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Microsoft (Switzerland)

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Research works
39
▲ 2452% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
43.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

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

What does Microsoft (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 23.4 works2.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 8.08× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Microsoft (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Quantum Information, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation, Neural Networks, Convolutional Networks, 3D Mapping and SLAM.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning6▲ 7.1×20 topics
  2. Quantum Information3▲ 112×2 topics
  3. Neural Networks3▲ 6.8×10 topics
  4. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 187×1 topic
  5. Quantum Computation2▲ 187×1 topic
  6. 3D Mapping2▲ 122×1 topic
  7. Convolutional Networks2▲ 63×3 topics
  8. SLAM2▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Entanglement2▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Depth Estimation2▲ 83×2 topics
  11. Unsupervised Learning2▲ 51×2 topics
  12. Optical Flow2▲ 130×1 topic
  13. Stereo Vision2▲ 130×1 topic
  14. Energy Efficiency1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  15. Security1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  16. CMOS Technology1▲ 66×2 topics
  17. Cryptography1▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Feature Matching1▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Local Descriptors1▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Quantum1▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Low-Power1▲ 96×1 topic
  22. VLSI Circuits1▲ 207×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization, Advanced Vision and Imaging and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…2Advanced Vision and Imaging: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and …1Quantum Information and Cryptography: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques: 1 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 1 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Vi…1Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 1 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 1 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAerospace EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  6. 6 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 1 works
  8. 8 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  9. 9 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 1 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.3%domestic only43.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 2452% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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