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University Hospital Ulm

In research, University Hospital Ulm stands highest in Medicine (#1,453 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,772 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,096 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Hematology and Oncology — Genetics is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,187
of 28,054 · #3,121 all time
Rank in Germany
#198
of 1,178
Research works
6.5k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
141k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is University Hospital Ulm 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 #1,453 of 10,443 13.9%780 #1074
Health SciencesDomain #1,772 of 11,982 13.9%851 #1302
Life SciencesDomain #2,096 of 7,800 15.4%195 #1486
SurgerySubfield #842 of 1,816 13.3%125 #813
Social SciencesDomain #7,099 of 10,521 17.7%107 #7174
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,511 of 3,579 15.7%119 #2106
OncologySubfield #563 of 772 16.8%72 #777
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #939 of 1,144 10.7%69 #738
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,946 of 2,175 16.3%62 #1750

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Hospital Ulm 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#1,074 #1,453
  2. Health Sciences#1,302 #1,772
  3. Life Sciences#1,486 #2,096
  4. Surgery#813 #842
  5. Social Sciences#7,174 #7,099
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,106 #2,511
  7. Oncology#777 #563
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#738 #939
  9. Molecular Biology#1,750 #1,946
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 Ulm specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 25.5 works7.8×
  2. HematologySubfield · 23.9 works6.6×
  3. OncologySubfield · 72.3 works5.3×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 30.6 works4.9×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 51.2 works4.7×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 119 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.90× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.49× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.37× its world share, 780 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Hospital Ulm?

Ranked on the composite score, Hartmut Döhner, Konstanze Döhner and Jens Huober lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Hospital Ulm.

  1. 1 Hartmut Döhner Germany · #2,418 worldwide 1.5k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 Konstanze Döhner Germany · #7,812 worldwide 739 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Jens Huober Germany · #51,168 worldwide 686 citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Peter Mӧller Germany · #75,521 worldwide 245 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Thomas Seufferlein Germany · #85,219 worldwide 506 citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Peter Paschka Germany · #104,861 worldwide 483 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Wolfgang Kratzer Germany · #121,112 worldwide 134 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Thomas Wiegel Germany · #130,074 worldwide 285 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Christian Buske Germany · #136,066 worldwide 212 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Verena I. Gaidzik Germany · #209,774 worldwide 438 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at University Hospital Ulm

Which keywords describe research at University Hospital Ulm?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Treatment, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology130▲ 2.7×116 topics
  2. Chemotherapy61▲ 7.2×24 topics
  3. Inflammation57▲ 2.3×72 topics
  4. Treatment48▲ 3.3×46 topics
  5. Immunotherapy47▲ 5.5×18 topics
  6. Diagnosis44▲ 3.9×38 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors39▲ 7.5×14 topics
  8. Mental Health38▲ 2.1×28 topics
  9. Quality of Life38▲ 2.2×42 topics
  10. Cancer36▲ 2.2×41 topics
  11. Public Health36▲ 2.1×30 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress33▲ 1.70×49 topics
  13. Management32▲ 3.4×31 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy31▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines31▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations30▲ 5.8×22 topics
  17. Radiotherapy30▲ 6.4×13 topics
  18. Surgical Management28▲ 5.7×18 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment28▲ 5.2×8 topics
  20. Clinical Trials27▲ 3.3×18 topics
  21. Depression26▲ 2.5×17 topics
  22. Genetics26▲ 3.1×18 topics
  23. Biomarkers24▲ 3.0×15 topics
  24. Complications23▲ 3.8×17 topics
  25. Mortality23▲ 3.3×13 topics
  26. Guidelines22▲ 4.0×12 topics
  27. Prognosis22▲ 5.7×9 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy22▲ 8.2×5 topics
  29. Survival18▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Pathophysiology17▲ 4.7×11 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment16▲ 6.8×6 topics
  32. Pancreatic Cancer15▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization15▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Rituximab14▲ 7.9×4 topics
  35. Squamous Cell Carcinoma14▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Surgical Complications13▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Human Papillomavirus13▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Gemcitabine13▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Genomic Analyses13▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Cetuximab13▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does University Hospital Ulm publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Child Abuse and Trauma, Head and Neck Cancer Studies and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…13Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 13 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma12Child Abuse and Trauma: 12 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 11 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 9 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 8 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 8 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metasta…8Cancer Cells and Metastasis: 8 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 8 fractional worksParasitic infections in humans and animals: 7 fractional works
OncologyClinical PsychologyOtorhinolaryngologyHematology5 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 13 works
  2. 2 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 11 works
  4. 4 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 9 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 9 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 8 works
  8. 8 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 8 works
  10. 10 Parasitic infections in humans and animals Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Hospital Ulm's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.