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Scherrer (Switzerland)

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Research works
66
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Scherrer (Switzerland)

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

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

In all years, 31% of research at Scherrer (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Environmental Science (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 31.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 27.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 24.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 20.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKScherrer(Switzerland)66fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences27%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science811.7%
    2. Engineering69.8%
    3. Materials Science22.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.9%
    5. Computer Science11.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    7. Energy11.2%
    8. Chemistry11.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting711.1%
    2. Social Sciences69.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities34.0%
    4. Psychology12.0%
    5. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Medicine1320.0%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Veterinary10.9%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences811.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.33× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.67×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.53×0 works
  3. Social Sciences3.33×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.53×0 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.64×0 works
  6. Medicine0.95×1 works
  7. Psychology0.60×0 works
  8. Engineering0.49×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scherrer (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Herwig Zang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scherrer (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Herwig Zang Switzerland · #2,702,690 worldwide 893 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Scherrer (Switzerland)

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

The most cited paper from Scherrer (Switzerland) is "Is Sustainability Possible? A Review and Commentary on Empirical Studies of Program Sustainability" (Mary Ann Scheirer, 2005), with 720 citations. Next come "Anisotropic Diffusion in Layered Argillaceous Rocks: A Case Study with Opalinus Clay" (187) and "Late Pleistocene/Holocene slip rate of the Zhangye thrust (Qilian Shan, China) and implications for the active growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau" (161).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Is Sustainability Possible? A Review and Commentary on Empirical Studies of Program Sustainability Mary Ann Scheirer · American Journal of Evaluation 24 Aug 2005 720
2 Anisotropic Diffusion in Layered Argillaceous Rocks: A Case Study with Opalinus Clay Luc Robert Van Loon, Josep M. Soler, Werner Müller et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 28 Sep 2004 187
3 Late Pleistocene/Holocene slip rate of the Zhangye thrust (Qilian Shan, China) and implications for the active growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau Ralf Hetzel, Mingxin Tao, Stephen Stokes et al. · Tectonics Dec 2004 161
4 Formation of runoff at the hillslope scale during intense precipitation Simon C. Scherrer, Félix Naef, A. O. Faeh et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences Open access 23 Feb 2007 153
5 State of the Art: Imaging for Myocardial Viability: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Mario Jorge Garcia, Raymond Y.K. Kwong, Marielle Scherrer‐Crosbie et al. · Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging Jul 2020 141
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scherrer (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Crisis Management, Corporate Reputation, Financial Performance, Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Symbiosis, Polymer Electrolyte Membranes and Proton Exchange Membranes.

▲ 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. Climate Change6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  2. Crisis Management6▲ 211×2 topics
  3. Corporate Reputation5▲ 612×1 topic
  4. Financial Performance5▲ 23×1 topic
  5. Habitat Selection3▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Symbiosis2▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes2▲ 46×1 topic
  8. Proton Exchange Membranes2▲ 46×1 topic
  9. Invasive Species2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  10. Avian Ecology2▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Biodiversity2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  12. Migration Patterns2▲ 72×1 topic
  13. Biogeography2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  14. Conservation2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  15. Disaster Management2▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Dormancy2▲ 50×1 topic
  17. Fruit Trees2▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Information Technology2▲ 7.3×1 topic
  19. Stakeholder Engagement2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Value Chains2▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Host Recognition1▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Crisis Communication1▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Gender Studies1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Global Change1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  25. Habitat Fragmentation1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  26. Legumes1▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  28. Nitrogen Fixation1▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Philosophy1▲ 4.4×3 topics
  30. Ecosystem1▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Governance1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  32. DNA Barcoding1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Participation1▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Recovery1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Secondary Metabolites1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Anaesthesia1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Cell Adhesion1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Dance Movement Therapy1▲ 125×1 topic
  39. Injury Patterns1▲ 125×1 topic
  40. Integrins1▲ 26×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Psychoanalysis and Social Critique, German legal, social, and political studies, Workplace Health and Well-being and German Social Sciences and History.

Psychoanalysis and Socia…1Psychoanalysis and Social Critique: 1 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…1German legal, social, and political studies: 1 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 0 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences a…0German Social Sciences and History: 0 fractional worksNietzsche, Schopenhauer,…0Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel: 0 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 1 works
  2. 2 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel Philosophy 0 works
  6. 6 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.1%domestic only66.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% 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 Scherrer (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000078% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Scherrer (Switzerland)0.000030% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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