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Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)

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Research works
86
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

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

What does Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 21.8 works3.4×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 23.0 works3.0×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.98× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the composite score, Xi Liu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Xi Liu Switzerland · #1,586,518 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)

Which keywords describe research at Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Laparoscopic Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Medical Education, Surgical Skills, Virtual Reality Training, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy.

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

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Laparoscopic Surgery9▲ 233×3 topics
  2. Robotic Surgery8▲ 180×5 topics
  3. Medical Education6▲ 77×4 topics
  4. Surgical Skills6▲ 478×1 topic
  5. Virtual Reality Training6▲ 478×1 topic
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 46×4 topics
  8. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 127×2 topics
  9. Tumor Markers3▲ 111×2 topics
  10. Adjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 122×1 topic
  11. Rectal Cancer3▲ 219×1 topic
  12. Minimally Invasive Surgery2▲ 115×2 topics
  13. Machine Learning2▲ 1.82×8 topics
  14. Single-Incision Laparoscopy2▲ 366×1 topic
  15. Transgastric Surgery2▲ 366×1 topic
  16. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  17. Soft Robotics2▲ 73×2 topics
  18. Bioinspired Robotics2▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Continuum Robots2▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Robotic Manipulators2▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  22. Risk Factors2▲ 4.0×3 topics
  23. Medical Imaging1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  24. Radiotherapy1▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Deep Learning1▲ 1.19×11 topics
  26. Guidelines1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Mortality1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Healthcare1▲ 3.1×5 topics
  29. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  30. Hydrogels1▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Tissue Engineering1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  32. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Bioinks1▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Bioprinting1▲ 51×1 topic
  35. Epidemiology1▼ 0.78×6 topics
  36. Microfluidic Devices1▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Virtual Reality1▲ 6.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Surgical Simulation and Training, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques and Soft Robotics and Applications.

Surgical Simulation and …6Surgical Simulation and Training: 6 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 2 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedica…13D Printing in Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksForecasting Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksRobotic Process Automation Applications: 1 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyBiomedical EngineeringManagement Science and Operations Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Forecasting Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Robotic Process Automation Applications Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.6%domestic only30.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Intuitive Surgical (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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