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FIND

In research, FIND stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,682 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,395 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases (Infectious Diseases is 37.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,935
of 22,385 · #6,429 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#86
of 186
Research works
263
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
88%
world 40%
International
81%
world 18%
FIND

What is FIND known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,682 of 9,902 16.5%72 #1472
MedicineField #3,395 of 8,541 16.7%67 #1832

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where FIND 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 FIND work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at FIND is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 68.2% of its workMedicine: 73 fractional works · 63.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFIND114fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7363.6%
    2. Health Professions54.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering75.8%
    2. Mathematics43.1%
    3. Computer Science33.0%
    4. Environmental Science11.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology76.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    3. Psychology10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does FIND specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 37.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.4 works38×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.12× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.62× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.12×7 works
  2. Medicine3.31×73 works
  3. Mathematics2.62×4 works
  4. Health Professions1.64×5 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×5 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×2 works
  7. Nursing0.45×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.39×3 works
  9. Engineering0.39×7 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.23×1 works
  14. Psychology0.23×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at FIND?

Ranked on the quality score, Samuel G. Schumacher, Morten Rühwald and Mark D. Perkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FIND.

  1. 1 Samuel G. Schumacher Switzerland · #37,150 worldwide 7.9k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Morten Rühwald Switzerland · #50,292 worldwide 8.2k citations · 258 works
  3. 3 Mark D. Perkins Switzerland · #50,894 worldwide 17k citations · 147 works
  4. 4 Catharina C. Boehme Switzerland · #51,386 worldwide 17k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Mikashmi Kohli Switzerland · #57,973 worldwide 4.3k citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Jilian A. Sacks Switzerland · #139,117 worldwide 4.7k citations · 107 works
  7. 7 Aurélien Macé Switzerland · #148,364 worldwide 3.7k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Sandra Vivian Kik Switzerland · #168,887 worldwide 4k citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Iveth J. González Switzerland · #175,703 worldwide 4.5k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Sabine Dittrich Switzerland · #194,644 worldwide 9.4k citations · 212 works
All ranked researchers at FIND

What are the most cited papers from FIND?

The most cited paper from FIND is "Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance" (Catharina C. Boehme, Pamela Nabeta, Doris Hillemann et al., 2010), with 2,336 citations. Next come "Tuberculosis" (1,305) and "Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection" (1,263).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid Molecular Detection of Tuberculosis and Rifampin Resistance Catharina C. Boehme, Pamela Nabeta, Doris Hillemann et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Sep 2010 2,336
2 Tuberculosis Madhukar Pai, Marcel A. Behr, David W. Dowdy et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers Review 27 Oct 2016 1,305
3 Rapid, point-of-care antigen and molecular-based tests for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection Jacqueline Dinnes, Jonathan J Deeks, Ada Adriano et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 26 Aug 2020 1,263
4 Xpert® MTB/RIF assay for pulmonary tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance in adults Karen R Steingart, Ian Schiller, David J. de L. Horne et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 21 Jan 2014 1,126
5 Diagnostics for the developing world David C. W. Mabey, Rosanna Wai Wan Peeling, Andrew Ustianowski et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 20 Feb 2004 1,060
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at FIND?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Treatment, Drug Resistance and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 8.4×41 topics
  2. Immune Response19▲ 29×12 topics
  3. Vaccine18▲ 39×11 topics
  4. COVID-1917▲ 12×14 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-217▲ 48×5 topics
  6. Treatment15▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Drug Resistance14▲ 44×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis12▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Pandemic10▲ 9.0×8 topics
  10. Biosensors10▲ 17×3 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 36×3 topics
  12. Public Health8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  13. Viral Load8▲ 93×2 topics
  14. Immunity8▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Infectious Diseases8▲ 22×6 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity8▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Host-Pathogen Interaction7▲ 87×2 topics
  18. Mycobacterium tuberculosis7▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Tuberculosis7▲ 120×1 topic
  20. Diagnostics7▲ 79×1 topic
  21. wastewater surveillance7▲ 214×1 topic
  22. Vaccine Development6▲ 21×8 topics
  23. Viral Transmission6▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Coronavirus6▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 13×7 topics
  26. antibody6▲ 53×1 topic
  27. spike protein6▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Global Burden5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  29. Pathogenesis5▲ 8.2×11 topics
  30. Liver Disease4▲ 40×3 topics
  31. Vector Control4▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 37×3 topics
  33. Genome Sequence4▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Medical Imaging4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  35. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 19×6 topics
  36. Modeling4▲ 13×1 topic
  37. transmission dynamics4▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Chest X-Ray3▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Global Health3▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Thrombosis3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does FIND publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 7 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …6SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…4COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…3Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 3 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 3 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytical Detection: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology2 others

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

  1. 1 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 3 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 3 works
  10. 10 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 2 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 available87.7%not open12.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors80.6%domestic only19.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has FIND's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is FIND as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%FIND0.00047% in 202520102020

Fractional works of FIND over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%FIND13.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.4% in 2021.

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