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Research in St. Gallen

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of St.Gallen, Kantonsspital St. Gallen and University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen.

Research institutions
28
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
361k
17.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
St. Gallen

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 St. Gallen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of St.GallenUniversity 12,847 #1,139
2Kantonsspital St. GallenHospital / health system 3,867 #2,417
3University of Applied Sciences St. GallenUniversity 1,051 #7,636
4Zentrum für LabormedizinInstitution 798 #11,587
5Ostschweizer KinderspitalHospital / health system 693 #20,569
6Kompetenzzentrum Gesundheit und AlterHospital / health system 433 #19,235 all time
7St.Gallen University of Teacher EducationUniversity 295 #14,689
8Malik Management (Switzerland)Company 97 not ranked
9FISBA OPTIK (Switzerland)Company 85 not ranked
10Kantonale Psychiatrische Dienste St GallenHospital / health system 67 not ranked
11Hochschule für Logopädie OstschweizUniversity 67 not ranked
12Hirslanden Klinik StephanshornHospital / health system 30 not ranked
13Tumor- und Brustzentrum ZeTuP SilberturmResearch facility 28 not ranked
14Sefar (Switzerland)Company 23 not ranked
15Skat Consulting (Switzerland)Company 18 not ranked
16eSwiss Medical and Surgical CenterHospital / health system 17 not ranked
17KantonsarchäologieArchive 13 not ranked
18Oertli Instrumente (Switzerland)Company 12 not ranked
19Kantonsschule am BurggrabenUniversity 11 not ranked
20Schweizerische Pastoralsoziologische InstitutResearch facility 9 not ranked
21St.Galler Stadtwerke (Switzerland)Company 8 not ranked
22St. Gallen Oncology ConferencesNonprofit 7 not ranked
23Abbey library of Saint GallArchive 6 not ranked
24Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Manuelle MedizinInstitution 5 not ranked
25Strittmatter Partner (Switzerland)Company 4 not ranked
26B.Well SwissHospital / health system 3 not ranked
27Museum im LagerhausArchive 1 not ranked
28Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana St.GallenArchive 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 St.Gallen: 62.7%Kantonsspital St. Gallen: 18.9%University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen: 5.1%Zentrum für Labormedizin: 3.9%23 others listed: 9.4%63%largest
University of St.Gallen13k · 62.7%Kantonsspital St. Gallen3,867 · 18.9%University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen1,051 · 5.1%Zentrum für Labormedizin798 · 3.9%23 others listed1,932 · 9.4%

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

Which fields of science does St. Gallen work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in St. Gallen is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (18%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,778 fractional works · 49.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 636 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 260 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 97 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 76 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 545 fractional works · 15.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 154 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 105 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 87 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 72 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 60 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 195 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 118 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 191 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 69 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 136 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 77 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,048 fractional works · 29.2% of its workMedicine: 898 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSurgery: 167 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 88 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 137 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 90 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 571 fractional works · 15.9% of its workComputer Science: 296 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 115 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 150 fractional works · 4.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 188 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 84 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Gallen3,584fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences50%

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 Sciences1,77849.6%
    1. Social Sciences63617.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting54515.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1955.4%
    4. Psychology1915.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities1363.8%
    6. Decision Sciences772.1%
  2. Health Sciences1,04829.2%
    1. Medicine89825.1%
    2. Health Professions1373.8%
    3. Nursing50.1%
    4. Dentistry40.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Computer Science2968.3%
    2. Engineering1504.2%
    3. Environmental Science611.7%
    4. Mathematics230.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy130.4%
    6. Materials Science100.3%
    7. Energy90.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.2%
    9. Chemistry10.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology842.3%
    2. Neuroscience471.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology290.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences240.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is St. Gallen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in St. Gallen is most concentrated in Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Strategy and Management (8.7× the world share in Management of Technology and Innovation).

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 84.3 works8.7×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 96.8 works6.3×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 145.0 works5.2×
  4. FinanceSubfield · 49.7 works5.2×
  5. Business, Management and AccountingField · 511.9 works5.0×
  6. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 64.4 works4.9×
  7. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 29.3 works4.4×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 257 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 135 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 53 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 782 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 119 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.97× its world share, 512 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 69 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.64× its world share, 180 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 162 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 572 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.97×512 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.64×180 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.23×69 works
  4. Psychology1.66×162 works
  5. Health Professions1.45×122 works
  6. Social Sciences1.41×572 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.29×119 works
  8. Medicine1.27×782 works
  9. Computer Science1.03×257 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×26 works
  11. Neuroscience0.75×39 works
  12. Veterinary0.66×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.55×20 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×76 works
  15. Environmental Science0.33×53 works
  16. Energy0.30×9 works
  17. Engineering0.28×135 works
  18. Nursing0.26×4 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×3 works
  20. Dentistry0.24×4 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.17×12 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×22 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×6 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×8 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.06×1 works
  26. Chemistry0.03×1 works

Which keywords describe research in St. Gallen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Social Capital, Digital Transformation, Business Models, Corporate Governance and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Epidemiology157◆ 1.10×122 topics
  2. Big Data143▲ 4.2×22 topics
  3. Sustainability133▲ 1.51×68 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence131▲ 2.6×32 topics
  5. Machine Learning103▼ 0.86×66 topics
  6. Sustainable Development96▲ 1.72×45 topics
  7. Globalization94▲ 1.34×84 topics
  8. Innovation94▲ 2.5×37 topics
  9. Social Capital92▲ 5.0×14 topics
  10. Corporate Governance86▲ 3.3×20 topics
  11. Digital Transformation83▲ 4.3×19 topics
  12. Customer Experience76▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management68▲ 2.1×19 topics
  14. Human Rights66▲ 1.79×41 topics
  15. Leadership65▲ 3.7×24 topics
  16. E-commerce59▲ 2.9×6 topics
  17. Business Models57▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Economic Growth56▲ 1.93×21 topics
  19. Mobile Health55▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Governance53▲ 4.5×15 topics
  21. Ethics52▲ 2.9×35 topics
  22. Accountability50▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Firm Performance50▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Entrepreneurship50▲ 3.5×12 topics
  25. Organizational Change48▲ 17×6 topics
  26. Neoliberalism46▲ 3.5×23 topics
  27. Investment Decisions42▲ 9.6×3 topics
  28. Technology Innovation40▲ 33×3 topics
  29. Customer Relationship Management39▲ 7.8×2 topics
  30. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse39▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Omni-Channel Strategy39▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Institutional Theory36▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Market Dynamics34▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Innovation Policy31▲ 9.0×5 topics
  35. Strategic Alliances29▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Business Ethics29▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Fairness28▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Liability27▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Multinational Enterprises27▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Strategic Marketing27▲ 35×2 topics

What research is done in St. Gallen?

Digital Innovation in In…38Digital Innovation in Industries: 38 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…26Corporate Governance and Management: 26 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 24 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human Rights: 24 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 24 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 21 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 20 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…20Corporate Finance and Governance: 20 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 19 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 18 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 38 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 26 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  4. 4 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 24 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 21 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 20 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 20 works
  9. 9 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 18 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%30%St. Gallen20.7% 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 25.6% in 2011.

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