Question 1

What is ETH Zurich known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, ETH Zurich stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#3 of 3,334 worldwide) and Computer Science (#4 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Geophysics and Hardware and Architecture (Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics is 7.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does ETH Zurich rank in research?

Accepted Answer

ETH Zurich ranks #9 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#6 all time), and #1 of 186 in Switzerland.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at ETH Zurich?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Ward Crowther, Ruedi Aebersold and Shinichi Sunagawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ETH Zurich.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from ETH Zurich?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from ETH Zurich is "Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Using lme4" (Douglas M. Bates, Martin Mächler, Benjamin M. Bolker et al., 2015), with 89,183 citations. Next come "Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis" (73,171) and "QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials" (29,445).

Question 5

Which research topics does ETH Zurich publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at ETH Zurich?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Biomedical Applications and Neural Networks.

Question 7

Which fields of science does ETH Zurich work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 68% of research at ETH Zurich is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Computer Science (12%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like ETH Zurich's?

Accepted Answer

California Institute of Technology has the research profile closest to ETH Zurich's (similarity 0.95 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Question 9

Is ETH Zurich's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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