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Researcher · AO Foundation · Switzerland

Karsten Schwieger

Karsten Schwieger publishes mostly in Surgery, Epidemiology and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, on topics such as Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Hip and Femur Fractures.

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World rank
#1,464,747
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#24,230
of 80,918
Works
67
Citations
2.5k
Citations per work
37.2
h-index
30
i10-index 50Top 6.6% in Surgery
Karsten Schwieger

What does Karsten Schwieger research?

Karsten Schwieger's work is mostly in Medicine (73%), Engineering (9%).

Health Sciences: 49 works · 73.1% of their workMedicine: 49 works · 73.1% of their workSurgery: 30 works · 44.6% of their workEpidemiology: 9 works · 13.0% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 works · 12.4% of their workRehabilitation: 2 works · 3.1% of their workEverything else: 12 works · 17.6% of their workPhysical Sciences: 6 works · 9.3% of their workEngineering: 6 works · 9.3% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 4 works · 6.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 2 works · 2.6% of their workTHEIR WORKKarsten Schwieger67works
Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences73%

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. Medicine4973.1%
  2. Everything else1217.6%
    1. Engineering69.3%
  1. 1Surgery45% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology13% of their works
  3. 3Orthopedics and Sports Medicine12% of their works
  4. 4Biomedical Engineering7% of their works
  5. 5Rehabilitation3% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Karsten Schwieger's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Rehabilitation, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology, Complications, Arthroplasty and Epidemiology.

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 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Rehabilitation313 topics
  2. Revision Surgery272 topics
  3. Total Hip Replacement272 topics
  4. Bone Healing231 topic
  5. Fracture Epidemiology231 topic
  6. Complications222 topics
  7. Arthroplasty192 topics
  8. Epidemiology192 topics
  9. Hip Arthroplasty181 topic
  10. Wear Particles181 topic
  11. Hip Fracture131 topic
  12. Mortality131 topic
  13. Ankle Injuries101 topic
  14. Distal Radius Fractures101 topic
  15. Flexor Tendon Repair101 topic
  16. Sprains101 topic
  17. Patient Satisfaction91 topic
  18. Total Knee Replacement91 topic
  19. Femoroacetabular Impingement81 topic
  20. Hip Arthroscopy81 topic
  21. Rotator Cuff Tears81 topic
  22. Shoulder Pathology81 topic

Where does Karsten Schwieger work?

Karsten Schwieger's main affiliation in the publication record is AO Foundation, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Karsten Schwieger have?

OpenAlex counts 67 works and 2,490 citations for Karsten Schwieger, an h-index of 30, ranking #1,464,747 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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