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Cochlear (Switzerland)

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Research works
29
▼ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
586
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
64.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Cochlear (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: Cochlear (Switzerland) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Cochlear (Switzerland) work in?

In all years, 56% of research at Cochlear (Switzerland) is in Life Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (55%), Medicine (20%), Health Professions (11%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 16 fractional works · 55.9% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 55.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 40.3% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 20.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKCochlear(Switzerland)29fractional works, all years
Life Sciences56%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience1655.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
    1. Medicine620.2%
    2. Health Professions311.1%
    1. Psychology26.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.1%
    3. Decision Sciences00.4%
    4. Social Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science12.8%
    2. Engineering12.0%
    3. Materials Science00.6%
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.

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

The most cited paper from Cochlear (Switzerland) is "Preservation of residual hearing with cochlear implantation: How and why" (Chris J. James, K Albegger, Rolf D. Battmer et al., 2004), with 276 citations. Next come "Residual Hearing Conservation and Electroacoustic Stimulation with the Nucleus 24 Contour Advance Cochlear Implant" (235) and "Worldwide trends in bilateral cochlear implantation" (164).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preservation of residual hearing with cochlear implantation: How and why Chris J. James, K Albegger, Rolf D. Battmer et al. · Acta Oto-Laryngologica 7 Dec 2004 276
2 Residual Hearing Conservation and Electroacoustic Stimulation with the Nucleus 24 Contour Advance Cochlear Implant Bernard Fraysse, Ángel Ramos Macías, Olivier Sterkers et al. · Otology & Neurotology 25 Jul 2006 235
3 Worldwide trends in bilateral cochlear implantation B. Robert Peters, Josephine Wyss, Manuel J. Manrique · The Laryngoscope 16 Feb 2010 164
4 Remote fitting in Nucleus cochlear implant recipients Thomas Wesarg, Arkadiusz Wąsowski, Henryk Skarżyńśki et al. · Acta Oto-Laryngologica 30 Jun 2010 108
5 Combined Electric and Acoustic Stimulation With Hearing Preservation: Effect of Cochlear Implant Low-Frequency Cutoff on Speech Understanding and Perceived Listening Difficulty René H. Gifford, Timothy J. Davis, Linsey W. Sunderhaus et al. · Ear and Hearing Open access 16 Mar 2017 100
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cochlear (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Quality of Life, Language Development, Speech Perception, Cochlear Implants, Cognitive Decline, Neural Plasticity and Cochlear Neuropathy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Hearing Loss16▲ 354×3 topics
  2. Quality of Life12▲ 31×6 topics
  3. Language Development11▲ 239×2 topics
  4. Speech Perception11▲ 353×2 topics
  5. Cochlear Implants11▲ 819×1 topic
  6. Cognitive Decline11▲ 346×1 topic
  7. Neural Plasticity3▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Cochlear Neuropathy3▲ 262×1 topic
  9. Tinnitus3▲ 262×1 topic
  10. Acute Otitis Media2▲ 311×1 topic
  11. Biofilms2▲ 143×2 topics
  12. Otitis Media2▲ 311×1 topic
  13. Bilingualism1▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Neural Correlates1▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Health Effects1▲ 6.3×1 topic
  16. Language Acquisition1▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Noise Pollution1▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Demographic Transition1▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Elderly Care1▲ 26×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation and Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research.

Cardiac pacing and defib…0Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Re…0Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEconomics and EconometricsPhysiology

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  4. 4 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.8%domestic only53.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% lower 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 Cochlear (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Cochlear (Switzerland)0.0000012% in 2025200020102020

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

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