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Amt für Umwelt

In research, Amt für Umwelt stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,175 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,932
of 28,054 · #10,526 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#192
of 220
Research works
1.8k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Amt für Umwelt 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 SciencesDomain #10,175 of 10,521 3.9%108 #12576

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amt für Umwelt 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 Amt für Umwelt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 34.2 works6.3×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.67× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.30× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.61× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 55 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amt für Umwelt?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Heyder, Dirk Eick and Hermann von Helmholtz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amt für Umwelt.

  1. 1 J. Heyder Switzerland · #70,725 worldwide 349 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Dirk Eick Switzerland · #84,118 worldwide 345 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Hermann von Helmholtz Switzerland · #102,592 worldwide 77 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Bernhard R. Kroener Switzerland · #226,792 worldwide 9 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Carl Haffter Switzerland · #325,869 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 St. Thierfelder Switzerland · #798,217 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Peter Boerner Switzerland · #815,448 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Norbert Schnyder Switzerland · #1,306,489 worldwide 19 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Franz Meier Switzerland · #1,331,453 worldwide 19 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Beat Forster Switzerland · #1,376,758 worldwide 19 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Amt für Umwelt

Which keywords describe research at Amt für Umwelt?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Conservation, Biosphere Reserves, Landscape Management, Gender, Human Rights, Cultural Studies and Identity.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development26▲ 8.7×16 topics
  2. Conservation12▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Climate Change11▲ 2.1×36 topics
  4. Human Rights10▲ 5.1×11 topics
  5. Biosphere Reserves9▲ 378×1 topic
  6. Landscape Management9▲ 275×1 topic
  7. Gender9▲ 8.5×6 topics
  8. Identity8▲ 5.9×7 topics
  9. Cultural Studies7▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Public Health6▲ 2.4×10 topics
  11. Human Microbiome6▲ 483×1 topic
  12. Microbial Metabolites6▲ 93×1 topic
  13. Governance6▲ 9.2×2 topics
  14. Neoliberalism6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  15. Social Inequality6▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Digital Transformation6▲ 5.5×3 topics
  17. Critique5▲ 129×2 topics
  18. European Union5▲ 12×7 topics
  19. Global Capitalism5▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Imperialism5▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Leadership5▲ 5.4×3 topics
  22. Migration Law5▲ 178×2 topics
  23. Privacy5▲ 8.9×2 topics
  24. Cultural History5▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Legal Methodology5▲ 132×1 topic
  26. Party Competition5▲ 208×1 topic
  27. Medical Ethics4▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse4▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Humanities4▲ 98×2 topics
  30. Medieval Literature4▲ 120×1 topic
  31. Religious Practices4▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Social History4▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Intercultural Competence4▲ 63×2 topics
  34. Teaching Methods4▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Bildung4▲ 68×3 topics
  36. Language Learning4▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Digital Media4▲ 12×1 topic
  38. German as a Foreign Language4▲ 141×1 topic
  39. Ecology4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. End-of-Life Care4▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Amt für Umwelt publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Environmental Science and Technology, Economic and Social Issues and Law and Political Science.

Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 9 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues5Economic and Social Issues: 5 fractional worksLaw and Political Science5Law and Political Science: 5 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…3German Literature and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 3 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 3 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationBiochemistrySociology and Political ScienceLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  2. 2 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 6 works
  3. 3 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Law and Political Science Law 5 works
  5. 5 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 4 works
  6. 6 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 4 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  8. 8 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.0%domestic only65.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amt für Umwelt's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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