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Google (Switzerland)

In research, Google (Switzerland) stands highest in Computer Science (#774 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,038 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science — Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,769
of 28,054 · #8,184 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#43
of 220
Research works
380
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
70.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Google (Switzerland) 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
Computer ScienceField #774 of 4,667 30.5%100 #1179
Physical SciencesDomain #4,038 of 12,888 33.2%121 #5822

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Google (Switzerland) 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 Google (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 23.4 works13×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 44.1 works13×
  3. Computer ScienceField · 99.7 works8.8×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 8.82× its world share, 100 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.36× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Google (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Simulation, Convolutional Neural Networks, Unsupervised Learning and Agent-Based Modeling.

▲ 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. Deep Learning32▲ 6.4×45 topics
  2. Neural Networks20▲ 8.8×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning14▲ 3.0×34 topics
  4. Multi-Agent Systems8▲ 30×4 topics
  5. Simulation8▲ 22×3 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 3.9×8 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 7.0×10 topics
  8. Unsupervised Learning7▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Agent-Based Modeling6▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Argumentation Frameworks6▲ 381×1 topic
  11. Cognitive Architecture6▲ 186×3 topics
  12. Software Engineering6▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Autonomous Systems6▲ 177×2 topics
  14. Heuristic Search6▲ 378×1 topic
  15. Planning Systems6▲ 378×1 topic
  16. Representation Learning5▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Security5▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Approximation Algorithms5▲ 46×5 topics
  19. Information Retrieval4▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Algorithmic Applications4▲ 76×2 topics
  21. Semi-Supervised Learning4▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Convolutional Networks4▲ 19×3 topics
  23. Image Captioning4▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Visual Question Answering4▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Meta-Learning4▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Text Classification4▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Transfer Learning4▲ 13×2 topics
  28. 3D Reconstruction3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Point Clouds3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Domain Adaptation3▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Few-Shot Learning3▲ 45×1 topic
  32. Machine Translation3▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Robotics3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Word Representation3▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Image Recognition3▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Mobile Robots3▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Mechanism Design3▲ 51×2 topics
  40. Parallel Computing3▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Google (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation, AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Multimodal Machine Learning Applications and Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning.

Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 6 fractional worksAI-based Problem Solving and Planning: 6 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 4 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 3 fractional worksTopic Modeling3Topic Modeling: 3 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and An…33D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 3 fractional worksAuction Theory and Applications: 2 fractional worksData Management and Algorithms: 2 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputational MechanicsManagement Science and Operations Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  2. 2 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  3. 3 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  4. 4 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  5. 5 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  6. 6 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 3 works
  8. 8 Auction Theory and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  9. 9 Data Management and Algorithms Signal Processing 2 works
  10. 10 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.2%domestic only36.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Google (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher 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.

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