Research in Geneva
Science Explorer records 143 research institutions in Geneva, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Geneva, World Health Organization and European Organization for Nuclear Research.
- Research institutions
- 143 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 139k ▼ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 4.3M 30.6 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 21.9% 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 Geneva?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of GenevaUniversity | 63,947 | #117 | |
| 2 | European Organization for Nuclear ResearchResearch facility | 27,854 | #1,163 | |
| 3 | World Health OrganizationGovernment institution | 22,914 | #337 | |
| 4 | Hôpital Beau-SéjourHospital / health system | 4,668 | #4,857 | |
| 5 | Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesUniversity | 4,021 | #2,086 | |
| 6 | Clayton FoundationNonprofit | 2,649 | #1,346 all time | |
| 7 | Médecins Sans FrontièresNonprofit | 2,538 | #2,982 | |
| 8 | Musée d'Art et d'HistoireArchive | 2,146 | #8,840 | |
| 9 | International Labour OrganizationGovernment institution | 1,869 | #11,995 | |
| 10 | World Trade OrganizationGovernment institution | 1,563 | #15,566 | |
| 11 | EU Business School, GenevaUniversity | 1,380 | #5,395 | |
| 12 | STMicroelectronics (Switzerland)Company | 1,350 | #19,718 | |
| 13 | Service de Santé de la JeunesseInstitution | 1,276 | #10,519 | |
| 14 | Firmenich (Switzerland)Company | 1,106 | #21,058 | |
| 15 | International Organization for MigrationGovernment institution | 1,057 | #7,125 | |
| 16 | International Committee of the Red CrossNonprofit | 817 | #14,074 | |
| 17 | Natural History Museum of GenevaArchive | 719 | #19,098 | |
| 18 | BattelleNonprofit | 616 | #14,918 all time | |
| 19 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesGovernment institution | 616 | #10,434 all time | |
| 20 | Gulf Research CenterResearch facility | 607 | #17,674 all time | |
| 21 | World Economic ForumNonprofit | 535 | #13,737 | |
| 22 | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSInstitution | 524 | #12,678 | |
| 23 | Care InternationalNonprofit | 493 | #15,401 | |
| 24 | Charles Humbert 8Hospital / health system | 450 | #1,831 all time | |
| 25 | Global Social ObservatoryInstitution | 422 | #30,371 all time | |
| 26 | United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeInstitution | 394 | #17,034 | |
| 27 | International Council of NursesInstitution | 364 | #17,965 all time | |
| 28 | World Meteorological OrganizationGovernment institution | 364 | #20,024 all time | |
| 29 | Jardin Botanique de GenèveArchive | 335 | #22,273 | |
| 30 | Webster University GenevaUniversity | 266 | #22,880 all time | |
| 31 | FINDNonprofit | 263 | #11,935 | |
| 32 | World Intellectual Property OrganizationGovernment institution | 251 | #20,643 | |
| 33 | Drugs for Neglected Diseases InitiativeNonprofit | 249 | #8,865 all time | |
| 34 | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesNonprofit | 247 | #16,052 | |
| 35 | United Nations Research Institute for Social DevelopmentResearch facility | 246 | #21,379 all time | |
| 36 | Foundation for laboratory medicineNonprofit | 244 | #25,078 all time | |
| 37 | International Social Security AssociationInstitution | 234 | #27,781 all time | |
| 38 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeGovernment institution | 220 | #29,582 all time | |
| 39 | International Telecommunication UnionInstitution | 220 | #23,069 all time | |
| 40 | International BaccalaureateUniversity | 208 | #22,234 all time | |
| 41 | Medicines for Malaria VentureNonprofit | 197 | #11,078 all time | |
| 42 | Global Alliance for Improved NutritionNonprofit | 197 | #24,085 all time | |
| 43 | Leman UniversityUniversity | 166 | #23,061 all time | |
| 44 | Children's Oncology GroupNonprofit | 165 | #19,117 all time | |
| 45 | United Nations Institute for Training and ResearchResearch facility | 151 | #29,626 all time | |
| 46 | International University in GenevaUniversity | 136 | #28,865 all time | |
| 47 | Light Chain Bioscience (Switzerland)Company | 134 | #27,935 all time | |
| 48 | Générale-Beaulieu ClinicHospital / health system | 128 | #27,116 all time | |
| 49 | Hirslanden Clinique La CollineHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 50 | GaviInstitution | 113 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Wyss Center for Bio and NeuroengineeringNonprofit | 98 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Union for International Cancer ControlNonprofit | 96 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Office Médico PédagogiqueGovernment institution | 90 | not ranked | |
| 54 | World Heart FederationNonprofit | 85 | not ranked | |
| 55 | European Broadcasting UnionInstitution | 81 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Global Forum for Health ResearchNonprofit | 80 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Health On The Net FoundationNonprofit | 78 | not ranked | |
| 58 | World Federation of Public Health AssociationsNonprofit | 75 | not ranked | |
| 59 | International AIDS SocietyNonprofit | 69 | not ranked | |
| 60 | FDI World Dental FederationNonprofit | 61 | 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 Geneva work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Geneva is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (16%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social 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
- Social Sciences6,42832.3%
- Social Sciences3,27816.5%
- Arts and Humanities9274.7%
- Psychology8374.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance6913.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting5162.6%
- Decision Sciences1790.9%
