Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Company · Zurich · Switzerland

Inspire

In research, Inspire stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,120 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,868 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 10.2× its share of world research).

inspire.chROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#6,099
of 22,385 · #5,066 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#46
of 186
Research works
523
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Inspire

What is Inspire 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,120 of 10,670 10.3%120 #2326
EngineeringField #1,868 of 5,901 9.5%95 #1665

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

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Inspire is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Medicine (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 75.4% of its workEngineering: 107 fractional works · 59.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 18.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInspire179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10759.9%
    2. Materials Science105.5%
    3. Computer Science95.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.6%
    5. Environmental Science21.1%
    6. Chemistry21.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology137.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology31.9%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine168.8%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting52.6%
    2. Decision Sciences10.5%
    3. Social Sciences10.3%
    4. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Inspire specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 33.6 works10×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.99× its world share, 107 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.99×107 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.90×3 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.77×1 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.60×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.57×10 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×13 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×5 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.74×3 works
  9. Neuroscience0.67×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.67×9 works
  11. Chemistry0.63×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  13. Medicine0.46×16 works
  14. Dentistry0.45×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.27×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.22×2 works
  18. Energy0.21×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  20. Psychology0.06×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Inspire?

Ranked on the quality score, Jens M. Kelm, Adriaan Bernardus Spierings and Wolfgang Moritz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Inspire.

  1. 1 Jens M. Kelm Switzerland · #365,098 worldwide 4.8k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Adriaan Bernardus Spierings Switzerland · #372,211 worldwide 6.8k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Wolfgang Moritz Switzerland · #525,608 worldwide 5.2k citations · 111 works
  4. 4 Irina V. Agarkova Switzerland · #551,175 worldwide 4k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Simon Messner Switzerland · #628,426 worldwide 4.9k citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Alexandra C. Title Switzerland · #894,530 worldwide 923 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Burçak Yesildag Switzerland · #901,195 worldwide 510 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Simon Ströbel Switzerland · #1,245,723 worldwide 728 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Manfred Schmid Switzerland · #1,790,089 worldwide 2.2k citations · 107 works
  10. 10 Sayro Jawurek Switzerland · #1,804,419 worldwide 99 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Inspire

What are the most cited papers from Inspire?

The most cited paper from Inspire is "Design of anti-icing surfaces: smooth, textured or slippery?" (Michael J. Kreder, Jack Alvarenga, Philseok Kim et al., 2016), with 1,518 citations. Next come "Extending the Limits of Quantitative Proteome Profiling with Data-Independent Acquisition and Application to Acetaminophen-Treated Three-Dimensional Liver Microtissues" (1,352) and "Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME" (1,303).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design of anti-icing surfaces: smooth, textured or slippery? Michael J. Kreder, Jack Alvarenga, Philseok Kim et al. · Nature Reviews Materials ReviewOpen access 11 Jan 2016 1,518
2 Extending the Limits of Quantitative Proteome Profiling with Data-Independent Acquisition and Application to Acetaminophen-Treated Three-Dimensional Liver Microtissues Roland Bruderer, Oliver M. Bernhardt, Tejas Gandhi et al. · Molecular & Cellular Proteomics Open access 27 Feb 2015 1,352
3 Recent advances in 2D and 3D in vitro systems using primary hepatocytes, alternative hepatocyte sources and non-parenchymal liver cells and their use in investigating mechanisms of hepatotoxicity, cell signaling and ADME Patrício Godoy et al. · Archives of Toxicology Open access Aug 2013 1,303
4 Design of Ice-free Nanostructured Surfaces Based on Repulsion of Impacting Water Droplets Lidiya Mishchenko, Benjamin D. Hatton, Vaibhav Bahadur et al. · ACS Nano Open access 9 Nov 2010 1,219
5 A guide to the organ-on-a-chip Chak Ming Leung, Pim de Haan, Kacey Ronaldson-Bouchard et al. · Nature Reviews Methods Primers ReviewOpen access 12 May 2022 1,093
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Inspire?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Additive Manufacturing, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, 3D Printing, Process Parameters, Material Characterization, Tool Wear and Applications.

▲ 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. Additive Manufacturing21▲ 38×6 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties15▲ 8.4×18 topics
  3. Microstructure14▲ 15×9 topics
  4. Sustainability12▲ 2.8×6 topics
  5. 3D Printing12▲ 29×4 topics
  6. Process Parameters11▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Material Characterization10▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Tool Wear10▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Applications9▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Polymer Composites9▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Metallic Components9▲ 75×1 topic
  12. Selective Laser Melting9▲ 75×1 topic
  13. Challenges9▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Fused Deposition Modeling9▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Materials9▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Machine Learning8▲ 1.35×15 topics
  17. Composite Materials8▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Surface Roughness8▲ 32×4 topics
  19. Assembly Planning7▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Design for Manufacture7▲ 59×1 topic
  21. Machining6▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Surface Integrity6▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Flexible Automation6▲ 128×1 topic
  24. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems6▲ 128×1 topic
  25. Hydrogels5▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Tissue Engineering5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  27. Nonlinear Systems5▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  29. Machine Tools4▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Cell Culture4▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Optimization4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  33. Dimensional Metrology4▲ 104×1 topic
  34. Error Compensation4▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Microstructural Evolution4▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Micromachining3▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Chemical Mechanical Planarization3▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Material Removal Mechanism3▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Microfluidic Devices3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Bioinks3▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Inspire publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Advanced machining processes and optimization.

Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 9 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 9 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…7Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 7 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…6Advanced machining processes and optimization: 6 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishi…3Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 3 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 3 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 3 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.5%domestic only64.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Inspire's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Inspire as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00076% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Inspire0.00066% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Inspire 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%30%Inspire15.1% 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 22.2% in 2014.

Other research institutions in Zurich

All research institutions in Zurich

Share Inspire's ranking

Inspire on Science Explorer

A card with Inspire's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Inspire. Posts are plain text and can be reported.