Research in Bern
Science Explorer records 155 research institutions in Bern, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Bern, Agroscope and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.
- Research institutions
- 155 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 94k ▲ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.7M 29.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 22.2% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Bern?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of BernUniversity | 72,951 | #136 | |
| 2 | AgroscopeResearch facility | 2,505 | #3,703 | |
| 3 | GesundheitsdienstGovernment institution | 1,198 | #9,537 | |
| 4 | Universitätsklinik für AugenheilkundeHospital / health system | 1,086 | #21,706 | |
| 5 | Oeschger Centre for Climate Change ResearchResearch facility | 1,076 | #4,884 | |
| 6 | Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste BernHospital / health system | 980 | #20,685 | |
| 7 | Foederatio Medicorum HelveticorumHospital / health system | 742 | #8,134 all time | |
| 8 | University Children’s Hospital BernHospital / health system | 668 | #10,819 all time | |
| 9 | Swiss National Science FoundationGovernment institution | 655 | #13,336 | |
| 10 | Swiss National BankInstitution | 603 | #20,666 | |
| 11 | Pädagogische Hochschule BernUniversity | 598 | #9,736 | |
| 12 | Swiss Red CrossNonprofit | 583 | #15,627 all time | |
| 13 | Swiss Federal Institute of MetrologyGovernment institution | 540 | #17,502 | |
| 14 | International Space Science InstituteNonprofit | 461 | #10,807 | |
| 15 | Berner Augenklinik am LindenhofspitalHospital / health system | 444 | #14,600 all time | |
| 16 | Swiss Group For Clinical Cancer ResearchNonprofit | 434 | #21,146 all time | |
| 17 | CSL (Switzerland)Company | 419 | #17,994 | |
| 18 | Federal Office of Public HealthGovernment institution | 413 | #12,721 all time | |
| 19 | LindenhofspitalHospital / health system | 399 | #13,864 all time | |
| 20 | Swisscom (Switzerland)Company | 395 | #9,355 all time | |
| 21 | Swiss Academy of Medical SciencesNonprofit | 379 | #15,866 all time | |
| 22 | Federal Food Safety and Veterinary OfficeInstitution | 326 | #17,706 all time | |
| 23 | Federal CouncilGovernment institution | 319 | #21,059 all time | |
| 24 | Federal Roads OfficeGovernment institution | 287 | #14,573 | |
| 25 | Natural History Museum of BernArchive | 285 | #21,374 | |
| 26 | SwissmedicGovernment institution | 283 | #19,507 | |
| 27 | Swiss Institute of Equine MedicineHospital / health system | 237 | #27,652 all time | |
| 28 | Klinik SonnenhofHospital / health system | 235 | #19,725 all time | |
| 29 | Federal Office for the EnvironmentGovernment institution | 234 | #16,896 all time | |
| 30 | Swiss Academy of SciencesInstitution | 215 | #22,635 all time | |
| 31 | Swiss Federal ArchivesArchive | 193 | #25,417 all time | |
| 32 | International Breast Cancer Study GroupResearch facility | 189 | #26,393 all time | |
| 33 | Federal Department of Home AffairsGovernment institution | 185 | #19,581 all time | |
| 34 | Universitätsklinik für Diabetologie, Endokrinologie, Ernährungsmedizin & MetabolismusHospital / health system | 167 | #28,512 all time | |
| 35 | Klinik BethesdaHospital / health system | 154 | #31,692 all time | |
| 36 | Amt für Gemeinden und RaumordnungGovernment institution | 152 | #18,437 | |
| 37 | Swiss Federal Office of EnergyGovernment institution | 143 | #29,170 all time | |
| 38 | Hirslanden Klinik Beau-SiteHospital / health system | 143 | #31,507 all time | |
| 39 | Museum of Fine Arts BernUniversity | 135 | #33,286 all time | |
| 40 | Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and ResearchGovernment institution | 135 | #28,119 all time | |
| 41 | Swiss Federal RailwaysGovernment institution | 131 | #31,005 all time | |
| 42 | Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual PropertyResearch facility | 108 | not ranked | |
| 43 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization SwitzerlandGovernment institution | 106 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Swiss Continence FoundationNonprofit | 106 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Federal Department of FinanceGovernment institution | 106 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Past Global ChangesNonprofit | 99 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Swiss Broadcasting CorporationInstitution | 91 | not ranked | |
| 48 | ADR-AC (Switzerland)Company | 91 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Labormedizinische Zentrum Dr Risch (Switzerland)Company | 89 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Swiss Paediatric Oncology GroupNonprofit | 86 | not ranked | |
| 51 | RUAG (Switzerland)Company | 83 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and SportsGovernment institution | 80 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Swiss Cancer LeagueNonprofit | 73 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Hirslanden Salem-SpitalHospital / health system | 71 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Büro Vatter (Switzerland)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 56 | BFF BernUniversity | 43 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Meteotest (Switzerland)Company | 42 | not ranked | |
| 58 | International Cartographic AssociationNonprofit | 42 | not ranked | |
| 59 | EngeriedspitalHospital / health system | 37 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Stiftung Lindenhof BernHospital / health system | 36 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Bern work in?
