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Ascom (Switzerland)

In research, Ascom (Switzerland) stands highest in Engineering (#5,088 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,547 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,174
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#292
of 378
Research works
316
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.8k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Ascom (Switzerland)

What is Ascom (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
EngineeringField #5,088 of 9,532 10.1%152
Physical SciencesDomain #9,547 of 17,446 9.5%231

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ascom (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 Ascom (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Ascom (Switzerland) is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 50.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 41.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAscom(Switzerland)25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences18%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1041.9%
    2. Health Professions15.1%
    3. Nursing01.8%
    4. Dentistry01.0%
    5. Veterinary00.9%
    1. Engineering27.9%
    2. Environmental Science14.8%
    3. Computer Science12.5%
    4. Chemistry01.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    6. Energy00.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Psychology27.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.8%
    3. Social Sciences12.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 3.62× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.69× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.85×0 works
  2. Nursing3.62×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.69×1 works
  4. Psychology2.58×2 works
  5. Medicine2.18×10 works
  6. Dentistry2.06×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.94×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.89×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.83×2 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.96×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.85×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  14. Engineering0.53×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×0 works
  16. Energy0.41×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.33×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.22×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ascom (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, D. Lakehal, U. Dersch and Chidambaram Narayanan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ascom (Switzerland).

  1. 1 D. Lakehal Switzerland · #1,188,756 worldwide 3.7k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 U. Dersch Switzerland · #1,630,705 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Chidambaram Narayanan Switzerland · #1,826,693 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Peter Vogel Switzerland · #2,063,817 worldwide 1.6k citations · 64 works
  5. 5 H. Widmer Switzerland · #2,786,640 worldwide 276 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 D. Tollik Switzerland · #2,813,625 worldwide 492 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 E. Zollinger Switzerland · #2,893,952 worldwide 291 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Martin Potts Switzerland · #3,061,656 worldwide 265 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Andrzej Pietkiewicz Switzerland · #3,292,770 worldwide 535 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Thomas M. Martinson Switzerland · #3,422,036 worldwide 131 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Ascom (Switzerland)

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

The most cited paper from Ascom (Switzerland) is "Automatic facial expression analysis: a survey" (Beat Fasel, Juergen Luettin, 2002), with 1,816 citations. Next come "Modeling Internet topology" (918) and "A physical mobile radio channel model" (455).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Automatic facial expression analysis: a survey Beat Fasel, Juergen Luettin · Pattern Recognition Open access 7 Oct 2002 1,816
2 Modeling Internet topology Kenneth L. Calvert, M.B. Doar, Ellen Witte Zegura · IEEE Communications Magazine Jun 1997 918
3 A physical mobile radio channel model Walter R. Braun, U. Dersch · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology May 1991 455
4 A new bandwidth efficient transmit antenna modulation diversity scheme for linear digital modulation Armin Wittneben Conference paper 30 Dec 2002 419
5 A physical mobile radio channel model U. Dersch, Walter R. Braun Conference paper 9 Dec 2002 374
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Which keywords describe research at Ascom (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Social Support, Inflammation, Genetic Mutations and Health Effects.

▲ 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 2.4×13 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.2×8 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  6. COVID-191▲ 4.1×3 topics
  7. Pandemic1▲ 4.7×2 topics
  8. Social Support1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  9. Depression1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  11. Health Effects1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  12. Congenital Disorders1▲ 272×1 topic
  13. Elderly1▲ 16×1 topic
  14. Financial Markets1▲ 33×1 topic
  15. Mortality1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  16. Neutropenia1▲ 272×1 topic
  17. Newborn Screening1▲ 79×2 topics
  18. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  19. Stress1▲ 11×1 topic
  20. business impact1▲ 45×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Blood disorders and treatments, Health and Well-being Studies and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts1COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksBlood disorders and trea…1Blood disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth and Well-being St…1Health and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksNeonatal Health and Bioc…1Neonatal Health and Biochemistry: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Disorders: 1 fractional worksNasal Surgery and Airway…1Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies: 1 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneticsClinical PsychologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Blood disorders and treatments Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 0 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ascom (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Ascom (Switzerland)0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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