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Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten

In research, Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten stands highest in Medicine (#3,827 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,689 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,229
of 22,385 · #16,517 all time
Rank in Austria
#107
of 143
Research works
436
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten

What is Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten 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
MedicineField #3,827 of 8,541 8.0%78 #4259
Health SciencesDomain #4,689 of 9,902 7.9%83 #5255

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten 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 Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 97 fractional works · 77.2% of its workMedicine: 91 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitätsklinikumSt. Pölten125fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences7%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9172.7%
    2. Health Professions54.1%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities32.4%
    2. Psychology21.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    4. Social Sciences21.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering32.3%
    2. Computer Science11.2%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    7. 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.21× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.78×91 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.21×3 works
  3. Health Professions1.55×5 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.20×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×7 works
  6. Neuroscience1.05×2 works
  7. Nursing0.84×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.83×3 works
  9. Psychology0.56×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  14. Engineering0.15×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.13×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.01×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Oberndorfer, Birgit Pfaller and Erich K. Salomonowitz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten.

  1. 1 Stefan Oberndorfer Austria · #626,240 worldwide 4.1k citations · 182 works
  2. 2 Birgit Pfaller Austria · #1,195,242 worldwide 410 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Erich K. Salomonowitz Austria · #1,702,281 worldwide 3.5k citations · 142 works
  4. 4 Susanne Schubert Austria · #2,107,491 worldwide 425 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Andreas Maieron Austria · #2,142,900 worldwide 4.5k citations · 252 works
  6. 6 Sebastian Bernhofer Austria · #2,324,695 worldwide 402 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Friedrich Steger Austria · #2,894,579 worldwide 38 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Harald Mayr Austria · #3,133,696 worldwide 999 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Klaus Böheim Austria · #3,444,965 worldwide 442 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Julian Prosenz Austria · #3,719,958 worldwide 124 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten

What are the most cited papers from Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten?

The most cited paper from Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten is "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (Eli Coleman et al., 2022), with 2,672 citations. Next come "Post-contrast acute kidney injury – Part 1: Definition, clinical features, incidence, role of contrast medium and risk factors" (460) and "European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome – Update 2017" (452).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 Eli Coleman et al. · International Journal of Transgender Health Open access119 authors 19 Aug 2022 2,672
2 Post-contrast acute kidney injury – Part 1: Definition, clinical features, incidence, role of contrast medium and risk factors Aart J. van der Molen, Peter Reimer, Ilona A. Dekkers et al. · European Radiology Open access 9 Feb 2018 460
3 European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer consensus recommendations for the treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome – Update 2017 Franz Trautinger, Johanna Eder, Chalid Assaf et al. · European Journal of Cancer Open access 31 Mar 2017 452
4 EAACI guidelines on the diagnosis of IgE ‐mediated food allergy Alexandra F. Santos et al. · Allergy Open access 10 Oct 2023 297
5 Post-contrast acute kidney injury. Part 2: risk stratification, role of hydration and other prophylactic measures, patients taking metformin and chronic dialysis patients Aart J. van der Molen, Peter Reimer, Ilona A. Dekkers et al. · European Radiology Open access 7 Feb 2018 291
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Guidelines, Chemotherapy and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.4×72 topics
  2. Diagnosis8▲ 6.6×27 topics
  3. Management7▲ 7.2×23 topics
  4. Immunotherapy7▲ 7.3×16 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 4.3×27 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 1.96×32 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 3.7×17 topics
  8. Guidelines5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  9. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.2×17 topics
  10. Quality of Life4▲ 2.0×21 topics
  11. Mortality3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  12. Immune Response3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  13. Prevention3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  14. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  16. Children2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. Complications2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  18. Echocardiography2▲ 7.1×7 topics
  19. Heart Failure2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  20. Surgery2▲ 5.8×10 topics
  21. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  22. Radiotherapy2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  24. Screening2▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Lymphoma2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  27. Pancreatic Cancer2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  29. Colonoscopy2▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Colorectal Cancer2▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Gemcitabine2▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Maternal Mortality2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  33. Rituximab2▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Surgical Complications2▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Endovascular Repair2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Genetic Susceptibility2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Sepsis2▲ 7.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 1 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksSocial and Demographic I…1Social and Demographic Issues in Germany: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional works
OncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGastroenterologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  5. 5 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 1 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 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-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher 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 Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten 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%Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten11.3% 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 11.3% in 2025.

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