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Research in Lucerne

Science Explorer records 24 research institutions in Lucerne, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Lucerne, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and Luzerner Kantonsspital.

Research institutions
24
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
144k
10.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lucerne

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 Lucerne?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of LucerneUniversity 3,803 #1,817
2Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsUniversity 2,930 #2,251
3Luzerner KantonsspitalHospital / health system 2,541 #8,066
4Bioanalytica (Switzerland)Company 1,060 #9,760
5Klinik für SchlafmedizinHospital / health system 1,030 #14,889
6University of Teacher Education LucerneUniversity 655 #9,667
7SuvaInstitution 310 #16,219 all time
8Institute for Communication and LeadershipUniversity 214 #28,810 all time
9Hirslanden Klinik St. AnnaHospital / health system 211 #26,417 all time
10Link Institut (Switzerland)Company 130 #28,571 all time
11CSS (Switzerland)Company 65 not ranked
12Business and Hotel Management SchoolUniversity 53 not ranked
13Natur Museum LuzernArchive 52 not ranked
14Interface Politikstudien (Switzerland)Company 34 not ranked
15Zentral und Hochschulbibliothek LuzernArchive 33 not ranked
16Brustzentrum Klinik St. AnnaHospital / health system 14 not ranked
17Denkmalpflege und ArchäologieArchive 5 not ranked
18Kantonsschule Alpenquai LuzernUniversity 5 not ranked
19Swiss Museum of TransportArchive 2 not ranked
20Osteology FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
21Staatsarchiv LuzernArchive 1 not ranked
22Emmi (Switzerland)Company 1 not ranked
23Institut für Sozialwissenschaftliche Analysen und BeratungInstitution 1 not ranked
24Axon Active (Switzerland)Company 0 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 Lucerne: 28.9%Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: 22.3%Luzerner Kantonsspital: 19.3%Bioanalytica (Switzerland): 8.1%19 others listed: 21.4%29%largest
University of Lucerne3,803 · 28.9%Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts2,930 · 22.3%Luzerner Kantonsspital2,541 · 19.3%Bioanalytica (Switzerland)1,060 · 8.1%19 others listed2,818 · 21.4%

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

Which fields of science does Lucerne work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Lucerne is in Social Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,721 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 762 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 329 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 112 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 106 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLaw: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 319 fractional works · 8.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 99 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 92 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 55 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 280 fractional works · 7.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 204 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 77 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 116 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 83 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 1.0% 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: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,373 fractional works · 34.6% of its workMedicine: 1,182 fractional works · 29.8% of its workSurgery: 248 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 104 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 93 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 80 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 71 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 63 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 56 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 166 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 100 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 595 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEngineering: 237 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 182 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 70 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 277 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 128 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLucerne3,966fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences43%

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 Sciences1,72143.4%
    1. Social Sciences76219.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3198.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities2807.1%
    4. Psychology2045.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1162.9%
    6. Decision Sciences401.0%
  2. Health Sciences1,37334.6%
    1. Medicine1,18229.8%
    2. Health Professions1664.2%
    3. Dentistry150.4%
    4. Nursing100.2%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Engineering2376.0%
    2. Computer Science1824.6%
    3. Environmental Science701.8%
    4. Energy220.5%
    5. Mathematics180.5%
    6. Materials Science180.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences160.4%
    8. Chemistry160.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy150.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1283.2%
    2. Neuroscience581.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences501.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology340.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics80.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lucerne strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lucerne is most concentrated in Museology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and History and Philosophy of Science (6.0× the world share in Museology).

  1. MuseologySubfield · 25.4 works6.0×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 92.0 works5.6×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 28.1 works5.3×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 50.3 works4.8×
  5. RehabilitationSubfield · 24.0 works3.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 105 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 204 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 147 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 1,024 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 254 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.68× its world share, 298 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 106 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.54× its world share, 162 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 682 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.68×298 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.55×254 works
  3. Health Professions1.62×147 works
  4. Social Sciences1.56×682 works
  5. Medicine1.54×1,024 works
  6. Psychology1.54×162 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×106 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.10×37 works
  9. Dentistry0.87×15 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×29 works
  11. Neuroscience0.85×48 works
  12. Computer Science0.60×160 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×105 works
  14. Energy0.57×18 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.51×6 works
  16. Nursing0.45×8 works
  17. Engineering0.39×204 works
  18. Mathematics0.37×15 works
  19. Environmental Science0.34×57 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×12 works
  21. Chemistry0.20×11 works
  22. Veterinary0.17×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×26 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.16×12 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.08×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.08×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Lucerne?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Digital Transformation, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Leadership, Governance, Organizational Change, Sustainable Development and Globalization.

▲ 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. Epidemiology239▲ 1.51×126 topics
  2. Globalization124▲ 1.60×86 topics
  3. Sustainable Development118▲ 1.90×39 topics
  4. Education113▲ 1.66×67 topics
  5. Digital Transformation106▲ 4.9×17 topics
  6. Leadership95▲ 4.9×20 topics
  7. Quality of Life91▲ 1.58×52 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence90▲ 1.59×35 topics
  9. Governance81▲ 6.3×14 topics
  10. Innovation80▲ 1.96×35 topics
  11. Identity80▲ 2.8×45 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse79▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Big Data77▲ 2.0×26 topics
  14. Organizational Change67▲ 21×7 topics
  15. Complications67▲ 3.4×17 topics
  16. Rehabilitation61▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Gender59▲ 2.8×39 topics
  18. Customer Experience51▲ 7.9×4 topics
  19. Social Innovation50▲ 8.1×9 topics
  20. Bildungsungleichheit46▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Ethnografisches Schreiben46▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Investment Decisions45▲ 9.2×3 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life43▲ 4.6×6 topics
  24. Employee Engagement42▲ 6.0×5 topics
  25. Customer Relationship Management42▲ 7.6×2 topics
  26. Functional Recovery42▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Narrative42▲ 6.8×10 topics
  28. Mobile Health41▲ 7.1×3 topics
  29. Teacher Education40▲ 7.8×6 topics
  30. Socio-Technical Systems38▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Strategic Marketing38▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Curriculum38▲ 9.5×8 topics
  33. Agility38▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Digital Capital38▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Generation Management38▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Value Chains38▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Teaching37▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Business Models36▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Participation36▲ 9.4×3 topics
  40. Didactics34▲ 9.2×3 topics

What research is done in Lucerne?

Sociology and Education Studies: 45 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 37 fractional worksCorporate Management and…36Corporate Management and Leadership: 36 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…30Digital Innovation in Industries: 30 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 28 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 22 fractional worksPublic Administration an…20Public Administration and Political Analysis: 20 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 20 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 19 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 17 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 45 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 37 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 36 works
  4. 4 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 30 works
  5. 5 Education Methods and Technologies Education 28 works
  6. 6 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  8. 8 Libraries and Information Services Museology 20 works
  9. 9 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 19 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 17 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%Lucerne12.9% 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 19.1% in 2011.

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