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University Hospital Plzen

In research, University Hospital Plzen stands highest in Medicine (#5,121 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,241 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,631
of 22,385 · #30,246 all time
Rank in Czechia
#57
of 110
Research works
1.7k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
University Hospital Plzen

What is University Hospital Plzen known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,121 of 8,541 4.4%141 #12940
Health SciencesDomain #6,241 of 9,902 4.5%148 #15387

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Plzen 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does University Hospital Plzen work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at University Hospital Plzen is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 173 fractional works · 75.6% of its workMedicine: 165 fractional works · 72.3% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversityHospital Plzen229fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16572.3%
    2. Health Professions41.8%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry20.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology187.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.2%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences83.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities62.5%
    3. Psychology31.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Engineering41.9%
    2. Computer Science20.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does University Hospital Plzen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 33.2 works6.2×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×165 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×5 works
  3. Nursing1.49×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×18 works
  5. Dentistry1.40×2 works
  6. Neuroscience0.95×4 works
  7. Veterinary0.94×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.87×6 works
  9. Health Professions0.68×4 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.53×1 works
  11. Psychology0.44×3 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.29×8 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  15. Engineering0.13×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  17. Energy0.11×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at University Hospital Plzen?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Pradl, P Pelnar and Ivan Chytra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Plzen.

  1. 1 Richard Pradl Czechia · #3,516,523 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 P Pelnar Czechia · #3,741,254 worldwide 344 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Ivan Chytra Czechia · #4,272,978 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Jan Lejčko Czechia · #4,318,483 worldwide 548 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Eduard Kasal Czechia · #4,397,299 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Ondra Hes Czechia · #4,715,725 worldwide 102 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jiří Pouska Czechia · #5,177,907 worldwide 244 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Petra Jandová Czechia · #5,275,972 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 František Šlauf Czechia · #5,336,410 worldwide 153 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Eva Ferdová Czechia · #5,346,413 worldwide 697 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Plzen

What are the most cited papers from University Hospital Plzen?

The most cited paper from University Hospital Plzen is "EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: The 2010 Update" (Börje Ljungberg, Nigel C. Cowan, Damian C. Hanbury et al., 2010), with 1,269 citations. Next come "The International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Vancouver Classification of Renal Neoplasia" (1,055) and "Lenvatinib, everolimus, and the combination in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomised, phase 2, open-label, multicentre trial" (957).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: The 2010 Update Börje Ljungberg, Nigel C. Cowan, Damian C. Hanbury et al. · European Urology 13 Jul 2010 1,269
2 The International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP) Vancouver Classification of Renal Neoplasia John R. Srigley, Brett Delahunt, John N. Eble et al. · The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 11 Sep 2013 1,055
3 Lenvatinib, everolimus, and the combination in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomised, phase 2, open-label, multicentre trial Robert John Motzer, Thomas E. Hutson, Hilary Glen et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 25 Oct 2015 957
4 Molecular targets for cancer therapy in the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway Jiří Polívka, Filip Jankú · Pharmacology & Therapeutics 9 Dec 2013 783
5 Standard graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis with or without anti-T-cell globulin in haematopoietic cell transplantation from matched unrelated donors: a randomised, open-label, multicentre phase 3 trial Jürgen Finke et al. · The Lancet Oncology 19 Aug 2009 733
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Plzen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Complications and Management.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology31▲ 3.4×77 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 6.0×26 topics
  3. Chemotherapy11▲ 7.0×17 topics
  4. Treatment11▲ 4.0×27 topics
  5. Immunotherapy9▲ 5.6×16 topics
  6. Management9▲ 5.0×20 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors9▲ 9.1×14 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.3×12 topics
  9. Complications8▲ 7.0×14 topics
  10. Guidelines7▲ 6.8×9 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.8×20 topics
  12. Risk Factors7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  13. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.6×12 topics
  14. Quality of Life7▲ 1.99×21 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.2×18 topics
  16. Biomarkers5▲ 3.4×6 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  18. Global Burden5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  19. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  20. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.1×12 topics
  21. Surgical Management5▲ 5.1×14 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  23. Autoantibodies4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  24. Surgery4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  26. Critical Care4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  27. Children4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  28. Rehabilitation4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  29. Sepsis4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  30. Genetic Variants4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  31. Survival Analysis4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Hypertension4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Educational Methods4▲ 267×1 topic
  34. Molecular Characterization4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  35. Pedagogical Research4▲ 267×1 topic
  36. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Rituximab3▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Perioperative Care3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Resuscitation3▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital Plzen publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Psychology, and Social Research, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Education, Psychology, a…4Education, Psychology, and Social Research: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
EducationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Psychology, and Social Research Education 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Plzen's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University Hospital Plzen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%University Hospital Plzen0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University Hospital Plzen over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025University Hospital Plzen4.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.0% in 2014.

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