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Social Sciences research in Switzerland

University of Lausanne ranks first in Switzerland for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#40 worldwide), followed by University of Zurich and ETH Zurich.

Switzerland's world rank
#9
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
13.3%
Ranked institutions
36

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
1University of LausanneLausanne #4057.614.9%1,520
2University of ZurichZurich #4755.715.4%1,664
3ETH ZurichZurich #5055.021.5%698
4University of GenevaGeneva #7849.914.0%1,143
5University of BaselBasel #15641.913.5%654
6University of BernBern #18839.814.5%1,050
7University of FribourgFribourg #33433.213.0%569
8World Health OrganizationGeneva #36932.018.3%386
9ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #52827.97.9%537
10Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGeneva #63125.917.9%462
11École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #67025.214.7%235
12Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #71124.517.1%207
13HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #78623.415.6%320
14Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #87122.213.7%210
15University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #1,18718.616.0%434
16University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #1,19718.514.9%277
17University of LucerneLucerne #1,37316.98.9%324
18FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch #1,49116.08.4%266
19Haute École Pédagogique du Canton de VaudLausanne #1,57715.39.6%184
20University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno #1,63214.912.8%109
21Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business AdministrationZurich #1,66514.73.8%119
22Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne #1,74214.24.3%207
23Pädagogische Hochschule BernBern #2,06612.29.6%103
24Département de la Santé et de l'Action SocialeLausanne #2,28811.122.5%172
25EU Business School, GenevaGeneva #2,5859.711.1%164
26International Organization for MigrationGeneva #2,6589.314.0%147
27University of Teacher Education LucerneLucerne #3,1137.55.9%95
28Musée d'Art et d'HistoireGeneva #3,2257.15.1%123
29Victoria School of ManagementNeuchâtel #3,5266.113.9%98
30Service de Santé de la JeunesseGeneva #3,9964.77.2%80
31Federal Supreme Court of SwitzerlandLausanne #4,3963.53.0%84
32World Wide Fund for NatureZurich #4,4573.416.9%66
33OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleRapperswil #4,5453.27.1%61
34International Labour OrganizationGeneva #4,9502.29.6%87
35Amt für ArchäologieFrauenfeld #5,57383.04.9%94
36Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #5,9458.07.5%70

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, Frank Schimmelfennig and Eszter Hargittai 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 overall82.9 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Frank Schimmelfennig#5,279 worldwide overall68.2 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Eszter Hargittai#11,663 worldwide overall60.1 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Mike Steffen Schäfer#29,151 worldwide overall61.9 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ernst Fehr#4,587 worldwide overall59.6 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Michael Siegrist#20,210 worldwide overall57.5 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Lars‐Erik Cederman#8,252 worldwide overall48.4 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Frank Esser#39,066 worldwide overall48.3 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Bruno S. Frey#74,828 worldwide overall58.2 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Dirk Helbing#6,778 worldwide overall37.7 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Eldad Davidov#39,872 worldwide overall36.2 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Andreas Hirschi#24,281 worldwide overall36.9 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Thomas Bernauer#26,656 worldwide overall37.0 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Sandra Lavenex#31,856 worldwide overall33.6 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Kay Werner Axhausen#619,743 worldwide overall69.2 of 412 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