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Research in Fribourg

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Fribourg, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Fribourg, Fribourg Development Agency and Service de la Santé Publique.

Research institutions
23
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
542k
25.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fribourg

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 Fribourg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of FribourgUniversity 17,209 #397
2Service de la Santé PubliqueGovernment institution 1,557 #15,178
3Swiss Integrative Center for Human HealthResearch facility 794 #20,069
4Fribourg Development AgencyGovernment institution 613 #13,548
5Haute École Pédagogique FribourgUniversity 469 #21,115
6Collège St-MichelUniversity 57 not ranked
7Kollegium für HausarztmedizinInstitution 55 not ranked
8Delley Seeds and Plants (Switzerland)Company 34 not ranked
9Maxwell Technologies (Switzerland)Company 30 not ranked
10Service de l'Enfance et de la JeunesseGovernment institution 23 not ranked
11Association Fribourgeoise des PsychologuesInstitution 22 not ranked
12Meggitt (Switzerland)Company 8 not ranked
13Staatsarchiv FreiburgArchive 6 not ranked
14Sottas Formative Works (Switzerland)Company 6 not ranked
15Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de FribourgArchive 5 not ranked
16Caisse de Prévoyance du Personnel de l'Etat de FribourgGovernment institution 2 not ranked
17Dartfish (Switzerland)Company 2 not ranked
18Swiss Sociological AssociationNonprofit 1 not ranked
19NET Nowak Energie & Technologie (Switzerland)Company 1 not ranked
20Swiss Bishops ConferenceGovernment institution 1 not ranked
21Hartmann DreyerInstitution 1 not ranked
22Pro VistiliacoInstitution 1 not ranked
23Direction de la Sécurité et de la JusticeGovernment institution 1 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.

University of Fribourg: 82.3%Service de la Santé Publique: 7.5%Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health: 3.8%Fribourg Development Agency: 2.9%19 others listed: 3.5%82%largest
University of Fribourg17k · 82.3%Service de la Santé Publique1,557 · 7.5%Swiss Integrative Center for Human Health794 · 3.8%Fribourg Development Agency613 · 2.9%19 others listed725 · 3.5%

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

Which fields of science does Fribourg work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Fribourg is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (15%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,713 fractional works · 41.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 742 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 278 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 127 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 462 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPhilosophy: 101 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 75 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 68 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 68 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 241 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 78 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 161 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 69 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 46 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,104 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEngineering: 241 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 211 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 75 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 148 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 123 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 96 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 90 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 78 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 779 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 636 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSurgery: 107 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 123 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 98 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 579 fractional works · 13.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 268 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 138 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 177 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 120 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 99 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFribourg4,174fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences41%

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
  1. Social Sciences1,71341.0%
    1. Social Sciences74217.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities46211.1%
    3. Psychology2415.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1613.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance691.7%
    6. Decision Sciences370.9%
    1. Engineering2415.8%
    2. Computer Science2115.0%
    3. Environmental Science1483.6%
    4. Materials Science1233.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy962.3%
    6. Chemistry912.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences902.2%
    8. Mathematics781.9%
    9. Energy160.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
    1. Medicine63615.2%
    2. Health Professions1233.0%
    3. Nursing100.2%
    4. Veterinary60.2%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2686.4%
    2. Neuroscience1774.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences992.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology280.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fribourg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fribourg is most concentrated in Classics, Linguistics and Language and Philosophy (12.9× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 28.5 works13×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 27.0 works6.3×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 94.9 works6.0×
  4. HistorySubfield · 62.7 works5.3×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 23.1 works5.2×
  6. AnthropologySubfield · 47.4 works4.5×
← 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.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 86 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 227 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.58× its world share, 155 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.25× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 190 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 76 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 216 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 86 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 113 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 545 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.02× its world share, 430 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 214 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 671 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.02×430 works
  2. Neuroscience2.58×155 works
  3. Psychology1.89×214 works
  4. Mathematics1.56×68 works
  5. Social Sciences1.43×671 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.31×76 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×152 works
  8. Chemistry1.25×73 works
  9. Health Professions1.16×113 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×227 works
  11. Veterinary1.06×5 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.05×86 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.95×34 works
  14. Materials Science0.84×108 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×67 works
  16. Medicine0.77×545 works
  17. Environmental Science0.69×128 works
  18. Computer Science0.66×190 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×22 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.58×8 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×86 works
  22. Nursing0.47×8 works
  23. Energy0.42×14 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.41×5 works
  25. Engineering0.39×216 works
  26. Dentistry0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Fribourg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Gender, Religion, Literature, Sociolinguistics, Globalization, Identity and History.

▲ 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-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
  1. Epidemiology134▼ 0.81×119 topics
  2. Climate Change125◆ 1.10×90 topics
  3. Globalization113▲ 1.37×94 topics
  4. Mental Health90▲ 1.52×36 topics
  5. Gender82▲ 3.7×43 topics
  6. Ethics82▲ 3.9×48 topics
  7. Literature78▲ 3.4×45 topics
  8. Religion77▲ 4.0×37 topics
  9. Identity77▲ 2.5×56 topics
  10. History74▲ 2.5×53 topics
  11. Education73◆ 1.02×82 topics
  12. Philosophy57▲ 3.1×36 topics
  13. Sociolinguistics52▲ 6.9×8 topics
  14. Nationalism50▲ 2.6×26 topics
  15. Social Justice48▲ 1.94×35 topics
  16. Memory43▲ 4.2×17 topics
  17. Gender Studies42▲ 6.7×13 topics
  18. Migration41▲ 2.9×21 topics
  19. Self-Assembly40▲ 3.0×12 topics
  20. Democracy39▲ 2.7×19 topics
  21. Community Engagement38▲ 2.8×11 topics
  22. Pragmatics38▲ 5.8×5 topics
  23. Multilingualism35▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Discourse Analysis34▲ 3.3×9 topics
  25. Ethnographic Research31▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Palliative Care30▲ 4.7×5 topics
  27. Local Development29▲ 6.7×2 topics
  28. Territorial Governance29▲ 6.0×2 topics
  29. Late Antiquity29▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Educational Policies29▲ 6.4×2 topics
  31. Sociological Analysis28▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Professional Practices28▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Public Action28▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Hydrology28▲ 5.1×4 topics
  35. Cultural Exchange27▲ 5.1×11 topics
  36. End-of-Life Care26▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Neural Mechanisms26▲ 6.1×4 topics
  38. Metaphysics24▲ 14×5 topics
  39. Patient Rights24▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Psychological Trauma22▲ 8.9×2 topics

What research is done in Fribourg?

Education, sociology, an…27Education, sociology, and vocational training: 27 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…21Health, Medicine and Society: 21 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 18 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…18Classical Antiquity Studies: 18 fractional worksLinguistics and Discours…17Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 17 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 15 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 14 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…14Corporate Governance and Management: 14 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 13 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsAnthropologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 27 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 21 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  4. 4 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 18 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 17 works
  6. 6 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 15 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 14 works
  8. 8 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 14 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 13 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works

Research output over time

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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.

still counting10%20%30%Fribourg17.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.1% in 2016.

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