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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology research in Switzerland

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ranks first in Switzerland for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology research in 2022–2025 (#39 worldwide), followed by ETH Zurich and University of Zurich.

Switzerland's world rank
#11
of 108 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.7k
Top-10% rate
26.0%
Ranked institutions
19

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

What is the best university for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #3955.233.5%520
2ETH ZurichZurich #4354.035.1%894
3University of ZurichZurich #5451.226.0%820
4University of BaselBasel #10043.730.9%511
5University of LausanneLausanne #17736.730.9%546
6University of GenevaGeneva #18336.326.6%500
7University of BernBern #23533.323.2%579
8SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLausanne #39526.941.1%214
9University of FribourgFribourg #64820.926.5%186
10Roche (Switzerland)Basel #76418.926.7%196
11University Hospital of BernBern #94016.320.9%193
12Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #99715.620.0%79
13University Hospital of ZurichZurich #1,02015.319.2%267
14Novartis (Switzerland)Basel #1,20813.328.7%125
15University Hospital of BaselBasel #1,21013.221.5%146
16University Hospital of GenevaGeneva #1,36211.824.5%115
17University Children's Hospital ZurichZurich #2,0716.718.6%75
18University Hospital of LausanneLausanne #2,2365.816.5%89
19AgroscopeBern #2,6573.624.5%67

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology researchers in Switzerland?

Ruedi Aebersold, Stylianos E. Antonarakis and Zoltán Kutalik rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Ruedi Aebersold#1,595 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 85 works
  2. 2Stylianos E. Antonarakis#1,757 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 76 works
  3. 3Zoltán Kutalik#6,467 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 43 works
  4. 4Michael Weller#13,332 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 104 works
  5. 5J. Beckmann#13,844 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 72 works
  6. 6Johan Auwerx#21,352 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 66 works
  7. 7Gottfried Schatz#30,872 worldwide overall601 citations · 49 works
  8. 8Reinhard Dummer#34,756 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 116 works
  9. 9Kurt Wüthrich#35,277 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 85 works
  10. 10Konrad E. Bloch#38,244 worldwide overall784 citations · 51 works
  11. 11Adriano Aguzzi#41,114 worldwide overall619 citations · 47 works
  12. 12Dieter Seebàch#42,655 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 60 works
  13. 13Holger Moch#45,250 worldwide overall491 citations · 48 works
  14. 14Howard Riezman#58,233 worldwide overall507 citations · 48 works
  15. 15Ernesto Carafoli#61,428 worldwide overall773 citations · 66 works

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