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ABB (Switzerland)

In research, ABB (Switzerland) stands highest in Engineering (#2,905 of 5,901 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,213 of 2,176 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,342 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Control and Systems Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Control and Systems Engineering is 9.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,094
of 22,385 · #5,665 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#73
of 186
Research works
4.8k
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
126k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
ABB (Switzerland)

What is ABB (Switzerland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #2,905 of 5,901 8.1%125 #1628
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,213 of 2,176 9.7%62 #924
Physical SciencesDomain #6,342 of 10,670 7.2%173 #5305

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ABB (Switzerland) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#1,628 #2,905
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#924 #1,213
  3. Physical Sciences#5,305 #6,342
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does ABB (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at ABB (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Computer Science (9%), Medicine (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 186 fractional works · 79.2% of its workEngineering: 135 fractional works · 57.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 fractional works · 28.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 12.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKABB (Switzerland)235fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13557.4%
    2. Computer Science219.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy114.8%
    4. Materials Science83.4%
    5. Environmental Science41.6%
    6. Energy31.4%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities114.8%
    2. Social Sciences93.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting52.1%
    4. Decision Sciences31.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Psychology10.3%
    1. Medicine125.1%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does ABB (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Control and Systems Engineering takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 24.3 works9.6×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 66.0 works7.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.83× its world share, 135 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.17× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.65× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.83×135 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.17×11 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.65×11 works
  4. Energy1.52×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.47×3 works
  6. Computer Science1.17×21 works
  7. Materials Science0.98×8 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.88×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×5 works
  10. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  12. Nursing0.35×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.31×4 works
  14. Social Sciences0.30×9 works
  15. Medicine0.27×12 works
  16. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.18×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×0 works
  24. Psychology0.09×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ABB (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, P. Steimer, Ulrich Kogelschatz and Th. Baumann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ABB (Switzerland).

  1. 1 P. Steimer Switzerland · #522,470 worldwide 7.6k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Ulrich Kogelschatz Switzerland · #526,581 worldwide 13k citations · 112 works
  3. 3 Th. Baumann Switzerland · #985,406 worldwide 626 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 H. R. Zeller Switzerland · #1,220,256 worldwide 4.5k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Alexandre Oudalov Switzerland · #1,319,415 worldwide 3.5k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Keith N. Melton Switzerland · #1,393,255 worldwide 3.3k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 S. Strässler Switzerland · #1,426,022 worldwide 5k citations · 122 works
  8. 8 Lutz Niemeyer Switzerland · #1,499,365 worldwide 4.6k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Jakob Bernasconi Switzerland · #1,549,551 worldwide 3.7k citations · 79 works
  10. 10 J.K. Steinke Switzerland · #1,619,270 worldwide 2.1k citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at ABB (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from ABB (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from ABB (Switzerland) is "Vortices in high-temperature superconductors" (G. Blatter, Mikhail V. Feigel'man, V. B. Geshkenbeǐn et al., 1994), with 6,270 citations. Next come "Principles and applications of electrochemical capacitors" (4,790) and "Dielectric-Barrier Discharges: Their History, Discharge Physics, and Industrial Applications" (3,173).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vortices in high-temperature superconductors G. Blatter, Mikhail V. Feigel'man, V. B. Geshkenbeǐn et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Oct 1994 6,270
2 Principles and applications of electrochemical capacitors R. Kötz, Martin W. Carlen · Electrochimica Acta May 2000 4,790
3 Dielectric-Barrier Discharges: Their History, Discharge Physics, and Industrial Applications Ulrich Kogelschatz · Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing Mar 2003 3,173
4 A Survey on Neutral-Point-Clamped Inverters José Rodríguez, Steffen Bernet, P. Steimer et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 24 Sep 2009 1,815
5 Fractal Dimension of Dielectric Breakdown Lutz Niemeyer, L. Pietronero, Harold J. Wiesmann · Physical Review Letters 19 Mar 1984 1,618
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ABB (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Photovoltaic Systems, Thermal Management, Model Predictive Control, Renewable Energy, Fault Detection and Smart Grid Applications.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Power Electronics37▲ 50×8 topics
  2. Renewable Energy Integration22▲ 29×5 topics
  3. Renewable Energy14▲ 4.2×23 topics
  4. Photovoltaic Systems13▲ 66×2 topics
  5. Thermal Management12▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Model Predictive Control11▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Fault Detection10▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Smart Grid Applications10▲ 32×2 topics
  9. Fault Tolerance9▲ 25×5 topics
  10. Smart Grid9▲ 11×8 topics
  11. High-Temperature Electronics9▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Reliability9▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Multilevel Converters8▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Silicon Carbide8▲ 74×1 topic
  15. Voltage Source Inverters8▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors8▲ 86×1 topic
  17. Decentralized Control8▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Energy Storage Systems8▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Distributed Power Generation8▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Microgrid Control8▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Electrical Systems8▲ 87×2 topics
  22. Control Strategies8▲ 23×5 topics
  23. Detection7▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Power Systems6▲ 27×3 topics
  25. HVDC Transmission6▲ 54×2 topics
  26. Thermal Plasma6▲ 341×1 topic
  27. Vacuum Arcs6▲ 341×1 topic
  28. Control Systems6▲ 14×7 topics
  29. Offshore Wind Farms6▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Voltage Control6▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Electric Vehicle Charging6▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Localization6▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Modular Multilevel Converters5▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Voltage Source Converters5▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Wind Power5▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Arc Fault5▲ 138×1 topic
  37. DC-DC Converters5▲ 39×1 topic
  38. High-Frequency Power Conversion5▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Reflectometry5▲ 138×1 topic
  40. Induction Motors5▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does ABB (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Microgrid Control and Optimization and Vacuum and Plasma Arcs.

Silicon Carbide Semicond…8Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 8 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and…8Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 8 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…8Microgrid Control and Optimization: 8 fractional worksVacuum and Plasma Arcs6Vacuum and Plasma Arcs: 6 fractional worksHVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 5 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 5 fractional worksElectrical Fault Detecti…5Electrical Fault Detection and Protection: 5 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 4 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 4 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials Chemistry1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Vacuum and Plasma Arcs Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  5. 5 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Electrical Fault Detection and Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available14.7%not open85.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ABB (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ABB (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%ABB (Switzerland)0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ABB (Switzerland) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025ABB (Switzerland)5.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.8% in 1995.

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