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University Hospital Leipzig

In research, University Hospital Leipzig stands highest in Medicine (#709 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#947 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#441 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hematology and Surgery — Genetics is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,070
of 28,054 · #4,012 all time
Rank in Germany
#148
of 1,178
Research works
6.3k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
104k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is University Hospital Leipzig 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 #709 of 10,443 12.8%1,054 #1034
Health SciencesDomain #947 of 11,982 12.7%1,133 #1293
SurgerySubfield #441 of 1,816 12.5%196 #634
Life SciencesDomain #1,962 of 7,800 15.2%210 #2148
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,131 of 3,579 15.4%129 #2218
Social SciencesDomain #6,463 of 10,521 24.3%78 #7927
EpidemiologySubfield #732 of 976 14.5%68 #1221
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #903 of 1,144 10.0%87 #1045
OncologySubfield #627 of 772 14.6%70 #1140
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,872 of 2,175 15.2%63 #2335

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Leipzig 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. Medicine#1,034 #709
  2. Health Sciences#1,293 #947
  3. Surgery#634 #441
  4. Life Sciences#2,148 #1,962
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,218 #2,131
  6. Social Sciences#7,927 #6,463
  7. Epidemiology#1,221 #732
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,045 #903
  9. Oncology#1,140 #627
  10. Molecular Biology#2,335 #1,872
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 Leipzig specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 31.8 works7.9×
  2. HematologySubfield · 32.9 works7.3×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 195.9 works5.7×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 23.0 works5.4×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 129 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.97× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 1,054 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospital Leipzig?

Ranked on the composite score, Ulrich Laufs, Rolf‐Dieter Kortmann and Uwe Platzbecker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Leipzig.

  1. 1 Ulrich Laufs Germany · #9,813 worldwide 782 citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Rolf‐Dieter Kortmann Germany · #48,683 worldwide 265 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Uwe Platzbecker Germany · #96,989 worldwide 665 citations · 172 works
  4. 4 Dierk Scheinert Germany · #98,858 worldwide 225 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Andreas Hagendorff Germany · #117,801 worldwide 202 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Arne Dietrich Germany · #164,978 worldwide 125 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Andrej Schmidt Germany · #213,382 worldwide 109 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Florian van Bömmel Germany · #225,300 worldwide 140 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Anja Mehnert Germany · #235,544 worldwide 215 citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Hubert Wirtz Germany · #266,755 worldwide 134 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Leipzig

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Leipzig?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Treatment and Obesity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155▲ 2.6×117 topics
  2. Inflammation103▲ 3.4×74 topics
  3. Treatment58▲ 3.2×45 topics
  4. Quality of Life53▲ 2.5×44 topics
  5. Chemotherapy52▲ 5.0×22 topics
  6. Diagnosis52▲ 3.8×38 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines49▲ 6.1×14 topics
  8. Obesity48▲ 4.3×22 topics
  9. Complications47▲ 6.3×17 topics
  10. Immunotherapy47▲ 4.4×19 topics
  11. Risk Factors47▲ 2.9×32 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome46▲ 3.9×22 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 2.8×33 topics
  14. Cancer44▲ 2.2×46 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors42▲ 6.6×14 topics
  16. Management39▲ 3.3×29 topics
  17. Radiotherapy38▲ 6.7×13 topics
  18. Clinical Trials36▲ 3.6×17 topics
  19. Diabetes35▲ 4.8×17 topics
  20. Surgical Management35▲ 5.7×20 topics
  21. Guidelines34▲ 5.0×13 topics
  22. Mortality33▲ 3.9×12 topics
  23. Surgery31▲ 5.9×11 topics
  24. Rehabilitation30▲ 5.2×11 topics
  25. Prognosis29▲ 6.1×9 topics
  26. Heart Failure29▲ 4.6×13 topics
  27. Genetics29▲ 2.8×20 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines27▲ 6.3×9 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance26▲ 3.9×10 topics
  30. Type 2 Diabetes25▲ 7.7×6 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations25▲ 3.9×23 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life23▲ 6.7×6 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy23▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Weight Loss22▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Metastasis22▲ 4.5×12 topics
  36. Molecular Classification21▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Atherosclerosis21▲ 5.0×11 topics
  38. Glycemic Control19▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Insulin Therapy18▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Survival18▲ 9.0×4 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital Leipzig publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Health and Medical Studies.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…12Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…12Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 12 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 10 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 10 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 10 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 9 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…9Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 8 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional works
GeneticsHematologyOtorhinolaryngologyGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 12 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 12 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 10 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 10 works
  5. 5 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  6. 6 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 10 works
  7. 7 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 9 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Leipzig's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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