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Quantis (Switzerland)

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Research works
26
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Quantis (Switzerland)

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

Which fields of science does Quantis (Switzerland) work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Quantis (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (43%), Engineering (20%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 74.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 42.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKQuantis(Switzerland)26fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences17%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1142.8%
    2. Engineering519.7%
    3. Energy13.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.4%
    6. Materials Science01.4%
    7. Computer Science01.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance29.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.3%
    3. Social Sciences12.8%
    4. Psychology00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.9%
    2. Neuroscience00.9%
    1. Medicine00.7%
    2. Nursing00.6%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
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: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.56× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 16.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance16.57×2 works
  2. Environmental Science3.95×1 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.56×0 works
  4. Psychology1.55×0 works
  5. Engineering1.25×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.68×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.55×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Quantis (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Anna Kounina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Quantis (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Anna Kounina Switzerland · #1,753,222 worldwide 1.3k citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Quantis (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Quantis (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Quantis (Switzerland) is "Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment" (Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Mark J. Goedkoop, Jeroen B. Guinée et al., 2012), with 698 citations. Next come "IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method" (591) and "Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment" (337).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Mark J. Goedkoop, Jeroen B. Guinée et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 11 Sep 2012 698
2 IMPACT World+: a globally regionalized life cycle impact assessment method Cécile Bulle, Manuele D. Margni, Laure Patouillard et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Open access 6 Feb 2019 591
3 Review of methods addressing freshwater use in life cycle inventory and impact assessment Anna Kounina, Manuele D. Margni, Jean-Baptiste Bayart et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Open access 26 Oct 2012 337
4 LC‐IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method Francesca Verones et al. · Journal of Industrial Ecology Open access 31 May 2020 252
5 Understanding the LCA and ISO water footprint: A response to Hoekstra (2016) “A critique on the water-scarcity weighted water footprint in LCA” Stephan Pfister, Anne‐Marie Boulay, Markus Berger et al. · Ecological Indicators Open access 27 Aug 2016 227
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Quantis (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability Assessment, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint, Sustainability and Climate Change.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact7▲ 21×13 topics
  2. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 99×4 topics
  3. Life Cycle Assessment5▲ 103×6 topics
  4. Sustainability Assessment5▲ 166×6 topics
  5. Carbon Footprint4▲ 307×1 topic
  6. Water Footprint4▲ 390×1 topic
  7. Climate Change3▲ 4.6×9 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 7.1×13 topics
  9. Health Effects2▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Renewable Energy2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  11. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  12. Circular Economy1▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Risk Assessment1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  14. Waste Management1▲ 18×4 topics
  15. Food Systems1▲ 169×1 topic
  16. Sustainable Diets1▲ 169×1 topic
  17. Recycling1▲ 17×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Economic theories and models, Stochastic processes and financial applications, Photonic and Optical Devices and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems.

Economic theories and mo…0Economic theories and models: 0 fractional worksStochastic processes and…0Stochastic processes and financial applications: 0 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…0Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 0 fractional worksPsychological and Temporal Perspectives Research: 0 fractional worksBanking stability, regulation, efficiency: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsFinanceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic theories and models Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 0 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  7. 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 0 works
  9. 9 Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.3%domestic only25.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Quantis (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%Quantis (Switzerland)0.000039% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Quantis (Switzerland) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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