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Hexagon (Switzerland)

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Research works
34
▼ 65% vs 2013–17
Citations
421
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Hexagon (Switzerland) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.68× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 5.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 21.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Hexagon (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photonic Crystals, High-Resolution Patterning, Compound Eyes, Freeform Optics, Optical Interconnects, Semiconductor Lasers, Nanofabrication and Nanolithography.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Photonic Crystals3▲ 59×3 topics
  2. High-Resolution Patterning3▲ 210×2 topics
  3. Compound Eyes3▲ 585×1 topic
  4. Freeform Optics3▲ 585×1 topic
  5. Optical Interconnects3▲ 98×1 topic
  6. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Nanofabrication2▲ 78×2 topics
  8. Nanolithography2▲ 357×1 topic
  9. Soft Lithography2▲ 357×1 topic
  10. Machine Learning2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  11. Optical Modulators2▲ 31×1 topic
  12. Silicon Photonics2▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Antireflective Coatings2▲ 189×1 topic
  14. Nanostructures2▲ 11×1 topic
  15. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  16. Sustainability2▲ 2.7×4 topics
  17. Big Data2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  18. Holographic Displays1▲ 189×1 topic
  19. Stereoscopic Displays1▲ 189×1 topic
  20. Construction1▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Image Processing1▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Photon Counting1▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Chemical Mechanical Planarization1▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Material Removal Mechanism1▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Microfabrication1▲ 48×2 topics
  26. BIM1▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Healthcare1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  28. Prefabrication1▲ 74×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: BIM and Construction Integration, Real-time simulation and control systems, Control Systems in Engineering and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization.

BIM and Construction Int…1BIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 0 fractional worksControl Systems in Engineering: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional worksControl Systems and Identification: 0 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 0 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Health: 0 fractional worksMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionControl and Systems EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  2. 2 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Control Systems in Engineering Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Agronomy and Crop Science 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 65% lower 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.

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.