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University Hospital Heidelberg

In research, University Hospital Heidelberg stands highest in Health Sciences (#167 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#147 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#277 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hepatology and Oncology — Genetics is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#647
of 28,054 · #822 all time
Rank in Germany
#32
of 1,178
Research works
20k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
545k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is University Hospital Heidelberg 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
Health SciencesDomain #167 of 11,982 20.2%2,665 #217
MedicineField #147 of 10,443 19.9%2,447 #183
Life SciencesDomain #277 of 7,800 23.8%731 #361
SurgerySubfield #160 of 1,816 17.0%358 #242
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #107 of 1,144 17.7%284 #96
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #368 of 3,579 23.7%453 #405
OncologySubfield #103 of 772 21.5%215 #124
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #80 of 569 22.6%155 #101
Molecular BiologySubfield #335 of 2,175 23.8%252 #429
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #124 of 738 18.1%169 #174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Heidelberg 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#217 #167
  2. Medicine#183 #147
  3. Life Sciences#361 #277
  4. Surgery#242 #160
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#96 #107
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#405 #368
  7. Oncology#124 #103
  8. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#101 #80
  9. Molecular Biology#429 #335
  10. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#174 #124
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does University Hospital Heidelberg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 71.7 works6.6×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 37.3 works4.8×
  3. OncologySubfield · 214.5 works4.8×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 283.9 works4.6×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 25.2 works4.6×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.12× its world share, 453 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 110 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.13× its world share, 138 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 57 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.86× its world share, 36 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 156 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 2,447 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 188 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospital Heidelberg?

Ranked on the composite score, G. Cazzolato, Christoph Springfeld and P Avogaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Heidelberg.

  1. 1 G. Cazzolato Germany · #321,752 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Christoph Springfeld Germany · #415,494 worldwide 84 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 P Avogaro Germany · #483,313 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Stefan Kölker Germany · #599,261 worldwide 157 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Daniel Hühn Germany · #619,280 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Marcus Schiltenwolf Germany · #731,214 worldwide 40 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Uwe Frank Germany · #940,769 worldwide 63 citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Henning Lenhartz Germany · #1,150,016 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Isabella D. Baur Germany · #1,543,726 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Emanuel Reitemeyer Germany · #1,599,500 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Heidelberg

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Heidelberg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Treatment, Prognostic Factors and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology380▲ 2.4×132 topics
  2. Inflammation219▲ 2.6×83 topics
  3. Immunotherapy167▲ 5.9×19 topics
  4. Cancer138▲ 2.6×52 topics
  5. Chemotherapy136▲ 4.8×24 topics
  6. Treatment135▲ 2.8×50 topics
  7. Quality of Life124▲ 2.1×53 topics
  8. Risk Factors115▲ 2.6×37 topics
  9. Diagnosis113▲ 3.0×41 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress112▲ 1.71×57 topics
  11. Radiotherapy103▲ 6.7×13 topics
  12. Depression96▲ 2.7×21 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors96▲ 5.5×14 topics
  14. Management94▲ 3.0×30 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease93▲ 2.1×37 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines90▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. Public Health88▲ 1.51×58 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment85▲ 4.8×8 topics
  19. Clinical Trials84▲ 3.1×19 topics
  20. Guidelines84▲ 4.5×13 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations78▲ 4.5×23 topics
  22. Heart Failure74▲ 4.3×13 topics
  23. Biomarkers71▲ 2.6×17 topics
  24. Precision Medicine71▲ 3.8×8 topics
  25. Mortality70▲ 3.0×13 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome70▲ 2.2×22 topics
  27. Surgical Management68▲ 4.1×20 topics
  28. Global Burden67▲ 3.1×12 topics
  29. Medical Imaging63▲ 3.1×9 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy61▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Anxiety60▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Rehabilitation59▲ 3.7×13 topics
  33. Echocardiography57▲ 5.3×8 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy54▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Prognosis53▲ 4.1×9 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging53▲ 5.2×8 topics
  37. Molecular Classification51▲ 8.5×4 topics
  38. Myocardial Infarction46▲ 4.9×7 topics
  39. Glioblastoma43▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Temozolomide43▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does University Hospital Heidelberg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 43 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 30 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…26Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 26 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…23Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 23 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 21 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 19 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…19Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 18 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 16 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…16Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 16 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 43 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 30 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 26 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 23 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 21 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 19 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 18 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 16 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.8%domestic only67.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Heidelberg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.