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University Hospital of Bern

In research, University Hospital of Bern stands highest in Medicine (#172 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#246 of 11,982 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#57 of 738 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging — Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,223
of 28,054 · #1,317 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#15
of 220
Research works
17k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
437k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is University Hospital of Bern 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 #172 of 10,443 20.0%2,048 #215
Health SciencesDomain #246 of 11,982 20.0%2,170 #256
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #57 of 738 20.0%223 #97
Life SciencesDomain #725 of 7,800 20.1%408 #758
SurgerySubfield #181 of 1,816 18.5%305 #128
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #164 of 1,144 19.5%202 #169
EpidemiologySubfield #195 of 976 22.8%132 #250
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #940 of 3,579 20.9%193 #1345
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #157 of 569 16.1%186 #167
Physical SciencesDomain #4,635 of 12,888 15.3%204 #5921

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital of Bern 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#215 #172
  2. Health Sciences#256 #246
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#97 #57
  4. Life Sciences#758 #725
  5. Surgery#128 #181
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#169 #164
  7. Epidemiology#250 #195
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,345 #940
  9. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#167 #157
  10. Physical Sciences#5,921 #4,635
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 of Bern specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works7.3×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 222.6 works7.2×
  3. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 186.4 works7.1×
  4. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 24.1 works5.5×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 21.0 works5.2×
  6. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 34.2 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: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 193 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 56 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.00× its world share, 143 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 91 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 99 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 2,048 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 65 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 48 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 of Bern?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephan Windecker, Roland Wiest and Lorenz Räber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital of Bern.

  1. 1 Stephan Windecker Switzerland · #471 worldwide 4.2k citations · 273 works
  2. 2 Roland Wiest Switzerland · #2,222 worldwide 1.4k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Lorenz Räber Switzerland · #4,934 worldwide 1.2k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Stefan Stortecky Switzerland · #9,655 worldwide 668 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Thomas Pilgrim Switzerland · #12,014 worldwide 549 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Heinrich P. Mattle Switzerland · #17,628 worldwide 381 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 A.L. de Weck Switzerland · #20,566 worldwide 292 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Nils Kucher Switzerland · #25,186 worldwide 412 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Drahomir Aujesky Switzerland · #27,742 worldwide 329 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Peter Wenaweser Switzerland · #30,785 worldwide 434 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital of Bern

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital of Bern?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Inflammation, Treatment, Management and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology294▲ 2.5×125 topics
  2. Inflammation143▲ 2.4×80 topics
  3. Diagnosis118▲ 4.3×41 topics
  4. Treatment116▲ 3.3×47 topics
  5. Magnetic Resonance Imaging108▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Quality of Life99▲ 2.3×50 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease96▲ 2.9×35 topics
  8. Risk Factors94▲ 2.9×34 topics
  9. Guidelines90▲ 6.6×13 topics
  10. Management88▲ 3.8×30 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress78▲ 1.62×52 topics
  12. Cancer74▲ 1.88×48 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome68▲ 2.9×22 topics
  14. Heart Failure65▲ 5.2×13 topics
  15. Mortality64▲ 3.8×13 topics
  16. Immunotherapy64▲ 3.0×19 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders63▲ 3.8×20 topics
  18. Echocardiography62▲ 7.8×8 topics
  19. Complications61▲ 4.2×17 topics
  20. Chemotherapy58▲ 2.8×25 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation56▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Perfusion Imaging55▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction54▲ 8.0×7 topics
  24. Surgical Management52▲ 4.3×20 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines52▲ 3.2×14 topics
  26. Functional MRI50▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Rehabilitation48▲ 4.2×13 topics
  28. Spectroscopy48▲ 9.7×5 topics
  29. Parallel Imaging47▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging47▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Stroke Prevention46▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Pathophysiology44▲ 5.0×11 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk42▲ 4.6×9 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy42▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement38▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement38▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Atrial Fibrillation34▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Arrhythmias33▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Cardiac Imaging33▲ 9.3×3 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair32▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital of Bern publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 47 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 38 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…30Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 30 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…27Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 27 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 26 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 26 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…20Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 20 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 18 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 17 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 47 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 38 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 30 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 27 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 26 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 17 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 available45.3%not open54.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital of Bern's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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