Research in Geneva
Science Explorer records 149 research institutions in Geneva, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Geneva, European Organization for Nuclear Research and World Health Organization.
- Research institutions
- 149 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 139k ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 21.9% 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 Geneva?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of GenevaUniversity | 50,643 | #242 | |
| 2 | European Organization for Nuclear ResearchResearch facility | 27,854 | #960 | |
| 3 | University Hospital of GenevaHospital / health system | 12,889 | #1,484 | |
| 4 | World Health OrganizationGovernment institution | 7,967 | #1,112 | |
| 5 | Hôpital Beau-SéjourHospital / health system | 4,668 | #13,691 | |
| 6 | Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesUniversity | 4,021 | #6,613 | |
| 7 | HES-SO GenèveUniversity | 2,843 | #8,646 | |
| 8 | Clayton FoundationNonprofit | 2,649 | #4,579 all time | |
| 9 | Musée d'Art et d'HistoireArchive | 2,146 | #22,568 | |
| 10 | International Labour OrganizationGovernment institution | 1,869 | #19,461 | |
| 11 | World Trade OrganizationGovernment institution | 1,563 | #20,748 | |
| 12 | EU Business School, GenevaUniversity | 1,380 | #15,294 | |
| 13 | STMicroelectronics (Switzerland)Company | 1,350 | #21,648 | |
| 14 | Service de Santé de la JeunesseInstitution | 1,276 | #26,681 | |
| 15 | Firmenich (Switzerland)Company | 1,106 | #14,297 | |
| 16 | International Organization for MigrationGovernment institution | 1,057 | #17,621 | |
| 17 | International Committee of the Red CrossNonprofit | 817 | #20,163 | |
| 18 | Natural History Museum of GenevaArchive | 719 | #21,845 | |
| 19 | BattelleNonprofit | 616 | #6,469 all time | |
| 20 | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesGovernment institution | 616 | #29,199 all time | |
| 21 | Gulf Research CenterResearch facility | 607 | #19,057 all time | |
| 22 | World Economic ForumNonprofit | 535 | #21,717 | |
| 23 | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDSInstitution | 524 | #14,877 | |
| 24 | Care InternationalNonprofit | 493 | #20,149 | |
| 25 | Charles Humbert 8Hospital / health system | 450 | #8,640 all time | |
| 26 | Global Social ObservatoryInstitution | 422 | #10,880 all time | |
| 27 | United Nations Economic Commission for EuropeInstitution | 394 | #25,939 | |
| 28 | International Council of NursesInstitution | 364 | #11,439 all time | |
| 29 | World Meteorological OrganizationGovernment institution | 364 | #9,296 all time | |
| 30 | Médecins Sans FrontièresNonprofit | 353 | #15,486 | |
| 31 | Jardin Botanique de GenèveArchive | 335 | #25,681 | |
| 32 | Webster University GenevaUniversity | 266 | #26,482 all time | |
| 33 | FINDNonprofit | 263 | #13,916 | |
| 34 | World Intellectual Property OrganizationGovernment institution | 251 | #25,982 | |
| 35 | Drugs for Neglected Diseases InitiativeNonprofit | 249 | #14,561 all time | |
| 36 | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent SocietiesNonprofit | 247 | #24,704 | |
| 37 | United Nations Research Institute for Social DevelopmentResearch facility | 246 | #27,481 all time | |
| 38 | Foundation for laboratory medicineNonprofit | 244 | #13,679 all time | |
| 39 | International Social Security AssociationInstitution | 234 | #41,212 all time | |
| 40 | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeGovernment institution | 220 | #24,173 all time | |
| 41 | International Telecommunication UnionInstitution | 220 | #34,011 all time | |
| 42 | NCCR Chemical Biology - Visualisation and Control of Biological Processes Using ChemistryResearch facility | 217 | #10,792 all time | |
| 43 | International BaccalaureateUniversity | 208 | #28,063 all time | |
| 44 | Medicines for Malaria VentureNonprofit | 197 | #16,433 all time | |
| 45 | Global Alliance for Improved NutritionNonprofit | 197 | #38,248 all time | |
| 46 | Leman UniversityUniversity | 166 | #26,591 all time | |
| 47 | Children's Oncology GroupNonprofit | 165 | #23,994 all time | |
| 48 | United Nations Institute for Training and ResearchResearch facility | 151 | #38,187 all time | |
| 49 | International University in GenevaUniversity | 136 | #34,039 all time | |
| 50 | Light Chain Bioscience (Switzerland)Company | 134 | #15,752 all time | |
| 51 | Générale-Beaulieu ClinicHospital / health system | 128 | #29,834 all time | |
| 52 | Hirslanden Clinique La CollineHospital / health system | 115 | not ranked | |
| 53 | GaviInstitution | 113 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Wyss Center for Bio and NeuroengineeringNonprofit | 98 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Union for International Cancer ControlNonprofit | 96 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Office Médico PédagogiqueGovernment institution | 90 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Alliance for Health Policy and Systems ResearchHospital / health system | 85 | not ranked | |
| 58 | World Heart FederationNonprofit | 85 | not ranked | |
| 59 | European Broadcasting UnionInstitution | 81 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Global Forum for Health ResearchNonprofit | 80 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
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.
