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Federal Statistical Office

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World rank, all time
#17,713
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#205
of 378
Research works
257
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Federal Statistical Office

Which fields of science does Federal Statistical Office work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Federal Statistical Office is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (23%), Mathematics (6%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 18 fractional works · 41.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 30.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 23.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFederalStatistical…43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences41%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1330.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.2%
    3. Psychology12.4%
    4. Decision Sciences12.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    1. Medicine1023.4%
    2. Health Professions25.3%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Mathematics35.8%
    2. Computer Science25.3%
    3. Environmental Science25.2%
    4. Engineering12.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    6. Energy01.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    1. Neuroscience13.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.96× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.37× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.96×2 works
  2. Social Sciences2.37×13 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.10×1 works
  4. Health Professions2.02×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.98×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.95×2 works
  7. Dentistry1.37×0 works
  8. Energy1.25×0 works
  9. Medicine1.22×10 works
  10. Environmental Science1.05×2 works
  11. Psychology0.79×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.69×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.69×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×0 works
  15. Nursing0.52×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.47×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  20. Engineering0.16×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Statistical Office?

Ranked on the quality score, Christoph Junker, Tonia A. Rihs and Dominique Simone Rychen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Statistical Office.

  1. 1 Christoph Junker Switzerland · #435,927 worldwide 5.9k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Tonia A. Rihs Switzerland · #813,455 worldwide 328 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Dominique Simone Rychen Switzerland · #1,735,478 worldwide 2.5k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Robert Moffat Switzerland · #1,798,632 worldwide 256 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Thomas Spühler Switzerland · #2,687,848 worldwide 520 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Sylvie Berrut Switzerland · #2,781,270 worldwide 252 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Werner Haug Switzerland · #3,320,607 worldwide 268 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Christina Schumacher Switzerland · #3,441,893 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Kerstin Schutz Switzerland · #5,494,736 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Jens Weidmann Switzerland · #6,663,950 worldwide 2k citations · 131 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Statistical Office

What are the most cited papers from Federal Statistical Office?

The most cited paper from Federal Statistical Office is "Quantitative evidence for global amphibian population declines" (Jeff E. Houlahan, C. Scott Findlay, Benedikt R. Schmidt et al., 2000), with 1,341 citations. Next come "Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth" (861) and "Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Passion and Employees’ Commitment to Entrepreneurial Ventures" (297).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantitative evidence for global amphibian population declines Jeff E. Houlahan, C. Scott Findlay, Benedikt R. Schmidt et al. · Nature Apr 2000 1,341
2 Does Mother Nature Corrupt? Natural Resources, Corruption, and Economic Growth Carlos Antônio Moreira Leite, Jens Weidmann · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2001 861
3 Perceptions of Entrepreneurial Passion and Employees’ Commitment to Entrepreneurial Ventures Nicola Breugst, Anne Domurath, Holger Patzelt et al. · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 21 Oct 2011 297
4 The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project Lawrence N. Hudson et al. · Ecology and Evolution Open access515 authors 16 Dec 2016 282
5 Persistent variations in average height between countries and between socio-economic groups: an overview of 10 European countries Adriënne E.J.M. Cavelaars, Anton Eduard Kunst, José JM Geurts et al. · Annals of Human Biology 2000 268
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Which keywords describe research at Federal Statistical Office?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Sustainable Development, Citizen Science, Geospatial Crowdsourcing, Volunteered Geographic Information, Regional Development, Risk Factors and Digital Transformation.

▲ 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 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 Health4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  2. Sustainable Development3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  3. Citizen Science2▲ 49×2 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.23×15 topics
  5. Geospatial Crowdsourcing2▲ 250×1 topic
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  7. Volunteered Geographic Information2▲ 250×1 topic
  8. Climate Change2▲ 1.58×11 topics
  9. Digital Transformation2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  10. Regional Development2▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Healthcare Policy2▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Globalization1▲ 1.51×6 topics
  13. Labor Market1▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Economic Development1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  16. Inequality1▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Mixture Models1▲ 141×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Health1▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Information Technology1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  20. Neoliberalism1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  21. Neural Networks1▲ 1.62×3 topics
  22. Public Policy1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  23. Territorial Governance1▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Community Engagement1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  25. Geodesy1▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Map Projections1▲ 388×1 topic
  27. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  28. Social Media1▲ 1.71×4 topics
  29. Spatial Planning1▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Sustainability1◆ 0.98×5 topics

Which research topics does Federal Statistical Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geographic Information Systems Studies, Historical Geography and Cartography, Healthcare Systems and Public Health and Health and Medical Studies.

Geographic Information S…2Geographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksBayesian Methods and Mixture Models: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksSocioeconomic and Demogr…1Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis: 1 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 1 fractional worksUrban Planning and Gover…1Urban Planning and Governance: 1 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentEpidemiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsArtificial Intelligence4 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 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Socioeconomic and Demographic Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Statistical Office's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 Federal Statistical Office as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Federal Statistical Office0.000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Federal Statistical Office over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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