 31×9 topics
  3. Rehabilitation45▲ 23×9 topics
  4. Complications38▲ 16×9 topics
  5. Degenerative Disc Disease38▲ 81×2 topics
  6. Low Back Pain36▲ 43×4 topics
  7. Spinal Fusion34▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Revision Surgery34▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Total Hip Replacement34▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Surgical Treatment32▲ 34×6 topics
  11. Arthroplasty30▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Shoulder Function28▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Clinical Outcomes27▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Intervertebral Disc26▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Lumbar Disc Degeneration26▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Spinal Surgery26▲ 69×2 topics
  17. Surgical Management25▲ 12×10 topics
  18. Rotator Cuff Tears21▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Shoulder Pathology21▲ 68×1 topic
  20. Patient Satisfaction21▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Health-related Quality of Life20▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Outcomes20▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Chronic Pain19▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Clinical Trials19▲ 5.8×12 topics
  25. Alignment19▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Total Knee Replacement19▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Functional Recovery16▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Osteoarthritis16▲ 24×5 topics
  29. Prevention16▲ 7.4×5 topics
  30. Hip Arthroplasty15▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Wear Particles15▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Regeneration15▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Distal Radius Fractures14▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Flexor Tendon Repair14▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Pedicle Screw Fixation14▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Vertebroplasty14▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Gait Analysis14▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Dysphagia12▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Anterior Cervical Discectomy12▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Cervical Spine Surgery12▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Universitätsklinik Balgrist publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Spine and Intervertebral…26Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 26 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…21Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 21 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …19Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 19 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…15Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 15 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 14 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…12Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 12 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…12Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 12 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery11Foot and Ankle Surgery: 11 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…10Hip disorders and treatments: 10 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 26 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 21 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 19 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 15 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 14 works
  6. 6 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 14 works
  7. 7 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 12 works
  8. 8 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 12 works
  9. 9 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 11 works
  10. 10 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 10 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universitätsklinik Balgrist'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 Universitätsklinik Balgrist as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Universitätsklinik Balgrist0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universitätsklinik Balgrist 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 counting10%20%30%Universitätsklinik Balgrist17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2001.

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