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International Space Science Institute

In research, International Space Science Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,021 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 59.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,807
of 22,385 · #16,863 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#78
of 186
Research works
461
▲ 194% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
72%
world 18%
International Space Science Institute

What is International Space Science Institute 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 #6,021 of 10,670 14.4%117 #8177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Space Science Institute 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 International Space Science Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at International Space Science Institute is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (35%), Engineering (13%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 133 fractional works · 73.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 63 fractional works · 34.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 56 fractional works · 30.8% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalSpace Science…180fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6334.7%
    2. Engineering2312.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences179.4%
    4. Environmental Science105.7%
    5. Chemistry105.4%
    6. Materials Science52.9%
    7. Computer Science31.5%
    8. Mathematics10.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology147.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine137.4%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences73.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities42.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Space Science Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 59.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 55.6 works59×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 62.6 works16×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.44× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.99× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 15.59× its world share, 63 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 15.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy15.59×63 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.99×17 works
  3. Chemistry3.44×10 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×14 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.37×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.15×10 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.00×1 works
  8. Engineering0.84×23 works
  9. Materials Science0.84×5 works
  10. Mathematics0.68×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.68×4 works
  12. Nursing0.44×0 works
  13. Medicine0.38×13 works
  14. Energy0.37×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×3 works
  17. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.30×7 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.28×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  22. Neuroscience0.21×1 works
  23. Computer Science0.19×3 works
  24. Health Professions0.18×1 works
  25. Psychology0.16×1 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at International Space Science Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Johannes Geiss, Rudolf Von Steiger and S. Boudreault lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Space Science Institute.

  1. 1 Johannes Geiss Switzerland · #649,219 worldwide 3.4k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Rudolf Von Steiger Switzerland · #1,373,358 worldwide 7.8k citations · 281 works
  3. 3 S. Boudreault Switzerland · #2,032,533 worldwide 540 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Téodolina Lopez Switzerland · #2,107,854 worldwide 414 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Symeon Koumoutsaris Switzerland · #2,546,284 worldwide 638 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 M. Falanga Switzerland · #2,765,351 worldwide 4.8k citations · 239 works
  7. 7 Jean‐Luc Josset Switzerland · #3,098,522 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
  8. 8 Alex Meyer Switzerland · #3,668,205 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Roger-Maurice Bonnet Switzerland · #3,908,876 worldwide 130 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 오리온 Switzerland · #3,930,337 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at International Space Science Institute

What are the most cited papers from International Space Science Institute?

The most cited paper from International Space Science Institute is "The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite" (Paul Robert Mahaffy et al., 2012), with 574 citations. Next come "Composition of quasi‐stationary solar wind flows from Ulysses/Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer" (535) and "Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover" (500).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Sample Analysis at Mars Investigation and Instrument Suite Paul Robert Mahaffy et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access 26 Apr 2012 574
2 Composition of quasi‐stationary solar wind flows from Ulysses/Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer Rudolf Von Steiger, Nathan A. Schwadron, L. A. Fisk et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Dec 2000 535
3 Habitability on Early Mars and the Search for Biosignatures with the ExoMars Rover Jorge L. Vago et al. · Astrobiology Open access Jul 2017 500
4 Swings between rotation and accretion power in a binary millisecond pulsar Alessandro Papitto et al. · Nature Open access Sep 2013 465
5 An imperative to monitor Earth's energy imbalance Karina von Schuckmann, Matthew D. Palmer, Kevin E. Trenberth et al. · Nature Climate Change 27 Jan 2016 462
All 55 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Space Science Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Solar Wind, Climate Change, Space Policy and Space Tourism.

▲ 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. Solar System Abundances18▲ 203×1 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets18▲ 203×1 topic
  3. Climate Change11▲ 2.2×50 topics
  4. Mars10▲ 175×1 topic
  5. Martian Surface10▲ 175×1 topic
  6. Solar Wind6▲ 36×2 topics
  7. Space Policy5▲ 195×1 topic
  8. Space Tourism5▲ 195×1 topic
  9. Magnetic Fields4▲ 34×3 topics
  10. Space Exploration4▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Accretion Disks4▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Coronal Mass Ejections4▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Solar Dynamics Observatory4▲ 57×1 topic
  14. Exoplanets4▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Holocene4▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Stellar Astrophysics4▲ 48×1 topic
  17. Astrobiology3▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Plate Tectonics3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Sea Level3▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Spectroscopy3▲ 10×7 topics
  21. Extraterrestrial Life3▲ 73×1 topic
  22. SETI3▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Imaging3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  24. Biomineralization3▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Star Formation2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Tomography2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  27. Turbulence2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Electron Acceleration2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Gravitational Waves2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Paleoclimatology2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Solar Influence2▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Geomagnetic Field2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Glacial Cycles2▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Ionosphere2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Magnetosome Formation2▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Molecular Clouds2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Monsoon Dynamics2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Protoplanetary Disks2▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does International Space Science Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Space exploration and regulation and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

Astro and Planetary Scie…18Astro and Planetary Science: 18 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 10 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 5 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 4 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …4Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 4 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 2 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 2 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 2 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAtmospheric ScienceMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  3. 3 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.9%domestic only28.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Space Science Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 194% 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 International Space Science Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%International Space Science Institute0.00043% in 20251990200020102020

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