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Earth and Planetary Sciences research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Earth and Planetary Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#9 worldwide), followed by University of Bern and Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.

Switzerland's world rank
#10
of 80 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
2.7k
Top-10% rate
30.1%
Ranked institutions
12

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

What is the best university for Earth and Planetary Sciences in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #969.035.9%690
2University of BernBern #10734.227.2%253
3Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf #11333.436.3%84
4Oeschger Centre for Climate Change ResearchBern #16727.930.4%100
5University of LausanneLausanne #19725.630.0%212
6École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #20824.832.8%168
7University of ZurichZurich #20924.738.3%121
8University of GenevaGeneva #28420.428.1%181
9Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #32718.432.3%60
10University of BaselBasel #38416.229.0%82
11University of FribourgFribourg #39315.843.1%71
12Amt für ArchäologieFrauenfeld #1,15663.09.3%68

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Earth and Planetary Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Earth and Planetary Sciences researchers in Switzerland?

Irka Hajdas, Urs Schaltegger and Oliver Heiri rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Irka Hajdas#11,680 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 41 works
  2. 2Urs Schaltegger#16,833 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 87 works
  3. 3Oliver Heiri#23,258 worldwide overall974 citations · 42 works
  4. 4Christoph A. Heinrich#23,440 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 63 works
  5. 5Peter A. Ziegler#26,147 worldwide overall1k citations · 56 works
  6. 6Nicolas Gruber#28,812 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 62 works
  7. 7Christoph Schär#38,103 worldwide overall732 citations · 35 works
  8. 8Wilfried Haeberli#41,489 worldwide overall973 citations · 87 works
  9. 9Sean D. Willett#44,521 worldwide overall702 citations · 52 works
  10. 10Jan D. Kramers#50,557 worldwide overall557 citations · 40 works
  11. 11Johan O. A. Robertsson#67,229 worldwide overall282 citations · 36 works
  12. 12Christian Huggel#73,909 worldwide overall866 citations · 61 works
  13. 13Neil S. Mancktelow#76,208 worldwide overall446 citations · 41 works
  14. 14Peter Ulmer#77,037 worldwide overall479 citations · 36 works
  15. 15Willy Tinner#83,741 worldwide overall523 citations · 42 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Earth and Planetary Sciences