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SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

In research, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics stands highest in Life Sciences (#487 of 7,800 worldwide), Molecular Biology (#238 of 2,175 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#395 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Genetics is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,357
of 28,054 · #1,447 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#17
of 220
Research works
2.4k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
258k
107.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics 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
Life SciencesDomain #487 of 7,800 41.4%282 #514
Molecular BiologySubfield #238 of 2,175 39.4%141 #241
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #395 of 3,579 41.1%214 #370
MedicineField #3,474 of 10,443 39.9%85 #2936
Physical SciencesDomain #4,444 of 12,888 39.1%104 #4474
Health SciencesDomain #4,453 of 11,982 39.9%90 #3802

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics 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. Life Sciences#514 #487
  2. Molecular Biology#241 #238
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#370 #395
  4. Medicine#2,936 #3,474
  5. Physical Sciences#4,474 #4,444
  6. Health Sciences#3,802 #4,453
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 SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 42.7 works10×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 140.6 works9.4×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 213.7 works8.1×
← 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: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.10× its world share, 214 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.21× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.96× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.90× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent Zoete, Robert M. Waterhouse and Mauro Delorenzi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.

  1. 1 Vincent Zoete Switzerland · #63,394 worldwide 901 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Robert M. Waterhouse Switzerland · #66,897 worldwide 1.8k citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mauro Delorenzi Switzerland · #78,515 worldwide 321 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Pascale Gaudet Switzerland · #84,272 worldwide 638 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Amos Bairoch Switzerland · #93,158 worldwide 408 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Heinz Stockinger Switzerland · #111,084 worldwide 392 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Maria Anisimova Switzerland · #134,885 worldwide 231 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Philippe Le Mercier Switzerland · #161,813 worldwide 408 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Marco Pagni Switzerland · #242,926 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Christophe Dessimoz Switzerland · #249,122 worldwide 182 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Which keywords describe research at SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, RNA-Seq, Population Genetics, Data Integration, Phylogenetic Analysis, Evolution, Mutation and Bioinformatics.

▲ 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. Gene Expression27▲ 9.0×16 topics
  2. RNA-Seq24▲ 45×2 topics
  3. Population Genetics24▲ 35×5 topics
  4. Machine Learning24▲ 1.48×30 topics
  5. Epidemiology23▲ 1.16×79 topics
  6. Data Integration20▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Phylogenetic Analysis18▲ 12×12 topics
  8. Neural Networks17▲ 2.2×20 topics
  9. Evolution16▲ 13×11 topics
  10. Cancer16▲ 2.3×36 topics
  11. Mutation15▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Bioinformatics14▲ 26×4 topics
  13. Quality Assessment14▲ 16×3 topics
  14. genome annotation14▲ 44×1 topic
  15. sequence alignment14▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Genomics13▲ 8.8×10 topics
  17. Natural Selection12▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis12▲ 69×1 topic
  19. Genetic Diversity12▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. Neuromorphic Computing12▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks12▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Adaptation11▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Prediction11▲ 30×3 topics
  24. Protein11▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Experimental Evolution11▲ 90×1 topic
  26. Genetic Dynamics11▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Genetic Variation10▲ 9.8×8 topics
  28. Single-Cell10▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Transcriptomics10▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Microbial Communities10▲ 4.6×8 topics
  31. Immunity10▲ 4.8×10 topics
  32. Synaptic Plasticity9▲ 8.6×6 topics
  33. Population Dynamics9▲ 7.4×9 topics
  34. Semantic Web9▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Gene Regulation8▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Memristor8▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Molecular Dynamics8▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Resistive Switching8▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Ecology8▲ 9.9×6 topics

Which research topics does SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Genomics and Phylogeneti…14Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 14 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genom…12Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 12 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dy…11Evolution and Genetic Dynamics: 11 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …10Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 8 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 7 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…7Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 7 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…7Protein Structure and Dynamics: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…5Genetic diversity and population structure: 5 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 14 works
  2. 2 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 12 works
  3. 3 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 11 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 7 works
  7. 7 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  10. 10 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 5 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 available78.0%not open22.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.6%domestic only56.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher 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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