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Zurich Heart House

In research, Zurich Heart House stands highest in Health Sciences (#790 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#866 of 14,558 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#250 of 1,509 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 42.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#3,460
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#47
of 378
Research works
355
▼ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Zurich Heart House

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
Health SciencesDomain #790 of 16,688 6.4%315
MedicineField #866 of 14,558 6.4%307
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #250 of 1,509 6.3%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Zurich Heart House work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Zurich Heart House is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 52 fractional works · 86.8% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 83.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 44.1% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKZurich HeartHouse60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5083.3%
    2. Health Professions23.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Engineering22.8%
    2. Computer Science11.9%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Psychology00.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    3. Social Sciences00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Zurich Heart House specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 42.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 26.6 works42×
  2. MedicineField · 50.3 works4.3×
← 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: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× 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.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.33×50 works
  2. Health Professions1.21×2 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×4 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×1 works
  5. Nursing0.43×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  8. Engineering0.19×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  10. Psychology0.10×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Zurich Heart House?

Ranked on the quality score, Shehab Anwer, Robert Spieser and Firat Duru lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zurich Heart House.

  1. 1 Shehab Anwer Switzerland · #2,160,034 worldwide 263 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Robert Spieser Switzerland · #2,186,278 worldwide 14 citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Firat Duru Switzerland · #2,748,144 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Ladina Erhart Switzerland · #3,355,569 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Thomas F. Lscher Switzerland · #4,840,524 worldwide 36 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Felicitas Witte Switzerland · #5,979,317 worldwide 21 citations · 107 works
  7. 7 George D. Hendricks Switzerland · #6,194,495 worldwide 73 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Zurich Heart House

What are the most cited papers from Zurich Heart House?

The most cited paper from Zurich Heart House is "Two Phase 3 Trials of Inclisiran in Patients with Elevated LDL Cholesterol" (Kausik Kumar Ray, R. Scott Wright, David G. Kallend et al., 2020), with 1,652 citations. Next come "2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation" (1,127) and "Epidemiology and One-Year Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Preserved, Mid-Range and Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Analysis of The ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry" (927).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Two Phase 3 Trials of Inclisiran in Patients with Elevated LDL Cholesterol Kausik Kumar Ray, R. Scott Wright, David G. Kallend et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2020 1,652
2 2021 European Heart Rhythm Association Practical Guide on the Use of Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Jan Steffel et al. · EP Europace Open access 4 Mar 2021 1,127
3 Epidemiology and One-Year Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure and Preserved, Mid-Range and Reduced Ejection Fraction: An Analysis of The ESC Heart Failure Long-Term Registry Ovidiu Chioncel, Mitja Lainščak, Petar M Seferovic et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 6 Apr 2017 927
4 Advanced Heart Failure: A Position Statement of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology María G. Crespo‐Leiro et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 28 May 2018 889
5 Baseline Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Cancer Patients Scheduled to Receive Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapies: A Position Statement and New Risk Assessment Tools from the Cardio-Oncology Study Group of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology in Collaboration with the International Cardio-Oncology Society Alexander Richard Lyon et al. · European Journal of Heart Failure Open access 28 May 2020 823
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Zurich Heart House?

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

▲ 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-now 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 Failure11▲ 41×9 topics
  2. Echocardiography10▲ 57×6 topics
  3. Obesity5▲ 11×7 topics
  4. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Catheter Ablation5▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Chamber Quantification4▲ 86×1 topic
  10. Diastolic Function4▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Genetic Mutations4▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 79×2 topics
  13. Arrhythmias4▲ 68×2 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 24×5 topics
  16. Cardiac Remodeling3▲ 118×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.5×15 topics
  18. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy3▲ 186×1 topic
  19. Athletes3▲ 186×1 topic
  20. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 122×1 topic
  21. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 122×1 topic
  22. Sudden Death3▲ 117×2 topics
  23. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Diagnosis3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Risk Factors3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 38×3 topics
  28. Electroanatomic Mapping3▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Treatment3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  31. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Risk Stratification2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Thromboembolism2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Atherosclerosis2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  40. Thrombosis2▲ 9.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Zurich Heart House publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…3Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…1Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine1 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 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Zurich Heart House's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% lower 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 Zurich Heart House as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Zurich Heart House0.00013% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Zurich Heart House over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2022Zurich Heart House4.6% in 20222020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.7% in 2020.

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