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Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel

In research, Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel stands highest in Astronomy and Astrophysics (#608 of 954 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#2,148 of 2,917 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,531 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,307
of 34,923
Rank in Switzerland
#328
of 378
Research works
534
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
37.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel

What is Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #608 of 954 20.3%163
Physics and AstronomyField #2,148 of 2,917 15.5%285
Physical SciencesDomain #16,531 of 17,446 14.3%426

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel 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 Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (53%), Engineering (12%), Arts and Humanities (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 426 fractional works · 79.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 285 fractional works · 53.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 163 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 64 fractional works · 12.0% of its workInstrumentation: 41 fractional works · 7.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 64 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeophysics: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 13.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPhilosophy: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKObservatoireCantonal de…534fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy28553.4%
    2. Engineering6412.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences285.3%
    4. Environmental Science152.8%
    5. Chemistry112.1%
    6. Materials Science101.9%
    7. Computer Science71.2%
    8. Mathematics30.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.5%
    1. Arts and Humanities346.3%
    2. Social Sciences275.1%
    3. Psychology50.9%
    4. Decision Sciences40.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Medicine122.2%
    2. Health Professions50.9%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.91× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.89× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 8.68× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities8.68×4 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy7.91×3 works
  3. Health Professions3.89×2 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.54×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.39×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×1 works
  7. Nursing0.63×0 works
  8. Medicine0.61×2 works
  9. Psychology0.46×0 works
  10. Engineering0.41×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.24×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.19×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Burnet, Valentin Mitev and Regula Bigler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel.

  1. 1 M. Burnet Switzerland · #3,183,820 worldwide 3k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Valentin Mitev Switzerland · #3,269,814 worldwide 3.7k citations · 159 works
  3. 3 Regula Bigler Switzerland · #3,612,315 worldwide 6 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 F. Kienzle Switzerland · #3,890,943 worldwide 402 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Marcel E. Golay Switzerland · #4,527,930 worldwide 2.5k citations · 96 works
  6. 6 Sophie Piccard Switzerland · #4,612,457 worldwide 105 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Dufay Switzerland · #4,955,353 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Andre Blecha Switzerland · #5,227,520 worldwide 855 citations · 66 works
  9. 9 P. Kartaschoff Switzerland · #5,286,081 worldwide 292 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 M. Grenon Switzerland · #5,290,537 worldwide 2.1k citations · 251 works
All ranked researchers at Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel

What are the most cited papers from Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel?

The most cited paper from Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel is "The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood" (Birgitta B. Nordström, Michel Mayor, Johannes Andersen et al., 2004), with 1,563 citations. Next come "Detection of Planetary Transits Across a Sun-like Star" (1,408) and "ELODIE: A spectrograph for accurate radial velocity measurements" (1,389).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Geneva-Copenhagen survey of the Solar neighbourhood Birgitta B. Nordström, Michel Mayor, Johannes Andersen et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 16 Apr 2004 1,563
2 Detection of Planetary Transits Across a Sun-like Star David Charbonneau, Timothy M. Brown, David W. Latham et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Jan 2000 1,408
3 ELODIE: A spectrograph for accurate radial velocity measurements Andre Baranne, Didier P. Queloz, M. Mayor et al. · Astronomy & Astrophysics Supplement Series Open access Oct 1996 1,389
4 The PLATO 2.0 mission H. Rauer et al. · Experimental Astronomy Open access160 authors 3 Sep 2014 1,275
5 An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b Alfred Vidal‐Madjar, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Jean-Michel Désert et al. · Nature Mar 2003 1,226
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Star Formation, Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields and Turbulence.

▲ 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. Exoplanets66▲ 169×1 topic
  2. Stellar Astrophysics66▲ 169×1 topic
  3. Star Formation42▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Astronomical Instrumentation39▲ 141×1 topic
  5. Spectrograph39▲ 141×1 topic
  6. Accretion Disks36▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Magnetic Fields36▲ 65×2 topics
  8. Molecular Clouds31▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Protoplanetary Disks31▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Turbulence31▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Solar System Abundances26▲ 58×1 topic
  12. Terrestrial Planets26▲ 58×1 topic
  13. Geodesy21▲ 186×2 topics
  14. Atomic Clocks20▲ 313×1 topic
  15. Optical Clocks20▲ 313×1 topic
  16. Black Holes16▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging15▲ 7.6×2 topics
  18. Atomic Magnetometer15▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Hyperpolarized Gases15▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Mechanical Properties14▲ 2.8×9 topics
  21. Spectroscopy13▲ 7.8×5 topics
  22. Dark Matter11▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Cosmology11▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Galaxies10▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Stellar Populations10▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Cultural Impact10▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Superfluidity10▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Quantum Information10▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Quantum Simulation10▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Ultracold Gases10▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Satellite Observations9▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Air Quality9▲ 8.7×3 topics
  33. Structural Health Monitoring8▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Radio Astronomy8▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Optical 3D Laser Measurement8▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Position-Sensitive Detector8▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Historical Figures8▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Geophysical Surveys8▲ 20×2 topics
  40. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy8▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Workplace Health and Well-being, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, German Literature and Culture Studies and Historical and Literary Studies.

Workplace Health and Well-being: 1 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…1German Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …0Historical and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 0 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…0Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 0 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 0 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 0 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPhysiologyLiterature and Literary TheoryAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 1 works
  2. 2 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000072% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel0.000084% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2006Observatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel7.9% in 2006

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.8% in 2005.

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