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Friedrich Miescher Institute

In research, Friedrich Miescher Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,343 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,976
of 28,054 · #1,310 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#44
of 220
Research works
2.4k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
229k
96.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Friedrich Miescher Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,343 of 7,800 40.8%62 #439

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Friedrich Miescher Institute 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 Friedrich Miescher Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 29.3 works11×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.27× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 12.57× its world share, 18 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Friedrich Miescher Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy E. Hynes, Michael Stadler and George Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Friedrich Miescher Institute.

  1. 1 Nancy E. Hynes Switzerland · #29,757 worldwide 819 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Michael Stadler Switzerland · #36,008 worldwide 372 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 George Thomas Switzerland · #38,655 worldwide 634 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Susan M. Gasser Switzerland · #67,428 worldwide 384 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Sara C. Kozma Switzerland · #99,279 worldwide 515 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Ruth Chiquet‐Ehrismann Switzerland · #108,460 worldwide 359 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Thomas Höhn Switzerland · #128,650 worldwide 241 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Jerzy Paszkowski Switzerland · #128,816 worldwide 208 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Raymond D. Shillito Switzerland · #153,718 worldwide 207 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Brian A. Hemmings Switzerland · #158,256 worldwide 320 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Friedrich Miescher Institute

Which keywords describe research at Friedrich Miescher Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Neuronal Oscillations, Synchronization, Working Memory, Neurological Disorders, Cortical Networks, Gamma Rhythms and Synaptic Plasticity.

▲ 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. Gene Expression6▲ 11×11 topics
  2. Neuronal Oscillations5▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Synchronization5▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Working Memory5▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 3.2×12 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 3.7×22 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders4▲ 8.8×8 topics
  8. Cortical Networks4▲ 84×1 topic
  9. Gamma Rhythms4▲ 84×1 topic
  10. Synaptic Plasticity4▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.1×10 topics
  12. Neuronal Circuits4▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Dendritic Spines4▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Gene Regulation4▲ 46×4 topics
  15. GABAergic3▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Neurotransmission3▲ 71×1 topic
  17. Transcription Factors3▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Bioinformatics3▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Stem Cells3▲ 13×9 topics
  20. Chromatin3▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 20×5 topics
  22. Alternative Splicing3▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Data Analysis3▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Epigenetics3▲ 72×2 topics
  25. RNA-Binding Proteins3▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Histone Modifications3▲ 120×1 topic
  27. Transcription3▲ 120×1 topic
  28. Translation3▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 35×3 topics
  31. RNA Structure2▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Ribosome2▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Feature Selection2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Clustering2▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Neuroscience2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  36. Brain Development2▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Differential Expression2▲ 105×1 topic
  38. Microarray2▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Neurobiology2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Normalization2▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Friedrich Miescher Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, RNA Research and Splicing and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Neural dynamics and brai…4Neural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…3Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing3RNA Research and Splicing: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin D…3Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 3 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksGene expression and cancer classification: 2 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…2Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyObstetrics and Gynecology

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  3. 3 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Friedrich Miescher Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.