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Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)

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Research works
78
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
71%
world 18%
Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: Sophia Genetics (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 Sophia Genetics (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at Sophia Genetics (Switzerland) is in Life Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 8 fractional works · 36.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 28.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 10.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 26.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKSophia Genetics(Switzerland)22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences36%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology628.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.1%
    3. Neuroscience01.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    1. Medicine626.8%
    2. Health Professions13.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences27.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.7%
    4. Psychology12.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Engineering14.9%
    2. Computer Science14.5%
    3. Environmental Science01.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
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: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 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, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.25×6 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.11×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.47×1 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.42×0 works
  5. Medicine1.40×6 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.38×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.29×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.07×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.98×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.85×0 works
  11. Psychology0.81×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.77×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.59×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.58×1 works
  15. Nursing0.57×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.37×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×0 works
  19. Engineering0.32×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.21×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Philippe Menu, Zhenyu Xu and Fred Zülli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sophia Genetics (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Philippe Menu Switzerland · #560,176 worldwide 7.4k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Zhenyu Xu Switzerland · #590,133 worldwide 1.8k citations · 72 works
  3. 3 Fred Zülli Switzerland · #3,230,524 worldwide 488 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Xiaobin Xing Switzerland · #3,299,891 worldwide 370 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Sophia Genetics (Switzerland) is "Effect of long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and beta-agonists on the bronchial responsiveness in children with asthma" (Karel F. Kerrebijn, E.E.M. van Essen-Zandvliet, Herman J. Neijens, 1987), with 426 citations. Next come "Detailed chromosomal and molecular genetic analysis of single cells by whole genome amplification and comparative genomic hybridisation" (302) and "The spectrum ofWRNmutations in Werner syndrome patients" (228).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of long-term treatment with inhaled corticosteroids and beta-agonists on the bronchial responsiveness in children with asthma Karel F. Kerrebijn, E.E.M. van Essen-Zandvliet, Herman J. Neijens · Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Apr 1987 426
2 Detailed chromosomal and molecular genetic analysis of single cells by whole genome amplification and comparative genomic hybridisation Dagan Wells · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 15 Feb 1999 302
3 The spectrum ofWRNmutations in Werner syndrome patients Shurong Huang et al. · Human Mutation Open access 3 May 2006 228
4 Prenatally Fabricated Autologous Human Living Heart Valves Based on Amniotic Fluid–Derived Progenitor Cells as Single Cell Source Dörthe Schmidt, Josef Achermann, Bernhard Odermatt et al. · Circulation Open access 10 Sep 2007 152
5 Living Autologous Heart Valves Engineered From Human Prenatally Harvested Progenitors Dörthe Schmidt, Anita Mol, Christian Breymann et al. · Circulation 4 Jul 2006 145
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Genomic Instability, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidants, DNA Damage and Family Firms.

▲ 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-now 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy2▲ 31×3 topics
  3. Cancer Genomics2▲ 94×1 topic
  4. Genomic Instability2▲ 61×2 topics
  5. Mutational Signatures2▲ 94×1 topic
  6. Inflammation1▲ 2.9×7 topics
  7. Antioxidants1▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Cancer1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  9. DNA Damage1▲ 62×3 topics
  10. Machine Learning1▲ 1.41×5 topics
  11. Family Firms1▲ 186×1 topic
  12. Socioemotional Wealth1▲ 186×1 topic

Which research topics does Sophia Genetics (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Family Business Performance and Succession, Skin Protection and Aging and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 1 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 0 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 0 fractional worksGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 0 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementDermatologyGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  3. 3 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 1 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.4%domestic only28.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher 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 Sophia Genetics (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Sophia Genetics (Switzerland)0.000086% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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