- Health Sciences5,70228.7%
- Medicine4,62323.2%
- Health Professions8304.2%
- Dentistry1300.7%
- Nursing950.5%
- Veterinary240.1%
- Physical Sciences5,54627.9%
- Physics and Astronomy1,6888.5%
- Engineering1,2826.4%
- Computer Science9084.6%
- Environmental Science6143.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2881.4%
- Materials Science2361.2%
- Mathematics2191.1%
- Chemistry2001.0%
- Energy780.4%
- Chemical Engineering330.2%
- Life Sciences2,21111.1%
What is Geneva strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Geneva is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and History and Philosophy of Science (12.6× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 694.9 works13×
- RadiationSubfield · 120.7 works5.0×
- History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 132.2 works4.9×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 34.1 works3.9×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 1,507.7 works3.9×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 312.9 works3.4×
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: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy3.87×1,508 works
- Arts and Humanities1.69×858 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.65×620 works
- Health Professions1.61×744 works
- Neuroscience1.57×448 works
- Psychology1.38×735 works
- Dentistry1.36×116 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.34×237 works
- Social Sciences1.32×2,928 works
- Medicine1.21×4,065 works
- Mathematics0.97×200 works
- Nursing0.97×84 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×846 works
- Veterinary0.89×21 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.88×242 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.81×458 works
- Decision Sciences0.80×135 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×43 works
- Chemistry0.65×178 works
- Environmental Science0.60×523 works
- Computer Science0.55×756 works
- Chemical Engineering0.48×30 works
- Energy0.43×70 works
- Engineering0.43×1,142 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×341 works
- Materials Science0.34×209 works
Which keywords describe research in Geneva?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Public Health, CMOS Technology, Mental Health and Photon Counting.
- Proximity and Innovation
- Synchrotron Radiation
- Nb3Sn Conductor
- Local Development
- Lattice QCD
- Social Determinants of Health
- Particle Detectors
- Detector Performance
- Community Engagement
- High-Energy Collider
- Photon Counting
- Colonialism
- CMOS Technology
- Social Justice
- Particle Physics
- Dark Matter
- Quality of Life
- Human Rights
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Sustainable Development
- Innovation
- Economic Development
- Economic Growth
- Immune Response
- Global Governance
- Vaccine
- Higgs Boson
- International Law
- Migration
- X-ray Imaging
- Silicon Detectors
- Territorial Governance
- Gender Studies
- Critical Current Density
- Superconducting Magnets
- Environmental Participation
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
- Epidemiology1,128▲ 1.42×139 topics
- Globalization723▲ 1.85×154 topics
- Public Health530▲ 1.83×75 topics
- Climate Change494◆ 0.91×117 topics
- Mental Health487▲ 1.71×47 topics
- Human Rights423▲ 2.1×83 topics
- Sustainable Development388▲ 1.25×90 topics
- Quality of Life345▲ 1.20×59 topics
- Innovation329▲ 1.60×71 topics
- Dark Matter301▲ 13×4 topics
- Economic Development267▲ 1.68×51 topics
- Particle Physics264▲ 18×2 topics
- Economic Growth264▲ 1.63×33 topics
- Social Justice260▲ 2.2×48 topics
- Immune Response243▲ 2.1×22 topics
- CMOS Technology236▲ 15×5 topics
- Global Governance232▲ 4.9×25 topics
- Colonialism224▲ 2.4×46 topics
- Vaccine219▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Photon Counting218▲ 16×3 topics
- Higgs Boson211▲ 21×1 topic
- High-Energy Collider211▲ 21×1 topic
- International Law210▲ 3.4×30 topics
- Community Engagement204▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Migration200▲ 3.0×32 topics
- Detector Performance191▲ 31×2 topics
- X-ray Imaging191▲ 28×2 topics
- Particle Detectors186▲ 49×1 topic
- Silicon Detectors186▲ 49×1 topic
- Social Determinants of Health183▲ 4.3×8 topics
- Territorial Governance159▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Lattice QCD158▲ 13×2 topics
- Gender Studies154▲ 5.1×15 topics
- Local Development152▲ 7.4×2 topics
- Critical Current Density137▲ 28×2 topics
- Nb3Sn Conductor126▲ 35×1 topic
- Superconducting Magnets126▲ 35×1 topic
- Synchrotron Radiation123▲ 13×4 topics
- Environmental Participation116▲ 8.2×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation116▲ 8.2×1 topic
What research is done in Geneva?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 193 works
- 2 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 169 works
- 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 115 works
- 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 112 works
- 5 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 108 works
- 6 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 96 works
- 7 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 88 works
- 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 88 works
- 9 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 84 works
- 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 79 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 30.7% in 2016.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Geneva for research?
Science Explorer records 143 research institutions in Geneva, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Geneva, World Health Organization and European Organization for Nuclear Research.
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