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Bern University of Applied Sciences

In research, Bern University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#754 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,389 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,612 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation — Management of Technology and Innovation is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,434
of 28,054 · #4,364 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#29
of 220
Research works
4.2k
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
69k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Bern University of Applied Sciences 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
Health SciencesDomain #754 of 11,982 25.4%369 #1787
MedicineField #1,389 of 10,443 24.2%245 #2166
Social SciencesDomain #1,612 of 10,521 19.7%586 #2612
Health ProfessionsField #506 of 1,928 26.6%101 #1436
Social SciencesField #2,197 of 6,365 19.5%210 #3608
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #338 of 916 27.5%69 #930
Physical SciencesDomain #4,836 of 12,888 14.4%426 #6563
Life SciencesDomain #3,031 of 7,800 25.3%134 #3764
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,184 of 2,578 18.0%141 #1698
PsychologyField #1,115 of 2,181 30.1%93 #1911

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bern University of Applied Sciences 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. Health Sciences#1,787 #754
  2. Medicine#2,166 #1,389
  3. Social Sciences#2,612 #1,612
  4. Health Professions#1,436 #506
  5. Social Sciences#3,608 #2,197
  6. General Health Professions#930 #338
  7. Physical Sciences#6,563 #4,836
  8. Life Sciences#3,764 #3,031
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#1,698 #1,184
  10. Psychology#1,911 #1,115
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 Bern University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 22.6 works4.9×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 245 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.52× its world share, 66 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.89× its world share, 141 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 93 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 210 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bern University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas Mayer, Sabine Hahn and Dirk Richter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bern University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Andreas Mayer Switzerland · #176,681 worldwide 138 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Sabine Hahn Switzerland · #193,884 worldwide 62 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Dirk Richter Switzerland · #211,683 worldwide 163 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Pierre Comte Switzerland · #251,513 worldwide 232 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Wolf Dietrich Berner Switzerland · #428,128 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Beat Neuenschwander Switzerland · #457,876 worldwide 132 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Stephan Haller Switzerland · #528,300 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 René Schmidpeter Switzerland · #557,311 worldwide 61 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Slavko Rogan Switzerland · #570,169 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Frédéric Pichelin Switzerland · #575,334 worldwide 58 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Bern University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Bern University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Mobile Health, Artificial Intelligence, Renewable Energy, Customer Experience and Social Capital.

▲ 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. Sustainability70▲ 1.90×83 topics
  2. Climate Change56▲ 1.38×88 topics
  3. Sustainable Development56▲ 2.3×50 topics
  4. Epidemiology54◆ 0.90×102 topics
  5. Machine Learning50◆ 1.02×58 topics
  6. Renewable Energy38▲ 1.75×38 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence38▲ 1.82×27 topics
  8. Mental Health31▲ 1.38×34 topics
  9. Public Health30▲ 1.38×43 topics
  10. Big Data30▲ 2.2×18 topics
  11. Healthcare29▲ 1.68×22 topics
  12. Social Capital26▲ 3.2×13 topics
  13. Digital Transformation24▲ 3.0×15 topics
  14. Identity24▲ 2.1×32 topics
  15. Mobile Health22▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Leadership22▲ 3.0×21 topics
  17. Primary Care20▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Ethics20▲ 2.7×23 topics
  19. Anxiety19▲ 2.6×10 topics
  20. Governance18▲ 3.7×16 topics
  21. Environmental Management18▲ 2.9×8 topics
  22. Entrepreneurship18▲ 3.0×10 topics
  23. Customer Experience18▲ 7.7×4 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration17▲ 3.3×6 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations17▲ 3.3×16 topics
  26. Adherence16▲ 8.9×2 topics
  27. Vibration Analysis15▲ 3.8×4 topics
  28. Environmental Sustainability15▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Business Ethics15▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Social Innovation14▲ 6.0×8 topics
  31. Organizational Change14▲ 13×7 topics
  32. Sustainability Assessment13▲ 6.2×5 topics
  33. Engineering12▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Innovation Policy12▲ 8.2×5 topics
  35. Materials Science12▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Mathematical Modeling12▲ 9.0×2 topics
  37. Turbine Technology12▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Integrated Care12▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Empowerment11▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Interdisciplinary Research11▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Bern University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Corporate Management and Leadership and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy.

Physics and Engineering …12Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 12 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…10Digital Mental Health Interventions: 10 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 10 fractional worksSustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 10 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 9 fractional worksTopic Modeling8Topic Modeling: 8 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 8 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …8Innovation, Technology, and Society: 8 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 8 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 8 fractional works
Computational MechanicsApplied PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 12 works
  2. 2 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 10 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 10 works
  5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  7. 7 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  9. 9 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 8 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.8%domestic only65.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bern University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher 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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