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Social Sciences research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#30 worldwide), followed by University of Zurich and University of Lausanne.

Switzerland's world rank
#9
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
36k
Top-10% rate
12.7%
Ranked institutions
60

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #3062.920.0%1,652
2University of ZurichZurich #3461.515.2%3,868
3University of LausanneLausanne #3960.013.6%3,208
4University of GenevaGeneva #9850.013.8%2,479
5University of BaselBasel #10349.513.1%1,760
6University of BernBern #19242.713.2%2,524
7University of FribourgFribourg #28238.511.6%1,356
8World Health OrganizationGeneva #31037.417.5%857
9École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #44433.514.4%624
10ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #50332.28.3%1,226
11Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #60130.214.5%535
12Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #61430.012.4%586
13Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGeneva #68428.819.4%678
14University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #73628.014.8%1,296
15University of LucerneLucerne #78327.310.1%630
16HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #80327.013.2%718
17University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #81526.915.6%629
18Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business AdministrationZurich #1,23622.34.2%367
19Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne #1,25622.26.1%601
20University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno #1,48620.312.2%248
21Roche (Switzerland)Basel #1,59619.513.0%218
22FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch #1,61319.47.3%575
23Musée d'Art et d'HistoireGeneva #2,00917.06.0%270
24Pädagogische Hochschule BernBern #2,42615.09.1%172
25Haute École Pédagogique du Canton de VaudLausanne #2,48214.78.5%265
26EU Business School, GenevaGeneva #2,66913.98.9%366
27Département de la Santé et de l'Action SocialeLausanne #2,81213.419.7%230
28International Organization for MigrationGeneva #3,41511.313.9%186
29University of Teacher Education LucerneLucerne #3,56510.85.8%148
30Bank for International SettlementsBasel #3,71210.423.8%189
31Victoria School of ManagementNeuchâtel #3,8539.912.6%184
32Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVETZollikofen #4,1009.325.0%69
33Swiss Finance InstituteZurich #4,1439.114.9%256
34St.Gallen University of Teacher EducationSaint Gallen #4,2139.014.0%98
35Amt für ArchäologieFrauenfeld #4,2169.06.3%172
36Médecins Sans FrontièresGeneva #4,2698.812.8%108
37Service de Santé de la JeunesseGeneva #4,3198.76.2%136
38OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleRapperswil #4,3778.65.6%156
39Swiss ArchaeologyBasel #4,5248.27.0%122
40Novartis (Switzerland)Basel #4,6897.89.0%147
41University of Applied Sciences St. GallenSaint Gallen #4,8107.516.5%99
42GesundheitsdienstBern #4,8907.38.1%97
43World Trade OrganizationGeneva #5,0247.18.9%130
44Amt für UmweltFrauenfeld #5,1666.77.1%108
45European Organization for Nuclear ResearchGeneva #5,2926.52.6%103
46World Wide Fund for NatureZurich #5,5126.014.1%124
47University of Teacher Education in Special NeedsZurich #5,8775.312.6%75
48International Labour OrganizationGeneva #5,9265.211.9%137
49Business School LausanneChavannes #6,1684.814.9%87
50Federal Supreme Court of SwitzerlandLausanne #6,3934.43.3%95
51University of Applied Sciences of the GrisonsChur #6,8743.65.3%86
52Union Bank of SwitzerlandZurich #6,8983.67.4%72
53Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)Zurich #6,9143.612.8%83
54University of Teacher Education ZugZug #7,0153.412.2%61
55International Committee of the Red CrossGeneva #7,1633.216.7%62
56Swiss National Science FoundationBern #7,2133.18.5%65
57Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, LausanneLausanne #7,3822.89.7%78
58Accenture (Switzerland)Zurich #7,6842.46.0%72
59Hôpital Beau-SéjourGeneva #8,3061.67.6%60
60Swiss National BankBern #8,509130.013.4%72

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Switzerland?

Joël Billieux, Ernst Fehr and Carel P. van Schaik rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Joël Billieux#6,027 worldwide overall158.0 of 319 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ernst Fehr#4,587 worldwide overall113.6 of 255 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Carel P. van Schaik#2,827 worldwide overall97.7 of 200 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Bruno S. Frey#74,828 worldwide overall124.5 of 508 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Michael Siegrist#20,210 worldwide overall86.9 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Matthias Egger#19,639 worldwide overall83.4 of 207 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Frank Schimmelfennig#5,279 worldwide overall74.7 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Wiebke Bleidorn#11,753 worldwide overall77.5 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Stephan M. Wagner#14,340 worldwide overall75.1 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Eszter Hargittai#11,663 worldwide overall68.6 of 141 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Willibald Ruch#80,964 worldwide overall83.2 of 298 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Mike Steffen Schäfer#29,151 worldwide overall69.6 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Georgia Salanti#3,869 worldwide overall64.7 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Steven R. G. Ongena#41,248 worldwide overall75.1 of 238 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Klaus R. Scherer#30,752 worldwide overall76.4 of 214 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Social Sciences