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BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)

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Research works
82
▲ 197% vs 2018-21
Citations
865
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (46%), Environmental Science (16%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 69.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 45.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 22.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBG ConsultingEngineers…22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences14%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1045.9%
    2. Environmental Science315.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.2%
    4. Materials Science01.9%
    5. Energy01.5%
    6. Computer Science00.8%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance29.2%
    2. Social Sciences13.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting01.7%
    1. Medicine28.3%
    2. Dentistry00.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.06× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.15× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.31×2 works
  2. Environmental Science3.15×4 works
  3. Engineering3.06×10 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.06×1 works
  5. Energy1.64×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.37×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.03×0 works
  8. Nursing1.02×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.54×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×0 works
  12. Medicine0.43×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.26×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.01×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Corinne Lacave lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Corinne Lacave Switzerland · #3,869,880 worldwide 215 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) is "Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils: Review with New Evidence" (Nasser Khalili, Françoise Geiser, Geoffrey E. Blight, 2004), with 480 citations. Next come "Analytical model for the mechanical behaviour of bolted rock joints subjected to shearing" (172) and "Influence of Coherent Flow Structures on the Dynamics of Suspended Sediment Transport in Open-Channel Flow" (141).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effective Stress in Unsaturated Soils: Review with New Evidence Nasser Khalili, Françoise Geiser, Geoffrey E. Blight · International Journal of Geomechanics 17 May 2004 480
2 Analytical model for the mechanical behaviour of bolted rock joints subjected to shearing Frederic L. Pellet, P. Egger · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 1996 172
3 Influence of Coherent Flow Structures on the Dynamics of Suspended Sediment Transport in Open-Channel Flow M. Cellino, Ulrich Lemmin · Journal of Hydraulic Engineering Open access 19 Oct 2004 141
4 Safety aspects of railway and road tunnel: example of the Lötschberg railway tunnel and Mont-Blanc road tunnel F. Vuilleumier, Alan Weatherill, B Crausaz · Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology Apr 2002 125
5 Active tensegrity: A control framework for an adaptive civil-engineering structure Bernard Adam, Ian F. C. Smith · Computers & Structures Open access 8 Jul 2008 121
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Evaluation, Finite Element Analysis, Sustainable Development, Quality of Life, Construction, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures and Sustainability Assessment.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Evaluation2▲ 74×2 topics
  2. Sustainable Development2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  3. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 36×2 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  5. Construction2▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Health Utility Measures1▲ 81×1 topic
  8. Sustainability Assessment1▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  10. Water Quality1▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Climate Change1▲ 1.86×5 topics
  12. Durability Performance1▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Soil Properties1▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Electrical Signals1▲ 377×1 topic
  15. Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes1▲ 377×1 topic
  16. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

Health Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksPlant and Biological Ele…1Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 1 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…1Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 1 fractional worksUnderground infrastructure and sustainability: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…1Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 1 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPlant ScienceBuilding and ConstructionSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 1 works
  3. 3 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  5. 5 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 197% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%BG Consulting Engineers (Switzerland)0.000062% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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