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Research in Lugano

Science Explorer records 23 research institutions in Lugano, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Università della Svizzera italiana, Laboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences and Epatocentro Ticino.

Research institutions
23
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
312k
30.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lugano

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 Lugano?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Università della Svizzera italianaUniversity 8,041 #632
2Clinica Luganese MoncuccoHospital / health system 678 #21,741 all time
3Epatocentro TicinoHospital / health system 417 #21,836
4Franklin University SwitzerlandUniversity 236 #25,117 all time
5Laboratory for Biomedical NeurosciencesResearch facility 209 #20,751
6Swiss Institute for Regenerative MedicineNonprofit 169 #17,860 all time
7Helsinn (Switzerland)Company 86 not ranked
8Smartec (Switzerland)Company 80 not ranked
9LUdeS UniversityUniversity 58 not ranked
10European Society for Medical OncologyNonprofit 53 not ranked
11IBSA Institut Biochimique (Switzerland)Company 44 not ranked
12Casale (Switzerland)Company 32 not ranked
13Polichem (Switzerland)Company 17 not ranked
14Museo Cantonale di Storia Naturale di LuganoArchive 16 not ranked
15CoreQuest (Switzerland)Company 13 not ranked
16Studi Associati (Switzerland)Company 7 not ranked
17Adienne (Switzerland)Company 5 not ranked
18Cerbios (Switzerland)Company 5 not ranked
19European Academy of Dermatology and VenereologyNonprofit 3 not ranked
20CNH Industrial (Switzerland)Company 2 not ranked
21Biblioteca Cantonale di LuganoArchive 2 not ranked
22Swiss Stem Cell FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
23Novintethical Pharma (Switzerland)Company 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.

Università della Svizzera italiana: 79.0%Clinica Luganese Moncucco: 6.7%Epatocentro Ticino: 4.1%Franklin University Switzerland: 2.3%19 others listed: 7.9%79%largest
Università della Svizzera italiana8,041 · 79.0%Clinica Luganese Moncucco678 · 6.7%Epatocentro Ticino417 · 4.1%Franklin University Switzerland236 · 2.3%19 others listed804 · 7.9%

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

Which fields of science does Lugano work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Lugano is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Computer Science (18%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 770 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMedicine: 705 fractional works · 29.5% of its workSurgery: 131 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 74 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 45 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 54 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 741 fractional works · 31.1% of its workComputer Science: 434 fractional works · 18.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 161 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 66 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 46 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoftware: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 174 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 39 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 661 fractional works · 27.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 256 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 98 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 115 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 103 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 83 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 43 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 214 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 109 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 62 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 60 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLugano2,387fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences28%

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. Medicine70529.5%
    2. Health Professions542.3%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Computer Science43418.2%
    2. Engineering1747.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy391.7%
    4. Mathematics291.2%
    5. Environmental Science281.2%
    6. Materials Science150.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences70.3%
    8. Energy60.3%
    9. Chemistry50.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.2%
    1. Social Sciences25610.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities1154.8%
    3. Psychology1034.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting833.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance632.6%
    6. Decision Sciences411.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1094.6%
    2. Neuroscience602.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology241.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences170.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lugano strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lugano is most concentrated in Software (22.8× the world share in Software).

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 30.6 works23×
← 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, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 94 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.36× its world share, 383 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 155 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 608 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 102 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 75 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 89 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 223 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.36×383 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.82×37 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.69×102 works
  4. Medicine1.51×608 works
  5. Neuroscience1.50×51 works
  6. Psychology1.39×89 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.31×58 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×75 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×22 works
  10. Mathematics1.04×26 works
  11. Health Professions0.87×48 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×94 works
  13. Social Sciences0.84×223 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.73×34 works
  15. Nursing0.56×6 works
  16. Engineering0.49×155 works
  17. Veterinary0.46×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×3 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.37×3 works
  20. Energy0.33×6 works
  21. Dentistry0.27×3 works
  22. Environmental Science0.24×25 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×6 works
  24. Materials Science0.18×13 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×16 works
  26. Chemistry0.14×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Lugano?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Epidemiology, Neural Networks, Distributed Systems, Code Clone Detection, Refactoring and Social Media.

▲ 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. Deep Learning133▲ 1.61×65 topics
  2. Machine Learning130▲ 1.64×70 topics
  3. Epidemiology119▲ 1.25×113 topics
  4. Inflammation66▲ 1.29×79 topics
  5. Neural Networks65▲ 1.77×32 topics
  6. Social Media56▲ 1.68×28 topics
  7. Quality of Life41▲ 1.20×48 topics
  8. Big Data41▲ 1.80×21 topics
  9. Treatment39▲ 1.36×43 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence39◆ 1.15×28 topics
  11. Complications36▲ 3.0×16 topics
  12. Diagnosis34▲ 1.52×34 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 1.21×35 topics
  14. Healthcare33▲ 1.20×25 topics
  15. Distributed Systems31▲ 7.6×6 topics
  16. Depression31▲ 1.47×21 topics
  17. Guidelines30▲ 2.7×13 topics
  18. Biomarkers30▲ 1.80×16 topics
  19. Identity28▲ 1.61×30 topics
  20. Anomaly Detection27▲ 4.0×4 topics
  21. Code Clone Detection26▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Refactoring26▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Surveillance24▲ 3.6×4 topics
  24. Heart Failure22▲ 2.1×14 topics
  25. Regeneration21▲ 4.3×6 topics
  26. Automated Testing20▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Software Fault Localization20▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Diagnostic Criteria19▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Echocardiography19▲ 2.9×7 topics
  30. Embodiment18▲ 4.1×7 topics
  31. Performance Prediction17▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Fault Localization17▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Log Analysis17▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Microservices17▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Circadian Rhythms16▲ 6.3×2 topics
  36. Catheter Ablation16▲ 5.3×2 topics
  37. Institutional Theory15▲ 6.0×3 topics
  38. Parallel Computing14▲ 5.1×5 topics
  39. Mesenchymal Stem Cells14▲ 5.5×3 topics
  40. Model Checking13▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Lugano?

Software Engineering Res…25Software Engineering Research: 25 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 18 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…16Software System Performance and Reliability: 16 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 9 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 9 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techni…9Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 9 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 9 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 8 fractional works
Information SystemsSoftwareComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 25 works
  2. 2 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 18 works
  3. 3 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 16 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  5. 5 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  6. 6 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 9 works
  7. 7 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 9 works
  9. 9 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 8 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%60%Lugano22.1% 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 40.1% in 1997.

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