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Vygon (Germany)

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Research works
8
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
22
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Vygon (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Vygon (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Vygon (Germany) work in?

In all years, 55% of research at Vygon (Germany) is in Health Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Engineering (35%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4 fractional works · 55.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 45.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 16.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 34.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 14.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workALL ITS WORKVygon (Germany)8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences55%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine445.2%
    2. Health Professions19.8%
    1. Engineering334.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy02.1%
    3. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology04.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology03.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Vygon (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Vygon (Germany) is "Electromagnetically Navigated In Situ Fenestration of Aortic Stent Grafts: Pilot Animal Study of a Novel Fenestrated EVAR Approach" (Tobias Penzkofer, Hong-Sik Na, Peter Isfort et al., 2017), with 13 citations. Next come "Technical concepts for vascular electromagnetic navigated interventions: Aortic in situ fenestration and transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts" (7) and "Feasibility of electromagnetically guided transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure" (3).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electromagnetically Navigated In Situ Fenestration of Aortic Stent Grafts: Pilot Animal Study of a Novel Fenestrated EVAR Approach Tobias Penzkofer, Hong-Sik Na, Peter Isfort et al. · CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology 18 Aug 2017 13
2 Technical concepts for vascular electromagnetic navigated interventions: Aortic in situ fenestration and transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts Tobias Penzkofer, Peter Isfort, Hong-Sik Na et al. · Biomedizinische Technik/Biomedical Engineering Nov 2013 7
3 Feasibility of electromagnetically guided transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure Peter Isfort, Tobias Penzkofer, Christoph Wilkmann et al. · Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies 9 Aug 2016 3
4 Influence of the Addition of Height-Adjustable Worktables on Airborne Particle Concentration in a Cleanroom According to ISO 14644-1 Pouya Jaberi, Simon Dietz, Torsten Wagner et al. · Applied Sciences Open access 14 Feb 2026 1
5 Antifouling Surface‐Attached Hydrogel Nanocoatings Redefined: Green Solvent‐Based, Degradable, and High‐Performance Protection Against Foulants Jenny Englert, Marc Palà, Jonas Quandt et al. · Advanced Materials Interfaces Open access 28 May 2025 1
All 13 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Vygon (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Vascular Procedures and Complications and Acute Kidney Injury Research.

Advanced Control Systems…0Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…0Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 0 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …0Vascular Procedures and Complications: 0 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…0Acute Kidney Injury Research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…0Advanced Control Systems Design: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…0Fault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 0 fractional worksSafe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs: 0 fractional worksParticle Dynamics in Fluid Flows: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringEmergency Medical ServicesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrology2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  3. 3 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Control Systems Design Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs Occupational Therapy 0 works
  9. 9 Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows Ocean Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Polymer Surface Interaction Studies Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vygon (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vygon (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2023.

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Fractional works of Vygon (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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