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Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

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Research works
67
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
23.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Federal Office of Topography swisstopo is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.30× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.61× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Office of Topography swisstopo?

Ranked on the composite score, Christophe Nussbaum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Office of Topography swisstopo.

  1. 1 Christophe Nussbaum ?? · #1,147,959 worldwide 59 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

Which keywords describe research at Federal Office of Topography swisstopo?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Geodetic Measurements, GIS-based Modeling, Citizen Science, Semantic Web, Geospatial Crowdsourcing and Volunteered Geographic Information.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change9▲ 5.0×12 topics
  2. Remote Sensing8▲ 10×13 topics
  3. Geodetic Measurements7▲ 79×2 topics
  4. GIS-based Modeling5▲ 93×2 topics
  5. Citizen Science5▲ 72×3 topics
  6. Semantic Web4▲ 47×2 topics
  7. Geospatial Crowdsourcing4▲ 235×1 topic
  8. Volunteered Geographic Information4▲ 235×1 topic
  9. Tectonics4▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Subduction4▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Sea Level Rise4▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 29×3 topics
  13. Earthquakes4▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Plate Boundaries4▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Geological Mapping4▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Risk Assessment3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  17. Fracture3▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Rock Mechanics3▲ 45×1 topic
  19. GNSS3▲ 207×1 topic
  20. Global Navigation Satellite Systems3▲ 182×1 topic
  21. GRACE3▲ 91×1 topic
  22. groundwater depletion3▲ 91×1 topic
  23. Paleoclimatology3▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Reactive Transport3▲ 75×2 topics
  25. Plate Tectonics3▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Glacial Cycles3▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Hazard3▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Holocene3▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Landslide3▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Data Integration2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Fluvial Systems2▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Sedimentation2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Full-Waveform Tomography2▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Geological Modeling2▲ 144×1 topic
  35. Seismic Waveform Inversion2▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Uncertainty Analysis2▲ 144×1 topic
  37. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Geochronology2▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Zircon2▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Geodesy2▲ 129×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Office of Topography swisstopo publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographic Information Systems Studies, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geography Education and Pedagogy and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Geographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 1 fractional worksGeography Education and …1Geography Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…1Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 1 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…1Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 0 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 0 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentGeophysicsMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  2. 2 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  9. 9 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Office of Topography swisstopo's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.