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Vienna General Hospital

In research, Vienna General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,000 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,731 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,331
of 28,054 · #4,348 all time
Rank in Austria
#44
of 168
Research works
3.5k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
123k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Vienna General Hospital 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 #2,000 of 10,443 17.4%133 #869
Health SciencesDomain #2,731 of 11,982 17.6%139 #1112

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vienna General Hospital 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).

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: 1.13× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.47× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vienna General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans Domanovits, Thomas Hölzenbein and H Tschabitscher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vienna General Hospital.

  1. 1 Hans Domanovits Austria · #169,286 worldwide 133 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Thomas Hölzenbein Austria · #430,193 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 H Tschabitscher Austria · #600,429 worldwide 12 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 E. Schindler Austria · #604,919 worldwide 31 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Rolf Ewers Austria · #669,504 worldwide 24 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Helmar Bergmann Austria · #747,427 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 B. Joy Jeffries Austria · #964,276 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Christoph Wenisch Austria · #1,088,553 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 P. Germann Austria · #1,152,338 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Vienna General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Vienna General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 2.5×67 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 3.3×43 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 4.1×28 topics
  4. Chemotherapy9▲ 7.7×19 topics
  5. Immunotherapy9▲ 7.1×16 topics
  6. Treatment7▲ 3.5×27 topics
  7. Guidelines7▲ 8.2×12 topics
  8. Diagnosis6▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 2.9×19 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.7×13 topics
  12. Complications5▲ 6.1×15 topics
  13. Radiotherapy5▲ 8.1×11 topics
  14. Management5▲ 3.9×23 topics
  15. Cancer5▲ 2.2×27 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Endovascular Repair4▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.6×12 topics
  19. Surgical Management4▲ 6.0×15 topics
  20. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.5×13 topics
  21. Echocardiography4▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Biomarkers4▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.9×12 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Perfusion Imaging3▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Biomechanics3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  27. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  28. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  29. Hearing Loss3▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  32. Breast Cancer3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  33. Genetic Susceptibility3▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Lymphoma2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Thrombus Formation2▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Vienna General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, MRI in cancer diagnosis and Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics.

Bladder and Urothelial C…2Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…2Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksMRI in cancer diagnosis: 2 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSensory Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 MRI in cancer diagnosis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vienna General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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