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What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Switzerland?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
| 1 | ETH ZurichZurich |
#3 | 88.2 | 16.7% | 9,817 |
| 2 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne |
#38 | 60.8 | 13.7% | 6,466 |
| 3 | University of BaselBasel |
#226 | 41.6 | 14.8% | 1,539 |
| 4 | University of ZurichZurich |
#235 | 41.1 | 15.8% | 2,541 |
| 5 | University of GenevaGeneva |
#274 | 39.5 | 13.1% | 2,117 |
| 6 | University of BernBern |
#324 | 37.7 | 12.1% | 2,185 |
| 7 | Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen |
#368 | 36.3 | 11.8% | 1,527 |
| 8 | University of LausanneLausanne |
#456 | 34.0 | 12.7% | 1,232 |
| 9 | Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf |
#473 | 33.6 | 15.2% | 1,226 |
| 10 | University of FribourgFribourg |
#503 | 32.9 | 11.2% | 828 |
| 11 | European Organization for Nuclear ResearchGeneva |
#637 | 30.4 | 9.8% | 1,776 |
| 12 | Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorf |
#720 | 29.1 | 19.8% | 404 |
| 13 | ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur |
#890 | 26.8 | 10.5% | 596 |
| 14 | Università della Svizzera italianaLugano |
#978 | 25.8 | 11.3% | 609 |
| 15 | University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno |
#1,018 | 25.3 | 10.0% | 388 |
| 16 | Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf |
#1,085 | 24.6 | 19.0% | 442 |
| 17 | HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont |
#1,148 | 24.0 | 7.4% | 664 |
| 18 | Roche (Switzerland)Basel |
#1,203 | 23.5 | 12.2% | 310 |
| 19 | SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLausanne |
#1,271 | 22.9 | 23.3% | 104 |
| 20 | Bern University of Applied SciencesBern |
#1,283 | 22.8 | 9.7% | 426 |
| 21 | Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of TechnologyZurich |
#1,334 | 22.4 | 11.0% | 137 |
| 22 | Novartis (Switzerland)Basel |
#1,336 | 22.4 | 12.5% | 264 |
| 23 | University of St.GallenSaint Gallen |
#1,555 | 20.8 | 15.5% | 397 |
| 24 | World Health OrganizationGeneva |
#1,642 | 20.2 | 15.1% | 330 |
| 25 | InspireZurich |
#2,120 | 17.4 | 10.4% | 120 |
| 26 | Oeschger Centre for Climate Change ResearchBern |
#2,137 | 17.3 | 15.4% | 223 |
| 27 | Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne |
#2,424 | 16.0 | 6.3% | 327 |
| 28 | OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleRapperswil |
#2,904 | 14.0 | 6.5% | 218 |
| 29 | Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business AdministrationZurich |
#3,083 | 13.4 | 3.2% | 69 |
| 30 | FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch |
#3,377 | 12.4 | 7.2% | 438 |
| 31 | AgroscopeBern |
#3,604 | 11.7 | 17.9% | 176 |
| 32 | University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel |
#3,995 | 10.6 | 11.2% | 387 |
| 33 | Idiap Research InstituteMartigny-Combe |
#4,071 | 10.4 | 14.7% | 185 |
| 34 | Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteAllschwil |
#4,125 | 10.2 | 16.0% | 81 |
| 35 | Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland)Safenwil |
#4,682 | 8.9 | 7.6% | 297 |
| 36 | Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)Zurich |
#4,811 | 8.6 | 11.6% | 137 |
| 37 | Syngenta (Switzerland)Basel |
#5,269 | 7.6 | 13.9% | 79 |
| 38 | World Wide Fund for NatureZurich |
#5,390 | 7.4 | 15.4% | 198 |
| 39 | Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)Neuchâtel |
#5,497 | 7.2 | 8.0% | 180 |
| 40 | SwitchZurich |
#5,705 | 6.8 | 7.0% | 117 |
| 41 | International Space Science InstituteBern |
#6,021 | 6.2 | 14.4% | 117 |
| 42 | University of LucerneLucerne |
#6,101 | 6.0 | 7.2% | 75 |
| 43 | EU Business School, GenevaGeneva |
#6,165 | 5.9 | 8.8% | 128 |
| 44 | Accenture (Switzerland)Zurich |
#6,260 | 5.8 | 4.0% | 114 |
| 45 | ABB (Switzerland)Zurich |
#6,342 | 5.6 | 7.2% | 173 |
| 46 | Swiss Federal Institute of MetrologyBern |
#6,878 | 4.7 | 5.9% | 99 |
| 47 | Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwissZurich |
#6,974 | 4.6 | 14.3% | 85 |
| 48 | Synopsys (Switzerland)Zurich |
#7,618 | 3.6 | 4.5% | 143 |
| 49 | Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium DavosDavos |
#8,003 | 3.1 | 14.9% | 95 |
| 50 | University of Applied Sciences of the GrisonsChur |
#8,603 | 2.3 | 4.5% | 62 |
| 51 | Amt für ArchäologieFrauenfeld |
#8,686 | 2.2 | 3.2% | 93 |
| 52 | International Union for Conservation of NatureGland |
#9,485 | 127.0 | 16.9% | 96 |
| 53 | Swiss Ornithological InstituteSempach |
#9,493 | 126.0 | 13.5% | 99 |
| 54 | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel |
#10,521 | 15.0 | 8.6% | 227 |
Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Switzerland?
Michaël Grätzel, P. Kyberd and G. Dissertori rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.
- 1Michaël Grätzel#935 worldwide overall907.4 of 2,150 papers here in the top 10%
- 2P. Kyberd#21,069 worldwide overall630.3 of 2,224 papers here in the top 10%
- 3G. Dissertori#9,720 worldwide overall564.7 of 1,683 papers here in the top 10%
- 4G. M. Dallavalle#14,919 worldwide overall585.3 of 1,911 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Francesco L. Navarria#18,368 worldwide overall579.1 of 1,954 papers here in the top 10%
- 6M. Cuffiani#18,663 worldwide overall575.4 of 1,928 papers here in the top 10%
- 7P. Giacomelli#20,976 worldwide overall535.3 of 1,838 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin#2,117 worldwide overall429.2 of 1,009 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Giuseppe Eugenio Bruno#8,223 worldwide overall442.2 of 1,246 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Gunter Quast#18,091 worldwide overall466.9 of 1,525 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Luc Van Gool#11,566 worldwide overall437.9 of 1,316 papers here in the top 10%
- 12S. Nuzzo#28,815 worldwide overall466.5 of 1,702 papers here in the top 10%
- 13David E. Evans#17,439 worldwide overall407.4 of 1,290 papers here in the top 10%
- 14M. Maggi#29,773 worldwide overall431.3 of 1,573 papers here in the top 10%
- 15Sofia Vallecorsa#11,128 worldwide overall369.7 of 999 papers here in the top 10%
How Switzerland compares with other countries in Physical Sciences