City · Switzerland
Research in Zurich
Science Explorer records 234 research institutions in Zurich, Switzerland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are ETH Zurich, University of Zurich and University Hospital of Zurich.
- Research institutions
- 234 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 249k ▲ 8% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 25.2% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Zurich?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH ZurichUniversity | 91,961 | #20 | |
| 2 | University of ZurichUniversity | 76,071 | #96 | |
| 3 | University Hospital of ZurichFunder | 23,610 | #906 | |
| 4 | Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of TechnologyGovernment institution | 5,833 | #5,703 | |
| 5 | ABB (Switzerland)Company | 4,806 | #18,127 | |
| 6 | University Children's Hospital ZurichHospital / health system | 3,405 | #5,538 | |
| 7 | Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business AdministrationUniversity | 3,286 | #13,583 | |
| 8 | Institute for Biomedical EngineeringResearch facility | 2,411 | #1,913 | |
| 9 | Universitätsklinik BalgristHospital / health system | 2,323 | #10,254 | |
| 10 | Swiss Finance InstituteUniversity | 2,030 | #8,137 | |
| 11 | Schulthess-KlinikHospital / health system | 1,943 | #15,668 | |
| 12 | Zurich University of Teacher EducationUniversity | 1,730 | #4,776 | |
| 13 | Triemli HospitalHospital / health system | 1,592 | #19,814 | |
| 14 | Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)Company | 1,480 | #10,075 | |
| 15 | SwitchNonprofit | 1,360 | #18,833 | |
| 16 | Accenture (Switzerland)Company | 1,212 | #22,113 | |
| 17 | Mylan (Switzerland)Company | 1,166 | #23,516 | |
| 18 | Ludwig Cancer ResearchNonprofit | 1,070 | #2,045 | |
| 19 | Synopsys (Switzerland)Company | 1,023 | #20,850 | |
| 20 | Breast CenterHospital / health system | 989 | #20,560 | |
| 21 | Union Bank of SwitzerlandFunder | 982 | #15,622 | |
| 22 | Stadtspital WaidHospital / health system | 830 | #23,372 | |
| 23 | Tamedia (Switzerland)Company | 804 | #17,165 | |
| 24 | Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwissGovernment institution | 729 | #3,777 | |
| 25 | Klinik HirslandenHospital / health system | 711 | #19,244 | |
| 26 | Zurich University of the ArtsUniversity | 706 | #13,490 | |
| 27 | Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)Company | 687 | #11,302 | |
| 28 | Center for Pediatric Endocrinology ZurichResearch facility | 664 | #12,248 | |
| 29 | Biologie LaborResearch facility | 633 | #17,408 all time | |
| 30 | Credit Suisse (Switzerland)Company | 545 | #31,877 all time | |
| 31 | InspireCompany | 523 | #9,868 | |
| 32 | The Geneva AssociationNonprofit | 463 | #15,774 | |
| 33 | Swiss Epilepsy CenterInstitution | 433 | #15,841 all time | |
| 34 | Rheinmetall (Switzerland)Company | 423 | #27,024 | |
| 35 | Zürich Zoological GardenArchive | 421 | #13,564 all time | |
| 36 | Swiss School of Public HealthUniversity | 415 | #15,709 | |
| 37 | University of Teacher Education in Special NeedsUniversity | 412 | #23,146 | |
| 38 | Google (Switzerland)Company | 380 | #5,769 | |
| 39 | Zurich Heart HouseInstitution | 355 | #33,230 all time | |
| 40 | Swiss National MuseumArchive | 310 | #20,283 all time | |
| 41 | Amt für StädtebauGovernment institution | 305 | #31,730 all time | |
| 42 | Zürcher FachhochschuleUniversity | 299 | #29,544 all time | |
| 43 | Life Science ZurichUniversity | 295 | #9,166 | |
| 44 | Swiss Re (Switzerland)Company | 278 | #24,964 all time | |
| 45 | Zurich Insurance Group (Switzerland)Company | 275 | #21,899 | |
| 46 | Zürich Airport (Switzerland)Company | 270 | #20,238 all time | |
| 47 | Sukkulenten-Sammlung ZürichArchive | 266 | #26,787 | |
| 48 | Kantonsschule EngeUniversity | 265 | #16,833 all time | |
| 49 | Swiss Data Science CenterUniversity | 259 | #12,834 | |
| 50 | GEO Partner (Switzerland)Company | 251 | #29,471 all time | |
| 51 | Janssen (Switzerland)Company | 223 | #21,701 | |
| 52 | Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in SocietyNonprofit | 216 | #15,340 all time | |
| 53 | Hirslanden Klinik Im ParkHospital / health system | 212 | #22,598 all time | |
| 54 | Kalaidos University of Applied SciencesUniversity | 209 | #29,566 all time | |
| 55 | World Wide Fund for NatureNonprofit | 201 | #26,817 all time | |
| 56 | Stiftung Patientensicherheit SchweizInstitution | 197 | #24,067 all time | |
| 57 | Immunologie-Zentrum ZürichHospital / health system | 197 | #32,266 all time | |
| 58 | Swiss Institute for Art ResearchResearch facility | 184 | #19,360 all time | |
| 59 | Walt Disney (Switzerland)Company | 180 | #12,621 all time | |
| 60 | Takeda (Switzerland)Company | 166 | #21,722 |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
ETH Zurich92k · 37.5%University of Zurich76k · 31.0%University Hospital of Zurich24k · 9.6%Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology5,833 · 2.4%56 others listed48k · 19.6%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Zurich strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Zurich is most concentrated in Equine, Theoretical Computer Science and General Decision Sciences (5.8× the world share in Equine).
