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Fribourg Development Agency

In research, Fribourg Development Agency stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,127 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,764 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,548
of 22,385 · #9,255 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#101
of 186
Research works
613
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Fribourg Development Agency

What is Fribourg Development Agency 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 #3,127 of 9,902 7.8%122 #3181
MedicineField #2,764 of 8,541 7.4%112 #2863

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

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Fribourg Development Agency is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (74%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 145 fractional works · 80.1% of its workMedicine: 134 fractional works · 73.8% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFribourgDevelopment…181fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13473.8%
    2. Health Professions105.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology116.0%
    2. Neuroscience21.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering52.6%
    2. Computer Science31.6%
    3. Environmental Science21.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences42.3%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fribourg Development Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 34.1 works8.0×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.84×134 works
  2. Health Professions2.05×10 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×11 works
  4. Nursing1.03×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×2 works
  6. Dentistry0.76×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.69×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.40×0 works
  9. Psychology0.32×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.21×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.18×4 works
  15. Engineering0.17×5 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  19. Energy0.13×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fribourg Development Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Emanuel Gautier, Matthias Jacobi and Maurice Waldburger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fribourg Development Agency.

  1. 1 Emanuel Gautier Switzerland · #582,754 worldwide 6.9k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Matthias Jacobi Switzerland · #608,179 worldwide 1.9k citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Maurice Waldburger Switzerland · #979,605 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Daniel Périard Switzerland · #1,263,607 worldwide 2.1k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Anis Féki Switzerland · #1,386,938 worldwide 4.5k citations · 208 works
  6. 6 Philippe Dumont Switzerland · #1,444,469 worldwide 962 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Federico Balagué Switzerland · #1,465,466 worldwide 5.5k citations · 121 works
  8. 8 Henri-Marcel Hoogewoud Switzerland · #1,565,357 worldwide 779 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Alexis Litchinko Switzerland · #1,630,893 worldwide 154 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Lisa Simioni Switzerland · #1,673,127 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Fribourg Development Agency

What are the most cited papers from Fribourg Development Agency?

The most cited paper from Fribourg Development Agency is "Non-specific low back pain" (Federico Balagué, Anne Frances Mannion, Ferrán Pellisé et al., 2011), with 1,838 citations. Next come "EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia" (1,558) and "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Non-specific low back pain Federico Balagué, Anne Frances Mannion, Ferrán Pellisé et al. · The Lancet Open access 13 Oct 2011 1,838
2 EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia Gary John Macfarlane, Caroline Kronisch, Linda E. Dean et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 4 Jul 2016 1,558
3 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
4 Nanoparticle colloidal stability in cell culture media and impact on cellular interactions Thomas L. Moore, Laura Rodríguez‐Lorenzo, Vera Hirsch et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2015 1,099
5 Understanding nanoparticle endocytosis to improve targeting strategies in nanomedicine Mauro Sousa de Almeida, Eva Sušnik, Barbara Drašler et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2021 1,076
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fribourg Development Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Complications, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Surgical Management and Atherosclerosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.0×65 topics
  2. Risk Factors10▲ 4.9×18 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 4.3×23 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 3.1×25 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×36 topics
  6. Complications8▲ 8.8×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×24 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 7.3×14 topics
  9. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.0×18 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 8.2×14 topics
  11. Management6▲ 4.1×19 topics
  12. Atherosclerosis6▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.9×11 topics
  15. Biomechanics5▲ 8.7×7 topics
  16. Guidelines5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.2×17 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  19. Diabetes4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  20. Revision Surgery4▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  23. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.0×15 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  25. Autoantibodies4▲ 8.4×7 topics
  26. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.8×13 topics
  27. Surgical Treatment3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  28. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  29. Surgery3▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. Breast Cancer3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  31. Coronary Stents3▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Hip Arthroplasty3▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Revascularization3▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Wear Particles3▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Arthroplasty3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Healthcare Management3▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Palliative Care2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Radiation Therapy2▲ 10.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Fribourg Development Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Healthcare Systems and Practices and Hip disorders and treatments.

Coronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…3Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…2Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
SurgeryGeneral Health ProfessionsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fribourg Development Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fribourg Development Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Fribourg Development Agency0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fribourg Development Agency 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%Fribourg Development Agency10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2015.

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