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West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen

In research, West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen stands highest in Medicine (#2,002 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,862 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 18.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,986
of 28,054 · #6,310 all time
Rank in Germany
#253
of 1,178
Research works
1.3k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen 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 #2,002 of 10,443 26.8%233 #2013
Health SciencesDomain #2,862 of 11,982 26.9%237 #2715

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen 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).

What does West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 18.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 58.8 works19×
  2. OncologySubfield · 22.9 works6.8×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.0 works5.9×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 233 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen?

Ranked on the composite score, Amir A. Mahabadi, Dobromir Dobrev and Matthias Thielmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen.

  1. 1 Amir A. Mahabadi Germany · #52,953 worldwide 267 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Dobromir Dobrev Germany · #100,157 worldwide 338 citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Matthias Thielmann Germany · #118,029 worldwide 204 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Stefan Möhlenkamp Germany · #121,487 worldwide 169 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Petra Kleinbongard Germany · #125,416 worldwide 193 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Heinz Jakob Germany · #181,460 worldwide 82 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Konstantinos Tsagakis Germany · #239,916 worldwide 70 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Daniel Wendt Germany · #288,161 worldwide 68 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Raimund Erbel Germany · #324,262 worldwide 353 citations · 172 works
  10. 10 Heinz Jakob Germany · #375,923 worldwide 107 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen

Which keywords describe research at West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Echocardiography, Chemotherapy, Epidemiology and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Heart Failure26▲ 21×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology25▲ 2.1×63 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 32×7 topics
  4. Guidelines18▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Immunotherapy18▲ 8.5×17 topics
  6. Echocardiography18▲ 22×8 topics
  7. Treatment16▲ 4.5×26 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 4.6×22 topics
  9. Chemotherapy15▲ 7.3×20 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress15▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Diagnosis15▲ 5.4×25 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 7.8×8 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations10▲ 7.8×17 topics
  14. Obesity10▲ 4.3×12 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation9▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors9▲ 7.2×13 topics
  17. Reactive Oxygen Species9▲ 7.8×8 topics
  18. Endovascular Repair9▲ 37×3 topics
  19. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.4×13 topics
  21. PET Imaging9▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Cardiomyopathy8▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Thrombosis8▲ 9.4×7 topics
  24. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury7▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Stroke Prevention7▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Radiotherapy7▲ 6.1×10 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  31. Chamber Quantification7▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Diastolic Function7▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Targeted Therapy7▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Arrhythmias7▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Prognosis7▲ 7.0×9 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease7▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Cardioprotection6▲ 154×1 topic
  38. Inflammatory Response6▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore6▲ 154×1 topic

Which research topics does West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cardiovascular Function …7Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 7 fractional worksCardiac Ischemia and Rep…6Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…5Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 5 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineOncologyBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% higher 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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