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Zurich Heart House

In research, Zurich Heart House stands highest in Medicine (#8,908 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#11,763 of 20,462 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#1,434 of 1,880 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 42.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#33,230
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#343
of 429
Research works
355
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Zurich Heart House known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,908 of 17,978 10.3%307
Health SciencesDomain #11,763 of 20,462 10.2%315
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #1,434 of 1,880 10.4%165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zurich Heart House 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 Zurich Heart House specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 42.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.9 works42×
  2. MedicineField · 44.8 works4.3×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 46.8 works3.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.35× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Zurich Heart House?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Obesity, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Catheter Ablation, Atrial Fibrillation and Chamber Quantification.

▲ 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 Failure10▲ 44×9 topics
  2. Echocardiography8▲ 58×6 topics
  3. Obesity5▲ 12×7 topics
  4. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 114×1 topic
  5. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 114×1 topic
  6. Catheter Ablation4▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Chamber Quantification4▲ 94×1 topic
  9. Diastolic Function4▲ 94×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology4▲ 1.68×10 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations4▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Guidelines3▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 78×2 topics
  14. Arrhythmias3▲ 68×2 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 27×5 topics
  16. Risk Factors3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.6×15 topics
  18. Cardiac Remodeling3▲ 116×2 topics
  19. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 122×1 topic
  20. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 122×1 topic
  21. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy2▲ 170×1 topic
  23. Athletes2▲ 170×1 topic
  24. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Diagnosis2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  27. Electroanatomic Mapping2▲ 94×1 topic
  28. Sudden Death2▲ 106×2 topics
  29. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Treatment2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Risk Stratification2▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Stroke Prevention2▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Thromboembolism2▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Atherosclerosis2▲ 11×7 topics
  39. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Thrombosis2▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Zurich Heart House publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…2Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…1Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringOrthopedics and Sports MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 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 available72.4%not open27.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zurich Heart House's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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