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Addiction Switzerland

In research, Addiction Switzerland stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,865 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#6,471 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#11,386 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,457
of 22,385 · #12,744 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#151
of 186
Research works
485
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
39.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Addiction Switzerland

What is Addiction Switzerland known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,865 of 16,688 12.2%281
MedicineField #6,471 of 14,558 11.5%243
Social SciencesDomain #11,386 of 14,833 12.2%160

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Addiction 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 fields of science does Addiction Switzerland work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Addiction Switzerland is in Health Sciences, 44% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Psychology (27%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 37 fractional works · 45.9% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 41.2% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 44.5% of its workPsychology: 21 fractional works · 26.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAddictionSwitzerland80fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences44%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3341.2%
    2. Health Professions44.7%
    1. Psychology2126.7%
    2. Social Sciences1214.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Neuroscience23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    1. Environmental Science11.2%
    2. Computer Science00.4%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Addiction Switzerland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 21.4 works8.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.14× its world share, 33 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.75× its world share, 21 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.75×21 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.55×1 works
  3. Medicine2.14×33 works
  4. Neuroscience1.83×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.79×4 works
  6. Social Sciences1.18×12 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.40×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.29×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Addiction Switzerland?

Ranked on the quality score, Nikolaos Boumparis, Andreas Wenger and Gerhard E. Gmel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Addiction Switzerland.

  1. 1 Nikolaos Boumparis Switzerland · #763,008 worldwide 993 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Andreas Wenger Switzerland · #787,568 worldwide 8.6k citations · 373 works
  3. 3 Gerhard E. Gmel Switzerland · #796,148 worldwide 53k citations · 511 works
  4. 4 Maria Dickson‐Spillmann Switzerland · #841,810 worldwide 1.1k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Raquel Paz Castro Switzerland · #845,378 worldwide 1.8k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Emmanuel N. Kuntsche Switzerland · #918,717 worldwide 14k citations · 345 works
  7. 7 Philip Bruggmann Switzerland · #959,647 worldwide 6.2k citations · 150 works
  8. 8 Michael Patrick Schaub Switzerland · #986,964 worldwide 28k citations · 252 works
  9. 9 Matthias Wicki Switzerland · #1,343,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Simon Marmet Switzerland · #1,677,552 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Addiction Switzerland

What are the most cited papers from Addiction Switzerland?

The most cited paper from Addiction Switzerland is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (9,055) and "Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (8,461).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access362 authors Dec 2012 9,055
3 Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access358 authors Dec 2012 8,461
4 Global burden of disease and injury and economic cost attributable to alcohol use and alcohol-use disorders Jürgen Rehm, Colin Douglas Mathers, Svetlana Popova et al. · The Lancet Jun 2009 3,912
5 New WHO prevalence estimates of mental disorders in conflict settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis Fiona Charlson, Mark van Ommeren, Abraham D. Flaxman et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access 12 Jun 2019 1,713
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Addiction Switzerland?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Impulsivity, Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Depression, Treatment, Behavioral Interventions, Alcohol Dependence and Motivational Interviewing.

▲ 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. Impulsivity10▲ 241×2 topics
  2. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 76×4 topics
  3. Substance Use Disorders8▲ 134×2 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 7.5×10 topics
  5. Depression7▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Behavioral Interventions7▲ 103×2 topics
  7. Alcohol Dependence7▲ 201×1 topic
  8. Motivational Interviewing7▲ 201×1 topic
  9. Social Media6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  10. Epidemiology6▲ 1.97×25 topics
  11. Neurobiology6▲ 30×8 topics
  12. Well-being6▲ 20×8 topics
  13. Prevalence6▲ 18×9 topics
  14. Anxiety6▲ 15×7 topics
  15. Mental Health6▲ 4.9×26 topics
  16. Online Communication5▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Addiction5▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Digital Natives5▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Adherence5▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Mobile Health5▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Comorbidity4▲ 46×4 topics
  22. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Behavioral Activation4▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Inflammation4▲ 2.3×9 topics
  25. Internet-based Interventions4▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  27. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  28. Cognitive Distortions4▲ 379×1 topic
  29. Pathological Gambling4▲ 379×1 topic
  30. Liver Disease3▲ 46×3 topics
  31. Genetic Variation3▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Mortality Risk3▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Cancer Risk3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  35. Neuroimaging2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Immune Response2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  37. Psychological Impact2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  38. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Psychopathology2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Mental Disorders2▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Addiction Switzerland publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Digital Mental Health Interventions and Gambling Behavior and Treatments.

Substance Abuse Treatmen…7Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 5 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 4 fractional worksGambling Behavior and Tr…4Gambling Behavior and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologySociology and Political ScienceApplied PsychologyClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  2. 2 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 4 works
  4. 4 Gambling Behavior and Treatments Clinical Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 2 works
  6. 6 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Addiction Switzerland's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Addiction Switzerland as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Addiction Switzerland0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Addiction 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.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2023Addiction Switzerland8.5% in 202320102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2022.

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