In 2022-now, 38% of research in Bern is in Health Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Social Sciences (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences6,58638.4%
- Medicine5,62332.8%
- Health Professions5012.9%
- Dentistry2571.5%
- Veterinary1480.9%
- Nursing570.3%
- Social Sciences4,01923.4%
- Social Sciences1,6699.7%
- Arts and Humanities8464.9%
- Psychology7524.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3422.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting2811.6%
- Decision Sciences1280.7%
- Physical Sciences3,75721.9%
- Environmental Science9225.4%
- Engineering7634.4%
- Computer Science5193.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences5052.9%
- Physics and Astronomy4962.9%
- Chemistry2211.3%
- Mathematics1270.7%
- Materials Science1260.7%
- Energy520.3%
- Chemical Engineering260.1%
- Life Sciences2,80216.3%
What is Bern strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Bern is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (10.2× the world share in Equine).
- EquineSubfield · 20.0 works10×
- VeterinaryField · 127.5 works6.2×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 107.5 works5.8×
- OrthodonticsSubfield · 78.4 works4.7×
- ClassicsSubfield · 35.1 works3.9×
- DentistryField · 232.1 works3.2×
- Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 52.2 works3.2×
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.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary6.25×128 works
- Dentistry3.19×232 works
- Neuroscience1.90×464 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.72×405 works
- Medicine1.72×4,960 works
- Arts and Humanities1.72×744 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.57×237 works
- Psychology1.44×660 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.31×438 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×967 works
- Health Professions1.13×447 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×739 works
- Environmental Science1.01×756 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×320 works
- Chemistry0.83×195 works
- Social Sciences0.78×1,487 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×41 works
- Decision Sciences0.72×104 works
- Nursing0.66×48 works
- Mathematics0.63×112 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.51×245 works
- Chemical Engineering0.44×23 works
- Computer Science0.38×440 works
- Energy0.33×45 works
- Engineering0.30×668 works
- Materials Science0.20×107 works
Which keywords describe research in Bern?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Treatment and Public Health.
- Socioeconomic Status
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Circadian Rhythms
- Animal Welfare
- Catheter Ablation
- Surgical Management
- Heart Failure
- Meta-Analysis
- Identity
- Neurological Disorders
- Global Warming
- Immunotherapy
- Guidelines
- Clinical Trials
- Mental Health
- Oxidative Stress
- Globalization
- Treatment
- Quality of Life
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Public Health
- Diagnosis
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Management
- Gender
- Depression
- Biodiversity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Mortality
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Complications
- Rehabilitation
- Echocardiography
- Paleoclimatology
- Stroke Prevention
- Extreme Events
- Perfusion Imaging
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology1,093▲ 1.60×138 topics
- Climate Change829▲ 1.78×111 topics
- Inflammation444▲ 1.22×83 topics
- Quality of Life349▲ 1.41×57 topics
- Public Health329▲ 1.32×68 topics
- Treatment320▲ 1.53×52 topics
- Diagnosis311▲ 1.94×41 topics
- Globalization292◆ 0.87×128 topics
- Risk Factors287▲ 1.52×37 topics
- Oxidative Stress286◆ 1.01×63 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease277▲ 1.42×39 topics
- Mental Health233◆ 0.95×46 topics
- Management229▲ 1.67×37 topics
- Clinical Trials218▲ 1.90×19 topics
- Gender204▲ 2.2×51 topics
- Guidelines203▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Depression198▲ 1.32×24 topics
- Immunotherapy196▲ 1.58×19 topics
- Biodiversity195▲ 1.49×33 topics
- Global Warming194▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome193▲ 1.39×24 topics
- Neurological Disorders190▲ 1.94×20 topics
- Mortality190▲ 1.95×13 topics
- Identity188▲ 1.51×66 topics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging182▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Meta-Analysis174▲ 1.72×20 topics
- Complications170▲ 2.0×17 topics
- Heart Failure148▲ 1.93×14 topics
- Rehabilitation144▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Surgical Management139▲ 1.98×20 topics
- Echocardiography134▲ 2.8×8 topics
- Catheter Ablation109▲ 5.2×2 topics
- Paleoclimatology106▲ 7.4×2 topics
- Animal Welfare96▲ 6.3×5 topics
- Stroke Prevention91▲ 4.4×2 topics
- Circadian Rhythms88▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Extreme Events86▲ 5.5×2 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse81▲ 12×2 topics
- Perfusion Imaging77▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Socioeconomic Status75▲ 8.4×4 topics
What research is done in Bern?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 63 works
- 2 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 61 works
- 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 60 works
- 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 53 works
- 5 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 53 works
- 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 52 works
- 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 52 works
- 8 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 48 works
- 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 45 works
- 10 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 44 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.4% in 2013.
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