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Global Social Observatory

In research, Global Social Observatory stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,461 of 2,917 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#564 of 954 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,398 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,371
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#356
of 378
Research works
422
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Global Social Observatory

What is Global Social Observatory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physics and AstronomyField #1,461 of 2,917 8.2%365
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #564 of 954 9.0%266
Physical SciencesDomain #12,398 of 17,446 7.8%413

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

In all years, 98% of research at Global Social Observatory is in Physical Sciences, 1% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (86%), Engineering (8%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (2%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 413 fractional works · 97.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 365 fractional works · 86.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 266 fractional works · 63.0% of its workInstrumentation: 63 fractional works · 14.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGlobal SocialObservatory422fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences98%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy36586.4%
    2. Engineering327.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.7%
    4. Mathematics30.7%
    5. Chemistry20.6%
    6. Computer Science20.5%
    7. Environmental Science10.3%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences30.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Medicine10.2%
    2. Nursing00.1%
    3. Health Professions00.0%
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.

Chemistry: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 41.19× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 41.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy41.19×15 works
  2. Chemistry1.33×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×0 works
  4. Materials Science0.30×0 works
  5. Computer Science0.27×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.03×0 works
  8. Engineering0.02×0 works
  9. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Global Social Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Maeder, R. Fux and Pierre Antonini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Global Social Observatory.

  1. 1 A. Maeder Switzerland · #1,347,513 worldwide 18k citations · 532 works
  2. 2 R. Fux Switzerland · #2,497,510 worldwide 633 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Pierre Antonini Switzerland · #2,523,175 worldwide 474 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 D. Friedli Switzerland · #2,633,492 worldwide 896 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Pierre Bratschi Switzerland · #2,647,078 worldwide 341 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 CERN Switzerland · #2,996,219 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 R. Poncy Switzerland · #3,019,905 worldwide 314 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 R. Behrend Switzerland · #3,331,799 worldwide 2.8k citations · 153 works
  9. 9 Pierre Magnenat Switzerland · #3,452,575 worldwide 181 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 L. Bernasconi Switzerland · #3,489,718 worldwide 926 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Global Social Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Global Social Observatory?

The most cited paper from Global Social Observatory is "A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star" (Michel Mayor, Didier P. Queloz, 1995), with 4,172 citations. Next come "Gaia Data Release 3" (4,157) and "Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey" (1,707).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Jupiter-mass companion to a solar-type star Michel Mayor, Didier P. Queloz · Nature Nov 1995 4,172
2 Gaia Data Release 3 Antonella Vallenari et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access455 authors 10 Jun 2022 4,157
3 Accurate photometric redshifts for the CFHT legacy survey calibrated using the VIMOS VLT deep survey Olivier Ilbert et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 4 Aug 2006 1,707
4 The INTEGRAL mission Christoph Winkler, T. J.-L. Courvoisier, G. Di Cocco et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 28 Oct 2003 1,335
5 AMAZE R. Maiolino, T. Nagao, A. Grazian et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Jul 2008 998
All 55 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Global Social Observatory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields and Turbulence.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Exoplanets104▲ 337×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics104▲ 337×1 topic
  3. Star Formation64▲ 163×2 topics
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation63▲ 291×1 topic
  5. Spectrograph63▲ 291×1 topic
  6. Accretion Disks54▲ 157×2 topics
  7. Magnetic Fields54▲ 123×2 topics
  8. Turbulence46▲ 76×2 topics
  9. Molecular Clouds46▲ 225×1 topic
  10. Protoplanetary Disks46▲ 225×1 topic
  11. Solar System Abundances40▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets40▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Black Holes27▲ 44×3 topics
  14. Supernovae23▲ 54×2 topics
  15. Nucleosynthesis23▲ 53×3 topics
  16. Gravitational Waves22▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Dark Matter20▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Cosmology20▲ 52×3 topics
  19. Gamma-Ray Bursts19▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Neutron Stars19▲ 134×1 topic
  21. Galaxies18▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Stellar Populations18▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Spectroscopy17▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Radio Astronomy10▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Galactic Center10▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Structural Health Monitoring10▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Optical 3D Laser Measurement10▲ 118×1 topic
  28. Position-Sensitive Detector10▲ 118×1 topic
  29. High-Resolution Imaging9▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Solar Wind9▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Transits of Venus9▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Coronal Mass Ejections8▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Solar Dynamics Observatory8▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Quantum Mechanics8▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Optics8▲ 75×1 topic
  36. Quantum Computing8▲ 9.4×1 topic
  37. X-Ray Spectroscopy8▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Event Horizon Telescope8▲ 55×1 topic
  39. X-Ray Astronomy8▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Cosmic Rays7▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Global Social Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Stellar, planetary, and …4Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 4 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…3Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 3 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 1 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 1 fractional worksScientific Research and Discoveries: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 1 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 1 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 0 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics1 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 3 works
  3. 3 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Scientific Research and Discoveries Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  8. 8 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  9. 9 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Global Social Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Global Social Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Global Social Observatory0.000025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Global Social Observatory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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