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University Hospital of Zurich

In research, University Hospital of Zurich stands highest in Medicine (#120 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#175 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#92 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Genetics — Transplantation is 20.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#906
of 28,054 · #721 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#9
of 220
Research works
24k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
769k
32.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is University Hospital of Zurich 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 #120 of 10,443 18.8%2,198 #132
Health SciencesDomain #175 of 11,982 18.9%2,313 #171
SurgerySubfield #92 of 1,816 21.3%335 #100
Life SciencesDomain #454 of 7,800 21.0%504 #305
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #185 of 1,144 14.3%282 #97
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #136 of 738 16.8%172 #156
Physical SciencesDomain #3,327 of 12,888 23.3%189 #3495
Social SciencesDomain #2,855 of 10,521 25.5%167 #2388
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #159 of 569 19.0%145 #53
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,020 of 3,579 19.2%267 #628

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital of Zurich 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#132 #120
  2. Health Sciences#171 #175
  3. Surgery#100 #92
  4. Life Sciences#305 #454
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#97 #185
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#156 #136
  7. Physical Sciences#3,495 #3,327
  8. Social Sciences#2,388 #2,855
  9. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#53 #159
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#628 #1,020
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 Zurich specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 29.6 works21×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 282.4 works5.8×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 45.6 works5.3×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 172.5 works5.2×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 145.0 works5.1×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 267 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 86 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.53× its world share, 130 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 95 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 82 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 2,198 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 96 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 35 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 Zurich?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Ruschitzka, Francesco Maisano and Oliver Gaemperli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital of Zurich.

  1. 1 Frank Ruschitzka Switzerland · #1,235 worldwide 2k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Francesco Maisano Switzerland · #9,470 worldwide 1.3k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Oliver Gaemperli Switzerland · #10,533 worldwide 1.8k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Rudolf Speich Switzerland · #13,189 worldwide 651 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Michael Weller Switzerland · #13,332 worldwide 2.7k citations · 391 works
  6. 6 Steffen Gay Switzerland · #14,775 worldwide 730 citations · 92 works
  7. 7 Stephan R. Vavricka Switzerland · #15,882 worldwide 530 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Gerd A. Kullak‐Ublick Switzerland · #17,197 worldwide 557 citations · 61 works
  9. 9 Christian M. Matter Switzerland · #17,389 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Huldrych F. Günthard Switzerland · #20,486 worldwide 419 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital of Zurich

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital of Zurich?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Management, Radiotherapy 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. Epidemiology317▲ 2.5×124 topics
  2. Inflammation171▲ 2.6×81 topics
  3. Treatment152▲ 4.0×47 topics
  4. Diagnosis136▲ 4.6×39 topics
  5. Immunotherapy119▲ 5.3×19 topics
  6. Management110▲ 4.4×30 topics
  7. Quality of Life99▲ 2.2×47 topics
  8. Cancer95▲ 2.2×48 topics
  9. Risk Factors95▲ 2.7×36 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress91▲ 1.75×55 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease86▲ 2.4×36 topics
  12. Radiotherapy82▲ 6.8×13 topics
  13. Chemotherapy73▲ 3.3×25 topics
  14. Heart Failure72▲ 5.3×13 topics
  15. Echocardiography71▲ 8.3×8 topics
  16. Mortality71▲ 3.9×13 topics
  17. Guidelines66▲ 4.5×13 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders66▲ 3.7×20 topics
  19. Depression65▲ 2.3×23 topics
  20. Complications64▲ 4.0×16 topics
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging63▲ 7.8×8 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 3.6×14 topics
  23. Clinical Trials60▲ 2.8×18 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations57▲ 4.2×23 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors57▲ 4.1×14 topics
  26. Global Burden56▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Surgical Management56▲ 4.3×20 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction55▲ 7.5×7 topics
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction53▲ 7.2×8 topics
  30. Immunosuppressive Therapy50▲ 8.4×8 topics
  31. Autoantibodies50▲ 6.7×8 topics
  32. Surgery49▲ 4.4×12 topics
  33. Fibrosis45▲ 7.6×8 topics
  34. Graft Survival41▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease39▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines39▲ 5.8×7 topics
  37. Molecular Classification37▲ 7.7×4 topics
  38. Radiation Exposure36▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Cardiac Imaging34▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease34▲ 9.1×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…26Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 26 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…25Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 25 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 23 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…23Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 23 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…20Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 20 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 20 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 20 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…19Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 19 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 16 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingTransplantationPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 26 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 25 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 23 works
  4. 4 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  6. 6 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 19 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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