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Research in Birmensdorf

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Birmensdorf, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
38.1%
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 Birmensdorf?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchResearch facility 3,964 #1,536

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.

What is Birmensdorf strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Birmensdorf is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change (37.8× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 59.1 works38×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 66.2 works23×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 91.6 works18×
  4. Insect ScienceSubfield · 23.5 works13×
  5. EcologySubfield · 64.6 works13×
  6. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 31.6 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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 Birmensdorf?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Remote Sensing, Invasive Species, Biodiversity Conservation, Conservation, Global Change and Habitat Fragmentation.

▲ 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. Climate Change224▲ 13×79 topics
  2. Biodiversity80▲ 16×23 topics
  3. Remote Sensing72▲ 8.9×26 topics
  4. Invasive Species68▲ 24×19 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation65▲ 27×13 topics
  6. Conservation53▲ 19×17 topics
  7. Global Change53▲ 31×7 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation48▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Ecosystem Resilience45▲ 47×5 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services41▲ 16×11 topics
  11. Biological Invasions39▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Global Warming39▲ 14×11 topics
  13. Ecosystem Functioning38▲ 31×7 topics
  14. Sustainability35▲ 2.2×43 topics
  15. Hydrology34▲ 41×4 topics
  16. Ecosystem34▲ 48×4 topics
  17. Biomass Estimation33▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Drought32▲ 51×3 topics
  19. Evapotranspiration32▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Species Richness31▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Carbon Balance31▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Tree Mortality31▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Community Ecology30▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Functional Diversity30▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Paleoclimatology30▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Land Use Change29▲ 15×7 topics
  27. Aboveground Biomass26▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Extreme Events26▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Model Evaluation25▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Forest Management24▲ 62×4 topics
  31. Temperature Variability21▲ 203×1 topic
  32. Tree Rings21▲ 203×1 topic
  33. Conservation Biology20▲ 30×4 topics
  34. Citizen Science20▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Sea Level Rise19▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Glacier19▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Water Availability19▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Ecological Niche18▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Species Distribution Modeling18▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Phylogenetic Analysis18▲ 9.0×14 topics

What research is done in Birmensdorf?

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 31 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 30 fractional worksTree-ring climate responses: 21 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 19 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 18 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 17 fractional worksForest Management and Po…17Forest Management and Policy: 17 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 16 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 16 fractional worksPlant and animal studies14Plant and animal studies: 14 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationAtmospheric ScienceEcological Modeling3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  2. 2 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 30 works
  3. 3 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 21 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 19 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 18 works
  6. 6 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 17 works
  7. 7 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  8. 8 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  9. 9 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 16 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works

Research output over time

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