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FIND

In research, FIND stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,119 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,227 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 38.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,916
of 28,054 · #18,418 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#90
of 220
Research works
263
▲ 116% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
88%
world 28%

What is FIND known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #8,119 of 11,982 23.6%72 #10756
MedicineField #7,227 of 10,443 23.2%67 #8675

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does FIND specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 38.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 27.8 works39×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.04× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.81× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 67 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× 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, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at FIND?

Ranked on the composite score, Sabine Dittrich, Mark D. Perkins and Morten Rühwald lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FIND.

  1. 1 Sabine Dittrich · #135,312 worldwide 215 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Mark D. Perkins · #237,313 worldwide 142 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Morten Rühwald · #306,562 worldwide 102 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Samuel G. Schumacher · #383,292 worldwide 112 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Stefano Ongarello · #1,046,105 worldwide 74 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Joseph Mathu Ndung’u · #1,096,472 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Paul R. Bessell · #1,614,855 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at FIND

Which keywords describe research at FIND?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 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. Epidemiology35▲ 8.5×39 topics
  2. Immune Response17▲ 28×12 topics
  3. Vaccine17▲ 39×11 topics
  4. COVID-1916▲ 11×13 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-216▲ 47×5 topics
  6. Treatment14▲ 11×9 topics
  7. Drug Resistance13▲ 45×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis11▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Pandemic10▲ 8.8×7 topics
  10. Biosensors9▲ 17×3 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 35×3 topics
  12. Immunity8▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases8▲ 23×6 topics
  14. Viral Load8▲ 95×2 topics
  15. Public Health8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  16. Genetic Diversity7▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Diagnostics7▲ 78×1 topic
  18. wastewater surveillance7▲ 211×1 topic
  19. Host-Pathogen Interaction6▲ 85×2 topics
  20. Mycobacterium tuberculosis6▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Tuberculosis6▲ 119×1 topic
  22. Coronavirus6▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Viral Transmission6▲ 39×2 topics
  24. antibody6▲ 53×1 topic
  25. spike protein6▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 14×7 topics
  27. Vaccine Development6▲ 21×8 topics
  28. Global Burden5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  29. Pathogenesis4▲ 8.4×10 topics
  30. Liver Disease4▲ 38×3 topics
  31. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 35×3 topics
  32. Medical Imaging4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  33. Vector Control4▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Genome Sequence4▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Modeling4▲ 13×1 topic
  36. transmission dynamics4▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy3▲ 20×6 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Global Health3▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Thrombosis3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does FIND publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 6 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 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…3Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 2 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 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 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testingInfectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and EpidemiologyInfectious Diseases 6 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studiesModeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 diagnosis using AIRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchInfectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and ResistanceApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis C virus researchHepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Mycobacterium research and diagnosisEpidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has FIND's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 116% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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