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Researcher · Universitätsklinik Balgrist · Switzerland

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann publishes mostly in Surgery, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Rheumatology, on topics such as Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Hip disorders and treatments and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

ORCID 0000-0003-0091-9650 OpenAlex
World rank
#64,713
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#1,387
of 80,918
Works
335
Citations
24k
Citations per work
70.9
h-index
80
i10-index 252Top 0.2% in Surgery
Christian W. A. Pfirrmann

What does Christian W. A. Pfirrmann research?

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann's work is mostly in Medicine (76%), Engineering (7%).

Health Sciences: 255 works · 76.0% of their workMedicine: 255 works · 76.0% of their workSurgery: 147 works · 44.0% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 45 works · 13.4% of their workRheumatology: 27 works · 8.0% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 works · 5.6% of their workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 works · 5.0% of their workEverything else: 57 works · 16.9% of their workPhysical Sciences: 24 works · 7.1% of their workEngineering: 24 works · 7.1% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 24 works · 7.1% of their workTHEIR WORKChristian W. A.Pfirrmann335works
Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences76%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25576.0%
  2. Everything else5716.9%
    1. Engineering247.1%
  1. 1Surgery44% of their works
  2. 2Orthopedics and Sports Medicine13% of their works
  3. 3Rheumatology8% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christian W. A. Pfirrmann's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Rehabilitation, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Arthroplasty, Epidemiology and Femoroacetabular Impingement.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Rehabilitation1312 topics
  2. Revision Surgery1022 topics
  3. Total Hip Replacement1022 topics
  4. Rotator Cuff Tears881 topic
  5. Shoulder Pathology881 topic
  6. Arthroplasty842 topics
  7. Epidemiology842 topics
  8. Femoroacetabular Impingement731 topic
  9. Hip Arthroscopy731 topic
  10. Hip Arthroplasty611 topic
  11. Wear Particles611 topic
  12. Biomechanics511 topic
  13. Running Injuries511 topic
  14. Distal Radius Fractures481 topic
  15. Flexor Tendon Repair481 topic
  16. Intervertebral Disc471 topic
  17. Lumbar Disc Degeneration471 topic
  18. Ankle Injuries431 topic
  19. Sprains431 topic
  20. Patient Satisfaction411 topic
  21. Total Knee Replacement411 topic

Where does Christian W. A. Pfirrmann work?

Christian W. A. Pfirrmann's main affiliation in the publication record is Universitätsklinik Balgrist, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Christian W. A. Pfirrmann have?

OpenAlex counts 335 works and 23,764 citations for Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, an h-index of 80, ranking #64,713 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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