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Medicine research in Switzerland

University of Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Medicine research in 2022-now (#46 worldwide), followed by University of Basel and ETH Zurich.

Switzerland's world rank
#8
of 152 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
35k
Top-10% rate
13.7%
Ranked institutions
60

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Medicine in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ZurichZurich #4657.715.0%5,017
2University of BaselBasel #5056.815.3%2,849
3ETH ZurichZurich #5156.618.5%999
4University of LausanneLausanne #5955.012.5%3,150
5University of BernBern #8251.315.7%4,267
6University of GenevaGeneva #10648.514.8%2,313
7École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #17143.217.7%492
8World Health OrganizationGeneva #20241.420.6%1,554
9Novartis (Switzerland)Basel #35235.215.4%1,028
10Roche (Switzerland)Basel #41433.416.5%1,061
11Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #53930.518.7%401
12SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLausanne #54130.524.6%85
13Ente Ospedaliero CantonaleBellinzona #55230.317.8%434
14University of FribourgFribourg #57629.812.6%340
15Kantonsspital St. GallenSaint Gallen #66928.19.4%304
16Universitätsklinik BalgristZurich #77426.515.6%339
17Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #83725.714.3%245
18Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteAllschwil #86425.315.9%185
19HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #1,10622.611.6%302
20Kantonsspital AarauAarau #1,16022.011.7%251
21University of LucerneLucerne #1,33320.511.5%430
22Schulthess-KlinikZurich #1,35920.310.9%265
23Hôpital Beau-SéjourGeneva #1,39420.03.1%464
24Médecins Sans FrontièresGeneva #1,40719.912.4%165
25ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #1,42519.811.2%159
26Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #1,50019.212.8%94
27University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #1,56518.811.1%319
28Hôpital du ValaisSion #1,57218.710.6%134
29Hôpital Orthopédique de la Suisse RomandeLausanne #1,70217.85.2%143
30University Children’s Hospital BaselBasel #1,74717.510.4%172
31Luzerner KantonsspitalLucerne #1,85816.98.0%313
32Centre universitaire de médecine générale et santé publique, LausanneLausanne #1,87516.89.6%147
33Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #2,02715.917.6%62
34Kantonsspital WinterthurWinterthur #2,03815.87.8%233
35AO FoundationDavos #2,26214.711.8%154
36Kantonsspital BasellandLiestal #2,32414.47.8%127
37Klinik HirslandenZurich #2,34714.38.9%123
38Hôpital de la TourMeyrin #2,59613.29.6%87
39Kantonsspital BadenBaden #2,65212.910.2%114
40University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno #2,66812.912.4%69
41Fribourg Development AgencyFribourg #2,76412.57.4%112
42Hôpital régionalPorrentruy #2,77812.43.4%192
43Kantonsspital GraubündenChur #2,96911.78.4%106
44Nestlé (Switzerland)Vevey #3,03211.411.0%99
45Center for Pediatric Endocrinology ZurichZurich #3,22510.88.6%81
46Triemli HospitalZurich #3,25010.78.6%101
47Centre Alpien de PhytogéographieOrsières #3,30110.59.6%116
48Kantonsspital Baselland Standort BruderholzBasel #3,30510.523.3%67
49Klinik für SchlafmedizinLucerne #3,33810.42.3%101
50Swiss Paraplegic ResearchNottwil #3,33910.410.3%89
51FINDGeneva #3,39510.216.8%67
52Spital Thurgau (Switzerland)Frauenfeld #3,5529.715.0%64
53Hôpital Riviera-ChablaisVevey #3,5619.711.8%67
54Breast CenterZurich #3,6779.38.8%102
55Stadtspital WaidZurich #3,7179.28.3%78
56Hospital NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #4,0008.410.2%62
57Kantonsspital MünsterlingenMünsterlingen #4,3007.65.6%62
58Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)Zurich #4,7456.510.6%76
59Solothurner SpitälerOlten #4,9776.08.4%61
60Zentrum für LabormedizinSt. Gallen #5,0065.95.6%61

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

Who are the top Medicine researchers in Switzerland?

Stephan Windecker, Peter Jüni and Michael Weller rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Medicine that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Stephan Windecker#8,486 worldwide overall550.3 of 1,592 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Peter Jüni#2,906 worldwide overall258.6 of 586 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Michael Weller#25,895 worldwide overall303.7 of 1,050 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Marco Valgimigli#20,915 worldwide overall276.8 of 888 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Cezmi A. Akdiş#4,567 worldwide overall243.3 of 583 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Thomas Felix Lüscher#54,829 worldwide overall308.3 of 1,274 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Frank T. Ruschitzka#20,481 worldwide overall213.2 of 620 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Oliver Distler#20,570 worldwide overall215.7 of 678 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Johan H. Auwerx#3,394 worldwide overall180.6 of 364 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Francesco Maisano#60,713 worldwide overall231.1 of 896 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Ludwig Kappos#73,022 worldwide overall226.2 of 868 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Solange Peters#15,630 worldwide overall187.2 of 524 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Pierre‐Alain Clavien#25,949 worldwide overall191.5 of 585 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Christian Eugen Mueller#65,695 worldwide overall221.4 of 888 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15René Rizzoli#18,433 worldwide overall179.8 of 509 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Medicine 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 Medicine