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Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch

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Research works
53
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
862
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch

Not ranked overall: Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (53%), Medicine (14%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 66.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 53.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 24.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 25.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitutUniversitaire…53fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences66%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2853.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities23.9%
    3. Psychology23.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.8%
    1. Medicine713.7%
    2. Health Professions611.5%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Engineering12.2%
    2. Environmental Science11.6%
    3. Materials Science00.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    5. Computer Science00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch?

Ranked on the quality score, Ellen Wiegandt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch.

  1. 1 Ellen Wiegandt Switzerland · #3,668,604 worldwide 215 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch

What are the most cited papers from Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch?

The most cited paper from Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch is "Tourism as complex interdisciplinary research object" (Frédéric Darbellay, Mathis Stock, 2011), with 222 citations. Next come "Interdisciplinary Research Boosted by Serendipity" (139) and "Functional regulatory spaces" (112).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tourism as complex interdisciplinary research object Frédéric Darbellay, Mathis Stock · Annals of Tourism Research 26 Aug 2011 222
2 Interdisciplinary Research Boosted by Serendipity Frédéric Darbellay, Zoé Moody, Ayuko Sedooka et al. · Creativity Research Journal 2014 139
3 Functional regulatory spaces Frédéric Varone, Stéphane Nahrath, David Aubin et al. · Policy Sciences Open access 2 Mar 2013 112
4 "Doing with space": towards a pragmatics of space M. Lussault, Mathis Stock · Social geography Open access 24 Feb 2010 103
5 Living rights, social justice, translations Karl Hanson, Olga Nieuwenhuys · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 29 Nov 2012 98
All 75 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethical Considerations, Palliative Care, Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Child Development, Academic Achievement, School Engagement and Student-Teacher Relationships.

▲ 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. Ethical Considerations6▲ 33×3 topics
  2. Mental Health4▲ 7.4×7 topics
  3. Palliative Care4▲ 51×3 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  5. Self-Regulation4▲ 41×3 topics
  6. Child Development4▲ 23×2 topics
  7. Academic Achievement3▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Sustainable Development3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  9. School Engagement3▲ 138×1 topic
  10. Social Justice3▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Student-Teacher Relationships3▲ 138×1 topic
  12. Social Support3▲ 13×4 topics
  13. Community Engagement3▲ 19×4 topics
  14. Children's Participation3▲ 540×1 topic
  15. End-of-Life3▲ 68×2 topics
  16. Research with Children3▲ 540×1 topic
  17. COVID-19 Impact3▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Local Development3▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Territorial Governance3▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Advance Care Planning3▲ 88×1 topic
  21. Family Perspectives3▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Public Policy3▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Destination Image2▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Rural Development2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Tourist Satisfaction2▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Citizen Participation2▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Environmental Participation2▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Identity2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  29. Medical Ethics2▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Poverty Reduction2▲ 45×2 topics
  31. Water Resources2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Conditional Cash Transfers2▲ 131×1 topic
  33. Heritage2▲ 121×2 topics
  34. Human Rights2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. School Subsidies2▲ 131×1 topic
  36. Tourism2▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Nationalism2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  38. Politics2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Institutionalization2▲ 33×3 topics
  40. Memory2▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Respiratory Support and Mechanisms and Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications.

Pneumonia and Respirator…0Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 0 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…0Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 0 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …0Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular and Divin…0Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 0 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksHeparin-Induced Thromboc…0Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis: 0 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dy…0Evolution and Genetic Dynamics: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyInternal Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  10. 10 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000019% in 2023.

0.00020%0.00040%Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch0.000014% in 2024200020102020

Fractional works of Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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