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Research in Olten

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Olten, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Solothurner Spitäler and Kantonsschule Olten.

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
834
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
13.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Olten

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 Olten?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Solothurner SpitälerHospital / health system 400 #19,930
2Kantonsschule OltenUniversity 397 #20,448
3Polynomics (Switzerland)Company 19 not ranked
4Schweizerischen Neurologischen GesellschaftInstitution 11 not ranked
5Velobüro (Switzerland)Company 3 not ranked
6Herzstiftung OltenNonprofit 3 not ranked
7Historisches Museum OltenArchive 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.

Solothurner Spitäler: 48.0%Kantonsschule Olten: 47.6%Polynomics (Switzerland): 2.3%Schweizerischen Neurologischen Gesellschaft: 1.3%3 others listed: 0.8%48%largest
Solothurner Spitäler400 · 48.0%Kantonsschule Olten397 · 47.6%Polynomics (Switzerland)19 · 2.3%Schweizerischen Neurologischen Gesellschaft11 · 1.3%3 others listed7 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Olten work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research in Olten is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 131 fractional works · 73.9% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 68.1% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 20.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOlten177fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12068.1%
    2. Health Professions84.6%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences53.0%
    2. Psychology42.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities42.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.5%
    2. Neuroscience31.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    1. Engineering74.2%
    2. Environmental Science21.0%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Olten strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Olten is most concentrated in Surgery (8.7× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 31.4 works8.7×
← 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 25 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: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.09×1 works
  2. Medicine3.49×103 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.95×2 works
  4. Health Professions1.96×8 works
  5. Neuroscience1.09×3 works
  6. Dentistry1.04×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.88×4 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×6 works
  10. Psychology0.75×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×2 works
  12. Nursing0.37×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.28×0 works
  16. Engineering0.26×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.26×5 works
  18. Environmental Science0.20×2 works
  19. Energy0.12×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  21. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Olten?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Complications, Epidemiology, Chronic Pain, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Laparoscopic Repair, Heart Failure and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.5×62 topics
  2. Complications13▲ 15×16 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 1.91×29 topics
  4. Diagnosis7▲ 4.2×27 topics
  5. Treatment7▲ 3.2×26 topics
  6. Chronic Pain6▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 8.1×14 topics
  8. Heart Failure5▲ 6.5×11 topics
  9. Laparoscopic Repair5▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Mortality4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 2.3×16 topics
  12. Hernia Repair4▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Mesh Techniques4▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Management4▲ 2.8×18 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  16. Guidelines4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  17. Biomechanics4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  18. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  19. Diabetes4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  20. Glaucoma4▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  22. Revision Surgery3▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Glycemic Control3▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.0×14 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.6×7 topics
  27. Surgery3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Arthroplasty3▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  30. Insulin Therapy3▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Genetic Variation3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 6.3×4 topics
  33. Internal Fixation3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Healthcare Utilization2▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Pain Management2▲ 6.1×6 topics
  36. Epidemiological Study2▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Germany2▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Health Surveys2▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Robotic Surgery2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  40. Socioeconomic Status2▲ 27×2 topics

What research is done in Olten?

Hernia repair and manage…4Hernia repair and management: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 1 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Dru…1Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 1 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…1Diet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsOphthalmologyPharmacology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 1 works
  8. 8 Libraries and Information Services Museology 1 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 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 counting10%20%30%Olten13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2014.

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