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CSL (Switzerland)

In research, CSL (Switzerland) stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,891 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,165 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,994
of 22,385 · #13,119 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#139
of 186
Research works
419
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
CSL (Switzerland)

What is CSL (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
Health SciencesDomain #7,891 of 16,688 9.9%191
MedicineField #7,165 of 14,558 9.9%178

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

In 2022-now, 43% of research at CSL (Switzerland) is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 43.0% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 40.3% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 22.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 7.9% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCSL (Switzerland)84fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences20%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3440.3%
    2. Health Professions22.1%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology910.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology77.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    4. Neuroscience11.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.2%
    1. Social Sciences78.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities44.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.9%
    4. Psychology22.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering45.0%
    2. Computer Science44.4%
    3. Environmental Science21.8%
    4. Materials Science21.8%
    5. Mathematics11.0%
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: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.90× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.82× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.82×7 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.29×1 works
  3. Veterinary2.91×0 works
  4. Medicine2.10×34 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.90×8 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.71×4 works
  7. Neuroscience0.89×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.89×2 works
  9. Mathematics0.82×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.80×2 works
  11. Psychology0.72×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.69×7 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.56×4 works
  15. Materials Science0.52×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.37×2 works
  18. Nursing0.34×0 works
  19. Engineering0.33×4 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CSL (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Svetlana A. Didichenko, Fabian Käsermann and Sylvia Miescher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CSL (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Svetlana A. Didichenko Switzerland · #849,902 worldwide 1.9k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Fabian Käsermann Switzerland · #869,926 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Sylvia Miescher Switzerland · #990,223 worldwide 4.6k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Thomas W. Barnes Switzerland · #1,075,451 worldwide 1k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Adrian W. Zuercher Switzerland · #1,186,466 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Martin Bexon Switzerland · #1,388,436 worldwide 3.5k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Thomas Gentinetta Switzerland · #1,440,720 worldwide 991 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Alexander Schaub Switzerland · #1,653,110 worldwide 1k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Joseph Bain Switzerland · #1,727,224 worldwide 186 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Cédric Vonarburg Switzerland · #1,881,046 worldwide 499 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at CSL (Switzerland)

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

The most cited paper from CSL (Switzerland) is "Part 8: Advanced Life Support" (Laurie J. Morrison et al., 2010), with 612 citations. Next come "Hemodynamic effects of exogenous and endogenous vasopressin at low plasma concentrations in conscious dogs." (272) and "Hemopexin therapy reverts heme-induced proinflammatory phenotypic switching of macrophages in a mouse model of sickle cell disease" (270).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Part 8: Advanced Life Support Laurie J. Morrison et al. · Circulation Open access125 authors 18 Oct 2010 612
2 Hemodynamic effects of exogenous and endogenous vasopressin at low plasma concentrations in conscious dogs. J-P Montani, J. F. Liard, Josiane Schoun et al. · Circulation Research Open access Sep 1980 272
3 Hemopexin therapy reverts heme-induced proinflammatory phenotypic switching of macrophages in a mouse model of sickle cell disease Francesca Vinchi, Milene Costa da Silva, Giada Ingoglia et al. · Blood Open access 16 Dec 2015 270
4 Prevention of Hereditary Angioedema Attacks with a Subcutaneous C1 Inhibitor Hilary J Longhurst et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Mar 2017 238
5 Intravenous immunoglobulins – understanding properties and mechanisms Anne Durandy, Srini V. Kaveri, Taco Willem Kuijpers et al. · Clinical & Experimental Immunology Open access 30 Oct 2009 229
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CSL (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thrombosis, Monoclonal Antibodies, Gene Therapy, Therapeutic Antibodies, Hereditary Angioedema, Kinin Receptor Family, Genetic Mutations and Recombinant Factor VIIa.

▲ 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 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. Thrombosis6▲ 24×6 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 2.5×20 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.36×27 topics
  4. Gene Therapy4▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 52×3 topics
  6. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Hereditary Angioedema3▲ 209×1 topic
  8. Kinin Receptor Family3▲ 209×1 topic
  9. Diagnosis3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  11. Recombinant Factor VIIa3▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Glycosylation3▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Prophylaxis3▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Factor VIII2▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Hemophilia2▲ 204×1 topic
  16. Immunogenicity2▲ 65×3 topics
  17. Treatment2▲ 2.3×12 topics
  18. Biopharmaceuticals2▲ 53×3 topics
  19. Immune Dysregulation2▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Primary Immunodeficiency2▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Anemia2▲ 25×4 topics
  22. Innate Immunity2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  23. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.0×8 topics
  24. Chromatography2▲ 139×1 topic
  25. Intravenous Immunoglobulin2▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Protein Aggregation2▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Recombinant Proteins2▲ 68×2 topics
  28. Stability2▲ 9.3×1 topic
  29. Immunity2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  30. Antibody Engineering2▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Fc Receptors2▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Vascular Biology2▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Hemostasis2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Mutation1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  36. Complement1▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Immune1▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura1▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Platelets1▲ 22×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema, Hemophilia Treatment and Research, Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders and Protein purification and stability.

Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 3 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 2 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Aut…2Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 2 fractional worksProtein purification and…2Protein purification and stability: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksComplement system in dis…1Complement system in diseases: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 1 fractional works
GeneticsHematologyImmunologyMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 2 works
  3. 3 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 1 works
  7. 7 Complement system in diseases Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 1 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.8%domestic only48.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 CSL (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%CSL (Switzerland)0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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