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?
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.
- 1Joël Billieux#6,027 worldwide overall82.9 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
- 2Frank Schimmelfennig#5,279 worldwide overall68.2 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
- 3Eszter Hargittai#11,663 worldwide overall60.1 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
- 4Mike Steffen Schäfer#29,151 worldwide overall61.9 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
- 5Ernst Fehr#4,587 worldwide overall59.6 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
- 6Michael Siegrist#20,210 worldwide overall57.5 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
- 7Lars‐Erik Cederman#8,252 worldwide overall48.4 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
- 8Frank Esser#39,066 worldwide overall48.3 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
- 9Bruno S. Frey#74,828 worldwide overall58.2 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
- 10Dirk Helbing#6,778 worldwide overall37.7 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
- 11Eldad Davidov#39,872 worldwide overall36.2 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
- 12Andreas Hirschi#24,281 worldwide overall36.9 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
- 13Thomas Bernauer#26,656 worldwide overall37.0 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
- 14Sandra Lavenex#31,856 worldwide overall33.6 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
- 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