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Research in Basel

Science Explorer records 98 research institutions in Basel, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Basel, University Hospital of Basel and Roche (Switzerland).

Research institutions
98
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
102k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Basel?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of BaselUniversity 41,698 #208
2Novartis (Switzerland)Company 15,111 #2,390
3University Hospital of BaselHospital / health system 12,621 #1,144
4Roche (Switzerland)Company 12,077 #1,324
5Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteResearch facility 2,789 #4,788
6Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Company 2,203 #18,658
7University Children’s Hospital BaselHospital / health system 1,769 #12,192
8Bank for International SettlementsInstitution 1,565 #12,538
9Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken BaselHospital / health system 1,410 #13,311
10Swiss ArchaeologyArchive 1,237 #24,029
11Syngenta (Switzerland)Company 1,120 #8,944
12Institute for Medical Informatics and BiostatisticsResearch facility 895 #16,902
13Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology BaselNonprofit 806 #13,790
14Kantonsspital Baselland Standort BruderholzHospital / health system 642 #18,836
15Straumann (Switzerland)Company 616 #20,029
16Lonza (Switzerland)Company 497 #22,012
17Natural History Museum of BaselArchive 459 #24,621
18St. ClaraspitalHospital / health system 457 #20,074
19Felix Platter-HospitalHospital / health system 428 #25,997 all time
20Jain PharmaBiotech (Switzerland)Company 362 #17,499 all time
21Freiwillige Akademische GesellschaftInstitution 274 #25,721 all time
22Archäologische Bodenforschung des Kantons Basel-StadtResearch facility 233 #41,800 all time
23Karger Publishers (Switzerland)Company 221 #23,787 all time
24Basilea Pharmaceutica (Switzerland)Company 186 #28,181 all time
25Universitäres Zentrum für Zahnmedizin BaselHospital / health system 179 #34,987 all time
26Novartis FoundationNonprofit 174 #25,101 all time
27Genedata (Switzerland)Company 172 #30,870 all time
28Bayer (Switzerland)Company 170 #35,310 all time
29Allgemeine Gewerbeschule BaselUniversity 138 #20,055 all time
30Bethesda SpitalHospital / health system 138 #35,353 all time
31European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesResearch facility 123 #18,202 all time
32BASF (Switzerland)Company 87 not ranked
33Boehringer Ingelheim (Switzerland)Company 66 not ranked
34Basel Institute on GovernanceNonprofit 60 not ranked
35Gymnasium am MünsterplatzUniversity 60 not ranked
36Financial Stability BoardInstitution 56 not ranked
37Prognos (Switzerland)Company 49 not ranked
38Sight and LifeInstitution 48 not ranked
39In Silico Toxicology (Switzerland)Company 45 not ranked
40Noorik Biopharmaceuticals (Switzerland)Company 36 not ranked
41PIQUR Therapeutics (Switzerland)Company 35 not ranked
42CRISPR Therapeutics (Switzerland)Company 34 not ranked
43Rapp (Switzerland)Company 32 not ranked
44Cochlear (Switzerland)Company 29 not ranked
45NBE Therapeutics (Switzerland)Company 28 not ranked
46Luye Pharma (Switzerland)Company 27 not ranked
47Musik Akademie BaselUniversity 23 not ranked
48International Bone Research AssociationNonprofit 17 not ranked
49Planconsult (Switzerland)Company 17 not ranked
50Fondation BotnarNonprofit 15 not ranked
51Gesundheitsdepartement des Kantons Basel-StadtGovernment institution 14 not ranked
52Huntsman (Switzerland)Company 13 not ranked
53Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable AgricultureInstitution 13 not ranked
54Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (Switzerland)Company 11 not ranked
55Paul Sacher StiftungInstitution 11 not ranked
56European Stroke OrganisationInstitution 11 not ranked
57Agilent Technologies (Switzerland)Company 10 not ranked
58Imamed Radiologie NordwestResearch facility 9 not ranked
59Die Zahnärzte.chHospital / health system 8 not ranked
60BAK Basel Economics (Switzerland)Company 8 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Basel: 41.0%Novartis (Switzerland): 14.9%University Hospital of Basel: 12.4%Roche (Switzerland): 11.9%56 others listed: 19.8%41%largest
University of Basel42k · 41.0%Novartis (Switzerland)15k · 14.9%University Hospital of Basel13k · 12.4%Roche (Switzerland)12k · 11.9%56 others listed20k · 19.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Basel strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Basel is most concentrated in Parasitology, Ophthalmology and Toxicology (4.1× the world share in Parasitology).

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 56.3 works4.1×
  2. OphthalmologySubfield · 113.4 works3.3×
  3. ToxicologySubfield · 21.1 works3.2×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 24.2 works3.2×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Basel?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Oxidative Stress, Monoclonal Antibodies and Risk Factors.

▲ 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 city'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. Epidemiology954▲ 1.87×134 topics
  2. Inflammation436▲ 1.62×83 topics
  3. Treatment308▲ 1.97×52 topics
  4. Machine Learning296▼ 0.70×75 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress296▲ 1.41×61 topics
  6. Quality of Life286▲ 1.54×56 topics
  7. Climate Change280▼ 0.81×103 topics
  8. Public Health261▲ 1.40×59 topics
  9. Diagnosis243▲ 2.0×41 topics
  10. Risk Factors236▲ 1.66×37 topics
  11. Cancer227▲ 1.31×56 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease223▲ 1.56×38 topics
  13. COVID-19196◆ 1.11×28 topics
  14. Clinical Trials195▲ 2.2×19 topics
  15. Biomarkers190▲ 2.2×18 topics
  16. Immunotherapy187▲ 2.0×19 topics
  17. Genetics178▲ 1.97×27 topics
  18. Global Burden177▲ 2.5×12 topics
  19. Management155▲ 1.53×34 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders153▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Chemotherapy152▲ 1.68×25 topics
  22. Guidelines141▲ 2.4×13 topics
  23. Complications133▲ 2.1×17 topics
  24. Vaccine Development126▲ 3.9×11 topics
  25. Heart Failure123▲ 2.2×14 topics
  26. Monoclonal Antibodies113▲ 9.8×3 topics
  27. Medicinal Chemistry110▲ 3.1×12 topics
  28. Drug Resistance107▲ 2.9×9 topics
  29. Glycosylation93▲ 6.5×3 topics
  30. Cancer Immunotherapy92▲ 4.7×3 topics
  31. Lymphoma89▲ 4.3×4 topics
  32. Therapeutic Antibodies84▲ 9.4×2 topics
  33. Macular Degeneration80▲ 5.1×3 topics
  34. Peer Review75▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Scholarly Communication74▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Science Communication71▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Research Integrity70▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Research Dissemination68▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Preprints66▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Scientific Publishing66▲ 36×1 topic

What research is done in Basel?

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 67 works
  2. 2 Academic Publishing and Open AccessInformation Systems and Management 66 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 59 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 57 works
  5. 5 Multiple Sclerosis Research StudiesPathology and Forensic Medicine 52 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputational Theory and Mathematics 51 works
  7. 7 Corporate Governance and ManagementStrategy and Management 48 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and ControlPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 47 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSurgery 44 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 43 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.