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Adolphe Merkle Institute

In research, Adolphe Merkle Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,960 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Science — Materials Science is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,780
of 28,054 · #6,546 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#56
of 220
Research works
418
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
47.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Adolphe Merkle Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,960 of 12,888 17.6%79 #4156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Adolphe Merkle Institute 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Adolphe Merkle Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Science takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ScienceField · 28.3 works7.8×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.73× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.55× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.54× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.79× its world share, 28 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.67× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Adolphe Merkle Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Christoph Weder, Bodo D. Wilts and Ilja Gunkel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Adolphe Merkle Institute.

  1. 1 Christoph Weder Switzerland · #139,290 worldwide 678 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Bodo D. Wilts Switzerland · #1,373,712 worldwide 45 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ilja Gunkel Switzerland · #1,521,239 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Adolphe Merkle Institute

Which keywords describe research at Adolphe Merkle Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Biosensors, Tissue Engineering, Self-Assembly, Efficiency and Crystal Growth.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Biomedical Applications12▲ 9.8×22 topics
  2. Nanoparticles12▲ 9.2×22 topics
  3. Nanocomposites9▲ 11×10 topics
  4. Biosensors8▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Tissue Engineering7▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Self-Assembly7▲ 20×12 topics
  7. Efficiency6▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Crystal Growth5▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Semiconductors5▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Stability5▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Organometal Halide Perovskites5▲ 42×1 topic
  12. Perovskite Solar Cells5▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Nanofibers5▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Biological Applications4▲ 58×4 topics
  15. Conducting Polymers4▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Drug Delivery4▲ 6.8×11 topics
  17. Biodegradable Polymers4▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Catalysis4▲ 5.4×17 topics
  19. Photodynamic Therapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Nanomaterials4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  21. PEDOT:PSS4▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Polyaniline4▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Photonic Crystals3▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Optical Sensors3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Bioimaging3▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Nanomedicine3▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Atomic Force Microscopy3▲ 118×1 topic
  28. Force Spectroscopy3▲ 118×1 topic
  29. Chemical Sensors3▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Vesicles3▲ 75×2 topics
  32. Toxicity3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  33. Antimicrobial2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. Colloidal Crystals2▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Particulate Matter2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Shape Memory Polymers2▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Aggregation-Induced Emission2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Fluorescent Materials2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Nanocavities2▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Slow Light2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Adolphe Merkle Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Conducting polymers and applications, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials.

Perovskite Materials and Applications: 5 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 4 fractional worksForce Microscopy Techniq…3Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksLuminescence and Fluores…2Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials: 2 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 2 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 2 fractional worksInhalation and Respirato…2Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional worksPolymer composites and s…2Polymer composites and self-healing: 2 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis…2Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 2 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…2RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  3. 3 Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  4. 4 Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  6. 6 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 2 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 available60.4%not open39.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.4%domestic only45.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Adolphe Merkle Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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.

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