- EquineSubfield · 27.9 works5.8×
- Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 30.4 works4.8×
- General Decision SciencesSubfield · 30.3 works4.3×
- Discrete Mathematics and CombinatoricsSubfield · 50.7 works3.5×
- ClassicsSubfield · 65.6 works3.0×
- Developmental BiologySubfield · 24.7 works3.0×
- VeterinaryField · 143.0 works2.8×
← 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.
Which keywords describe research in Zurich?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Inflammation, Sustainability and Neural Networks.
- Bildung
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Molecular Dynamics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Governance
- Biomechanics
- Complications
- Rehabilitation
- Neurological Disorders
- Clinical Trials
- Risk Factors
- Immunotherapy
- Big Data
- Renewable Energy
- Remote Sensing
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Neural Networks
- Treatment
- Artificial Intelligence
- Public Health
- Cancer
- Biomedical Applications
- Diagnosis
- Identity
- Depression
- Ethics
- Global Warming
- Gender
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- 3D Printing
- Fluid Dynamics
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology1,515◆ 1.03×137 topics
- Deep Learning1,226◆ 0.97×83 topics
- Climate Change1,186▲ 1.19×115 topics
- Machine Learning1,154◆ 0.95×94 topics
- Inflammation721◆ 0.94×83 topics
- Sustainability710▼ 0.79×123 topics
- Neural Networks566◆ 0.99×41 topics
- Quality of Life507◆ 0.95×58 topics
- Treatment476◆ 1.06×51 topics
- Oxidative Stress459▼ 0.76×62 topics
- Artificial Intelligence438▼ 0.86×59 topics
- Remote Sensing426◆ 0.93×37 topics
- Public Health412▼ 0.77×75 topics
- Renewable Energy409▼ 0.77×51 topics
- Cancer407▼ 0.82×58 topics
- Big Data402▲ 1.20×33 topics
- Biomedical Applications390◆ 0.89×35 topics
- Immunotherapy376▲ 1.43×19 topics
- Diagnosis362◆ 1.05×41 topics
- Risk Factors360◆ 0.89×37 topics
- Identity330▲ 1.23×68 topics
- Clinical Trials324▲ 1.31×19 topics
- Depression320◆ 0.98×25 topics
- Neurological Disorders304▲ 1.45×20 topics
- Ethics298▲ 1.67×52 topics
- Rehabilitation285▲ 1.95×13 topics
- Global Warming284▲ 1.88×14 topics
- Complications284▲ 1.53×17 topics
- Gender269▲ 1.34×53 topics
- Biomechanics267▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging255▲ 2.7×8 topics
- Governance251▲ 2.1×17 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse232▲ 15×2 topics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions203▲ 2.0×8 topics
- 3D Printing190▲ 2.2×5 topics
- Molecular Dynamics166▲ 2.7×7 topics
- Fluid Dynamics163▲ 3.2×6 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit138▲ 13×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben138▲ 13×1 topic
- Bildung102▲ 8.5×3 topics
What research is done in Zurich?
Sociology and Political ScienceSurgeryEducationPathology and Forensic Medicine6 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 138 works
- 2 Shoulder Injury and TreatmentSurgery 94 works
- 3 Education Methods and TechnologiesEducation 94 works
- 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyPathology and Forensic Medicine 88 works
- 5 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 84 works
- 6 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 84 works
- 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 79 works
- 8 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 75 works
- 9 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 74 works
- 10 Climate variability and modelsGlobal and Planetary Change 73 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.