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Research in Gland

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Gland, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
613
▲ 109% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
30.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1965-2026
62 years on the record
Gland

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Which research institutions are in Gland?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1International Union for Conservation of NatureNonprofit 586 #12,544
2World Association of Zoos and AquariumsInstitution 6 not ranked
3Mava FoundationInstitution 2 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.

Which fields of science does Gland work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Gland is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (49%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 54.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 98 fractional works · 49.3% of its workEcology: 37 fractional works · 18.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 10.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 57 fractional works · 28.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 41 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKGland200fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences11%

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. Environmental Science9849.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.9%
    3. Engineering21.0%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Energy10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4120.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology136.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences105.0%
    2. Psychology63.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine94.6%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Nursing00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Gland strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gland is most concentrated in Ecology (24.4× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 33.3 works24×
← 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: 4.21× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.29× its world share, 89 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.29×89 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.21×35 works
  3. Veterinary2.38×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.60×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.19×11 works
  6. Psychology0.99×5 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.74×3 works
  9. Dentistry0.49×0 works
  10. Nursing0.39×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.39×8 works
  12. Energy0.33×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.28×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.26×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×1 works
  16. Medicine0.23×8 works
  17. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  25. Engineering0.06×2 works
  26. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Gland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Biodiversity Conservation, Invasive Species, Conservation Biology and Trophic Cascades.

▲ 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. Climate Change55▲ 10×65 topics
  2. Biodiversity37▲ 24×26 topics
  3. Conservation28▲ 32×21 topics
  4. Population Dynamics26▲ 50×9 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation22▲ 29×13 topics
  6. Invasive Species19▲ 22×19 topics
  7. Conservation Biology16▲ 74×4 topics
  8. Sustainability15▲ 3.2×30 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades14▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Habitat Selection14▲ 93×2 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services13▲ 17×11 topics
  12. Animal Movement12▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Occupancy Rates12▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Habitat Fragmentation12▲ 29×5 topics
  15. Land Use Change12▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Model Evaluation11▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Ecological Niche11▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Species Distribution Modeling11▲ 91×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact11▲ 3.1×20 topics
  20. Biogeography10▲ 18×16 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 14×10 topics
  22. DNA Barcoding8▲ 24×9 topics
  23. Global Change8▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 23×8 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity7▲ 8.5×11 topics
  26. Evolution7▲ 13×12 topics
  27. Phylogeny7▲ 20×12 topics
  28. Environmental Services6▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Tropical Deforestation6▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Climate Change Impacts6▲ 25×5 topics
  31. Ecosystem6▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Species Richness5▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Aquaculture5▲ 9.2×8 topics
  36. Biological Invasions5▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Community Ecology5▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Environmental Policy5▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Social-Ecological Systems4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Ocean Acidification4▲ 29×3 topics

What research is done in Gland?

Wildlife Ecology and Con…12Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 10 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 4 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 3 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 3 fractional worksCoral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 3 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 3 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape Conservation3 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 10 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 3 works
  8. 8 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  9. 9 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 counting20%40%60%Gland23.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 43.7% in 2018.

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