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Researcher · Luzerner Kantonsspital · Switzerland

Urs Hug

Urs Hug publishes mostly in Surgery, Epidemiology and Rehabilitation, on topics such as Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment and Peripheral Nerve Disorders.

OpenAlex
World rank
#5,041,883
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in Switzerland
#65,741
of 80,918
Works
77
Citations
792
Citations per work
10.3
h-index
15
i10-index 19Top 27% in Surgery
Urs Hug

What does Urs Hug research?

Urs Hug's work is mostly in Medicine (69%).

Health Sciences: 53 works · 69.4% of their workMedicine: 53 works · 69.4% of their workSurgery: 30 works · 39.5% of their workEpidemiology: 6 works · 7.7% of their workRehabilitation: 6 works · 7.7% of their workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 works · 5.9% of their workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 works · 4.5% of their workRheumatology: 3 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 24 works · 30.6% of their workTHEIR WORKUrs Hug77works
Health Sciences69%

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. Medicine5369.4%
  2. Everything else2430.6%
  1. 1Surgery40% of their works
  2. 2Epidemiology8% of their works
  3. 3Rehabilitation8% of their works
  4. 4Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging6% of their works
  5. 5Orthopedics and Sports Medicine4% of their works
  6. 6Rheumatology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Urs Hug's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Distal Radius Fractures, Flexor Tendon Repair, Epidemiology, Elbow Injuries, Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Electrodiagnostic Studies and Bone Healing.

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 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Distal Radius Fractures421 topic
  2. Flexor Tendon Repair421 topic
  3. Epidemiology162 topics
  4. Elbow Injuries151 topic
  5. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction151 topic
  6. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome131 topic
  7. Electrodiagnostic Studies131 topic
  8. Bone Healing111 topic
  9. Fracture Epidemiology111 topic
  10. Ankle Injuries101 topic
  11. Sprains101 topic
  12. Free Flap91 topic
  13. Microsurgical Reconstruction91 topic
  14. Brachial Plexus71 topic
  15. Nerve Transfer71 topic
  16. Genetic Heterogeneity61 topic
  17. Limb Malformations61 topic

Where does Urs Hug work?

Urs Hug's main affiliation in the publication record is Luzerner Kantonsspital, Switzerland.

How many publications and citations does Urs Hug have?

OpenAlex counts 77 works and 792 citations for Urs Hug, an h-index of 15, ranking #5,041,883 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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