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University Hospital Münster

In research, University Hospital Münster stands highest in Medicine (#394 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#551 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#733 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Reproductive Medicine and Genetics — Dermatology is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,647
of 28,054 · #1,789 all time
Rank in Germany
#85
of 1,178
Research works
10k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
262k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is University Hospital Münster 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 #394 of 10,443 18.1%1,330 #430
Health SciencesDomain #551 of 11,982 18.2%1,410 #519
Life SciencesDomain #733 of 7,800 19.9%363 #852
SurgerySubfield #299 of 1,816 18.1%237 #388
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,057 of 3,579 17.9%226 #989
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #244 of 738 19.3%111 #298
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #472 of 1,144 14.5%128 #352
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,058 of 2,175 18.1%121 #987
EpidemiologySubfield #487 of 976 17.0%102 #619
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #419 of 682 25.3%62 #629

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Münster 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#430 #394
  2. Health Sciences#519 #551
  3. Life Sciences#852 #733
  4. Surgery#388 #299
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#989 #1,057
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#298 #244
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#352 #472
  8. Molecular Biology#987 #1,058
  9. Epidemiology#619 #487
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#629 #419
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 Münster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 34.8 works6.8×
  2. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 26.3 works6.0×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 31.6 works5.9×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 111.0 works5.4×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 237.4 works5.2×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 226 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.17× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.98× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 1,330 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospital Münster?

Ranked on the composite score, Lars Eckardt, Gerhard‐Paul Diller and Helmut Baumgartner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Münster.

  1. 1 Lars Eckardt Germany · #7,266 worldwide 855 citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Gerhard‐Paul Diller Germany · #9,349 worldwide 749 citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Helmut Baumgartner Germany · #17,696 worldwide 479 citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Dominik Bettenworth Germany · #29,428 worldwide 424 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Kambiz Rahbar Germany · #36,210 worldwide 360 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Heribert Jürgens Germany · #39,405 worldwide 314 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Alexander Zarbock Germany · #41,486 worldwide 358 citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Eric Schulze‐Bahr Germany · #44,035 worldwide 478 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Johannes Waltenberger Germany · #45,140 worldwide 437 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Karsten Becker Germany · #51,292 worldwide 635 citations · 104 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Münster

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Münster?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology211▲ 2.7×126 topics
  2. Inflammation98▲ 2.4×78 topics
  3. Immunotherapy79▲ 5.7×19 topics
  4. Quality of Life72▲ 2.6×40 topics
  5. Treatment68▲ 2.9×48 topics
  6. Cancer67▲ 2.6×47 topics
  7. Diagnosis64▲ 3.5×40 topics
  8. Chemotherapy59▲ 4.3×25 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors58▲ 6.8×14 topics
  10. Complications56▲ 5.8×16 topics
  11. Risk Factors54▲ 2.5×34 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress52▲ 1.63×48 topics
  13. Radiotherapy50▲ 6.7×13 topics
  14. Surgical Management50▲ 6.3×19 topics
  15. Management45▲ 3.0×31 topics
  16. Biomarkers43▲ 3.3×16 topics
  17. Rehabilitation43▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations43▲ 5.1×23 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines40▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Clinical Trials38▲ 2.9×19 topics
  21. Biomechanics37▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Guidelines37▲ 4.1×13 topics
  23. Heart Failure36▲ 4.3×13 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders35▲ 3.2×18 topics
  25. Echocardiography32▲ 6.0×7 topics
  26. Prognosis32▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Health-related Quality of Life30▲ 6.5×6 topics
  28. Arrhythmias28▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Revision Surgery27▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement27▲ 11×2 topics
  31. PET Imaging27▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Sudden Cardiac Death26▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Lymphoma26▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation25▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Autoantibodies24▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Molecular Classification24▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Rituximab24▲ 8.2×4 topics
  38. Staphylococcus aureus24▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Immune Dysregulation21▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Ion Channels21▲ 9.8×4 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital Münster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Dermatology and Skin Diseases, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…20Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…18Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 18 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 16 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 16 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 15 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 14 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…14Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 14 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 12 fractional works
GeneticsDermatologySurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 20 works
  2. 2 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 18 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 16 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 16 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 15 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 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 available38.6%not open61.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Münster's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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