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Nestlé (Switzerland)

In research, Nestlé (Switzerland) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,381 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#6,084 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,823 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing and Food Science — Nutrition and Dietetics is 23.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,758
of 28,054 · #3,242 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#60
of 220
Research works
3.4k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
176k
51.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Nestlé (Switzerland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,381 of 11,982 23.3%99 #2444
MedicineField #6,084 of 10,443 20.8%68 #2584
Life SciencesDomain #4,823 of 7,800 27.5%103 #1510

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nestlé (Switzerland) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,444 #6,381
  2. Medicine#2,584 #6,084
  3. Life Sciences#1,510 #4,823
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Nestlé (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 23.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 25.2 works23×
  2. NursingField · 25.2 works20×
  3. Food ScienceSubfield · 38.4 works20×
← 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: 4.50× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.97× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.32× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 20.12× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 20.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nestlé (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the composite score, Nathalie Martin, Annick Mercenier and Richard H. Stadler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nestlé (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Nathalie Martin Switzerland · #44,375 worldwide 192 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Annick Mercenier Switzerland · #83,210 worldwide 329 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Richard H. Stadler Switzerland · #156,127 worldwide 190 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Harald Brüssow Switzerland · #166,994 worldwide 217 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Alison L. Eldridge Switzerland · #183,434 worldwide 171 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Michael Affolter Switzerland · #211,980 worldwide 184 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Christine Cherbut Switzerland · #220,622 worldwide 112 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Lena Davidsson Switzerland · #235,642 worldwide 149 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Christophe Schmitt Switzerland · #238,605 worldwide 237 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Imre Blank Switzerland · #243,599 worldwide 152 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Nestlé (Switzerland)

Which keywords describe research at Nestlé (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Probiotics, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Effects, Antioxidant Activity, Hydrocolloids and Metabolism.

▲ 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 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. Inflammation23▲ 4.3×42 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 5.8×23 topics
  3. Probiotics16▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 7.5×13 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity14▲ 8.7×15 topics
  6. Health Effects14▲ 9.2×12 topics
  7. Hydrocolloids13▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Metabolism12▲ 9.4×17 topics
  9. Lipid Oxidation12▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Nanoparticles11▲ 3.4×7 topics
  11. Nutritional Significance11▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Emulsions11▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Proteins10▲ 44×3 topics
  14. Food Safety10▲ 14×10 topics
  15. Obesity10▲ 5.1×16 topics
  16. Preterm Infants10▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Consumer Perception10▲ 17×6 topics
  18. Digestion9▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Nanoemulsions9▲ 82×1 topic
  20. Lactoferrin9▲ 87×2 topics
  21. Gut Microbiota9▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Health Benefits9▲ 11×10 topics
  23. Metabolic Health9▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Human Milk Composition9▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Necrotizing Enterocolitis9▲ 126×1 topic
  26. Rheological Properties8▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Mass Spectrometry8▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Polyphenols8▲ 17×5 topics
  29. Child Development7▲ 6.8×4 topics
  30. Cancer Prevention7▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Weight Loss7▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Microbiota6▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Chronic Diseases6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  35. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 8.5×5 topics
  36. Prebiotics6▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Rheology6▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Dietary Fiber6▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Dietary Patterns5▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Mediterranean Diet5▲ 34×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Proteins in Food Systems, Infant Nutrition and Health, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Diet and metabolism studies.

Proteins in Food Systems: 9 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Health: 9 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 5 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 5 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented Foods: 4 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 4 fractional worksCoffee research and impa…4Coffee research and impacts: 4 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feed…4Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 4 fractional works
Food ScienceNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 9 works
  2. 2 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 9 works
  3. 3 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 4 works
  6. 6 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  7. 7 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 4 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 4 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.2%domestic only64.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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