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Environmental Science research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Environmental Science research in 2022–2025 (#17 worldwide), followed by University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.

Switzerland's world rank
#14
of 125 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
6.2k
Top-10% rate
29.5%
Ranked institutions
19

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

What is the best university for Environmental Science in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #1765.337.5%1,017
2University of ZurichZurich #17337.035.3%388
3Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf #23433.341.2%309
4University of BernBern #25832.130.6%393
5École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #30530.027.7%351
6Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorf #32029.433.9%294
7University of LausanneLausanne #34828.429.2%312
8University of BaselBasel #43725.630.7%241
9University of GenevaGeneva #74519.126.6%226
10AgroscopeBern #80218.236.2%136
11Oeschger Centre for Climate Change ResearchBern #96915.936.6%102
12Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #1,32912.029.3%114
13International Union for Conservation of NatureGland #1,46110.929.8%88
14University of FribourgFribourg #1,49510.631.9%97
15Swiss Ornithological InstituteSempach #1,6449.431.1%84
16Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #1,6619.330.7%79
17Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #1,9617.317.3%102
18University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #2,3175.220.8%80
19Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #3,5510.00.0%62

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Environmental Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Environmental Science researchers in Switzerland?

Nina Buchmann, Niklaus E. Zimmermann and Antoine Guisan rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Nina Buchmann#2,434 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 73 works
  2. 2Niklaus E. Zimmermann#3,177 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 48 works
  3. 3Antoine Guisan#9,531 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 62 works
  4. 4Johan Six#12,134 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 58 works
  5. 5Reto Knutti#12,708 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 57 works
  6. 6J. V. Ward#15,539 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 69 works
  7. 7Klement Tockner#18,278 worldwide overall747 citations · 44 works
  8. 8Nicolas Gruber#28,812 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 51 works
  9. 9Urs von Gunten#37,588 worldwide overall638 citations · 50 works
  10. 10Christoph Schär#38,103 worldwide overall732 citations · 36 works
  11. 11Markus Fischer#39,673 worldwide overall1k citations · 54 works
  12. 12Christian Körner#42,627 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 70 works
  13. 13Bernhard Schmid#42,968 worldwide overall816 citations · 54 works
  14. 14Florian Altermatt#50,168 worldwide overall449 citations · 43 works
  15. 15Thomas W. Crowther#65,857 worldwide overall530 citations · 37 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Environmental Science