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Amt für Archäologie

In research, Amt für Archäologie stands highest in Social Sciences (#853 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,859 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,399 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Anthropology and Archeology — Paleontology is 167.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,893
of 28,054 · #16,896 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#63
of 220
Research works
596
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Amt für Archäologie 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
Social SciencesField #853 of 6,365 10.6%94 #1683
Social SciencesDomain #1,859 of 10,521 13.1%173 #3414
Physical SciencesDomain #10,399 of 12,888 8.3%93 #15122
AnthropologySubfield #136 of 153 9.6%66 —
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,806 of 1,998 17.0%74 #3044
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,156 of 1,209 9.3%68 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amt für Archäologie 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,683 #853
  2. Social Sciences#3,414 #1,859
  3. Physical Sciences#15,122 #10,399
  4. Arts and Humanities#3,044 #1,806
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Amt für Archäologie specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 167.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 54.7 works167×
  2. AnthropologySubfield · 65.8 works86×
  3. ArcheologySubfield · 39.9 works49×
  4. HistorySubfield · 20.2 works23×
  5. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 68.0 works16×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.01× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.48× its world share, 74 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amt für Archäologie?

Ranked on the composite score, Torben Schreiber, Pratapaditya Pal and Florian Thiery lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amt für Archäologie.

  1. 1 Torben Schreiber Switzerland · #579,970 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Pratapaditya Pal Switzerland · #781,016 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Florian Thiery Switzerland · #1,574,796 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Amt für Archäologie

Which keywords describe research at Amt für Archäologie?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating, Cultural Identity, Social Inequality, African Diaspora, Black Feminist Theory, Cultural Heritage and Hominin Genetics.

▲ 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. Agricultural Origins54▲ 608×1 topic
  2. Radiocarbon Dating54▲ 608×1 topic
  3. Cultural Identity44▲ 32×2 topics
  4. Social Inequality44▲ 61×2 topics
  5. African Diaspora44▲ 418×1 topic
  6. Black Feminist Theory44▲ 1840×1 topic
  7. Cultural Heritage20▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Hominin Genetics18▲ 308×1 topic
  9. Paleolithic Archaeology18▲ 308×1 topic
  10. Archaeology17▲ 47×9 topics
  11. Cultural History15▲ 45×5 topics
  12. Mediterranean15▲ 59×4 topics
  13. Education14▲ 3.0×5 topics
  14. Social History14▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Art and Architecture13▲ 221×2 topics
  16. 19th century13▲ 599×1 topic
  17. British architecture13▲ 1676×1 topic
  18. Archaeological Analysis12▲ 480×1 topic
  19. Iron Production12▲ 480×1 topic
  20. Holocene12▲ 37×3 topics
  21. Bronze Age10▲ 87×3 topics
  22. Medieval Architecture10▲ 178×2 topics
  23. Cultural Exchange9▲ 27×6 topics
  24. Maritime Archaeology9▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Sea-Level Change9▲ 180×1 topic
  26. Iberian Peninsula9▲ 107×3 topics
  27. Remote Sensing8▲ 2.4×5 topics
  28. Social Organization8▲ 143×2 topics
  29. Early Medieval Churches7▲ 251×1 topic
  30. Rural Landscapes7▲ 251×1 topic
  31. Literature6▲ 4.1×6 topics
  32. Urban Development6▲ 5.8×5 topics
  33. Data Integration5▲ 11×2 topics
  34. LiDAR5▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Satellite Imagery5▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Archaeological Finds5▲ 121×1 topic
  37. Corded Ware Culture5▲ 121×1 topic
  38. Roman Economy4▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Rituals4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Cyprus4▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Amt für Archäologie publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Historical Architecture and Urbanism.

Archaeology and ancient …54Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 54 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural …44Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 44 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 18 fractional worksHistorical Architecture and Urbanism: 13 fractional worksMetallurgy and Cultural …12Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 12 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 9 fractional worksMedieval Architecture and Archaeology: 7 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 5 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 5 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 4 fractional works
PaleontologyAnthropologyHistoryArcheology1 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 54 works
  2. 2 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 44 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 18 works
  4. 4 Historical Architecture and Urbanism History 13 works
  5. 5 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 12 works
  6. 6 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 9 works
  7. 7 Medieval Architecture and Archaeology Archeology 7 works
  8. 8 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 5 works
  9. 9 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 5 works
  10. 10 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 4 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 available79.4%not open20.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amt für Archäologie's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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