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Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research

In research, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,245 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#167 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#969 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 57.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,092
of 28,054 · #2,068 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#24
of 220
Research works
1.1k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
41.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,245 of 12,888 33.1%223 #1401
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #167 of 1,209 30.4%100 #255
Environmental ScienceField #969 of 3,551 36.6%101 #920
Atmospheric ScienceSubfield #144 of 301 28.1%69 #216

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research 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. Physical Sciences#1,401 #1,245
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#255 #167
  3. Environmental Science#920 #969
  4. Atmospheric Science#216 #144
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 Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 57.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 69.4 works57×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 52.3 works25×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 99.8 works23×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23.19× its world share, 100 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.45× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 23.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Danièle Colombaroli, Michael Sigl and Oliver Wetter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research.

  1. 1 Danièle Colombaroli Switzerland · #72,283 worldwide 325 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Michael Sigl Switzerland · #271,837 worldwide 352 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Oliver Wetter Switzerland · #727,191 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Andreas Paul Zischg Switzerland · #898,937 worldwide 45 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Hendrik Vogel Switzerland · #1,045,269 worldwide 82 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Pascal Horton Switzerland · #1,226,303 worldwide 31 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research

Which keywords describe research at Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Paleoclimatology, Remote Sensing, Extreme Events, Holocene, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sea Level.

▲ 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. Climate Change122▲ 17×70 topics
  2. Global Warming49▲ 44×13 topics
  3. Paleoclimatology32▲ 139×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing30▲ 8.9×18 topics
  5. Extreme Events30▲ 124×2 topics
  6. Holocene24▲ 75×3 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions22▲ 30×6 topics
  8. Sea Level22▲ 83×2 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation21▲ 60×3 topics
  10. Glacial Cycles20▲ 110×1 topic
  11. Monsoon Dynamics20▲ 110×1 topic
  12. Hydrological Cycle19▲ 74×2 topics
  13. Climate Modeling18▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Precipitation Extremes18▲ 93×1 topic
  15. Hydrology16▲ 45×4 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise14▲ 39×3 topics
  17. Data Assimilation13▲ 31×4 topics
  18. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 19×5 topics
  19. Water Quality12▲ 11×10 topics
  20. Temperature Variability11▲ 259×1 topic
  21. Tree Rings11▲ 259×1 topic
  22. Ecosystem Resilience11▲ 28×5 topics
  23. Drought11▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Evapotranspiration11▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Boundary Layer10▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Glacier10▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Satellite Observations10▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Water Availability10▲ 87×1 topic
  29. Convective Parameterization10▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Mesoscale Modeling10▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Probabilistic Forecasting10▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Shale Gas10▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Emissions9▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Natural Gas9▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Atmospheric8▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Methane8▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Vulnerability8▲ 14×6 topics
  39. Carbon Balance8▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Tree Mortality8▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate variability and models, Tree-ring climate responses and Cryospheric studies and observations.

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 20 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 18 fractional worksTree-ring climate respon…11Tree-ring climate responses: 11 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …10Cryospheric studies and observations: 10 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 10 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 8 fractional worksPlant Water Relations an…8Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 8 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and Technology1 others

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

  1. 1 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 20 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 18 works
  3. 3 Tree-ring climate responses Atmospheric Science 11 works
  4. 4 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  5. 5 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  7. 7 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 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 available83.0%not open17.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.0%domestic only42.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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