Which keywords describe research in Geneva?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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.
- Synchrotron Radiation
- Superconducting Magnets
- Ethnographic Research
- Environmental Participation
- Lattice QCD
- Local Development
- Silicon Detectors
- Social Determinants of Health
- Detector Performance
- International Law
- Vaccine
- Higgs Boson
- Global Governance
- Immune Response
- Social Justice
- Dark Matter
- Quality of Life
- Human Rights
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Public Health
- Climate Change
- Sustainable Development
- Innovation
- Particle Physics
- CMOS Technology
- Colonialism
- Photon Counting
- High-Energy Collider
- Community Engagement
- Migration
- X-ray Imaging
- Particle Detectors
- Territorial Governance
- Gender Studies
- Critical Current Density
- Proximity and Innovation
- Nb3Sn Conductor
- Sociological Analysis
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
- Epidemiology990▲ 1.43×138 topics
- Globalization640▲ 1.86×150 topics
- Public Health465▲ 1.82×70 topics
- Mental Health441▲ 1.72×47 topics
- Climate Change417◆ 0.88×112 topics
- Human Rights379▲ 2.1×82 topics
- Sustainable Development326▲ 1.17×85 topics
- Quality of Life305▲ 1.21×57 topics
- Innovation288▲ 1.56×69 topics
- Dark Matter274▲ 14×4 topics
- Particle Physics242▲ 18×2 topics
- Social Justice239▲ 2.3×46 topics
- CMOS Technology213▲ 15×5 topics
- Immune Response212▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Colonialism205▲ 2.5×46 topics
- Global Governance204▲ 5.1×25 topics
- Photon Counting199▲ 16×3 topics
- Higgs Boson193▲ 21×1 topic
- High-Energy Collider193▲ 21×1 topic
- Vaccine193▲ 2.7×11 topics
- Community Engagement193▲ 3.3×16 topics
- International Law189▲ 3.5×30 topics
- Migration183▲ 3.1×30 topics
- Detector Performance174▲ 31×2 topics
- X-ray Imaging174▲ 28×2 topics
- Social Determinants of Health173▲ 4.3×8 topics
- Particle Detectors169▲ 49×1 topic
- Silicon Detectors169▲ 49×1 topic
- Territorial Governance155▲ 7.0×4 topics
- Local Development150▲ 7.5×2 topics
- Gender Studies150▲ 5.5×14 topics
- Lattice QCD145▲ 14×2 topics
- Critical Current Density119▲ 27×2 topics
- Environmental Participation115▲ 8.3×1 topic
- Proximity and Innovation115▲ 8.3×1 topic
- Ethnographic Research114▲ 12×3 topics
- Nb3Sn Conductor112▲ 34×1 topic
- Superconducting Magnets112▲ 34×1 topic
- Sociological Analysis108▲ 11×2 topics
- Synchrotron Radiation108▲ 13×4 topics
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.