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Federal Office for the Environment

In research, Federal Office for the Environment stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,486 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,784
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#188
of 429
Research works
234
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Federal Office for the Environment 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,486 of 21,541 29.7%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Office for the Environment 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).

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: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.24× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 5.80× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Federal Office for the Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Health Effects, Environmental Noise, Noise Pollution, Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Citizen Science and Ecosystem Services.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health6▲ 12×4 topics
  2. Health Effects6▲ 28×9 topics
  3. Climate Change5▲ 5.1×28 topics
  4. Environmental Noise5▲ 302×1 topic
  5. Noise Pollution5▲ 302×1 topic
  6. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 20×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 1.88×8 topics
  9. Citizen Science2▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services1▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Pesticides1▲ 55×3 topics
  12. Toxicity1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  13. Remote Sensing1▲ 2.9×8 topics
  14. Social Capital1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  15. Biodiversity1▲ 4.7×8 topics
  16. Climate Change Adaptation1▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Geospatial Crowdsourcing1▲ 184×1 topic
  18. Invasive Species1▲ 8.1×8 topics
  19. Volunteered Geographic Information1▲ 184×1 topic
  20. Conservation1▲ 7.3×6 topics
  21. Disaster1▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Environmental Risk Assessment1▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Microbial Communities1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Resilience1▲ 6.3×1 topic
  25. Risk Assessment1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  26. Vibration Control1▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Water Quality1▲ 8.1×6 topics
  28. Food Safety1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  29. Sensitivity Analysis1▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Uncertainty Quantification1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Office for the Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Noise Effects and Management, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Disaster Management and Resilience and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design.

Noise Effects and Manage…5Noise Effects and Management: 5 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 1 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 1 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 1 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 1 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 0 fractional works
Speech and HearingGeography, Planning and DevelopmentSociology and Political ScienceStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty6 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  3. 3 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  5. 5 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Office for the Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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