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Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)

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Research works
80
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: Suss Microoptics (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 Suss Microoptics (Switzerland) work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Suss Microoptics (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (67%), Materials Science (17%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 93.1% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 66.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 28.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 25.7% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 12 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSuss Microoptics(Switzerland)80fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5366.6%
    2. Materials Science1417.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy55.7%
    4. Computer Science22.3%
    5. Chemistry00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Medicine34.3%
    2. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 9.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.30× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 8.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering9.25×0 works
  2. Materials Science8.02×1 works
  3. Dentistry3.33×0 works
  4. Engineering3.30×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.84×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.45×0 works
  7. Chemistry1.37×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.48×0 works
  11. Medicine0.16×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, K. J. Weible, Rudolf Suter and Martin Eisner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Suss Microoptics (Switzerland).

  1. 1 K. J. Weible Switzerland · #2,005,132 worldwide 1.2k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Rudolf Suter Switzerland · #2,434,161 worldwide 7 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Martin Eisner Switzerland · #2,579,156 worldwide 850 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Uwe Vogler Switzerland · #3,048,551 worldwide 363 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 A. Bich Switzerland · #3,920,124 worldwide 262 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Raoul Kirner Switzerland · #5,033,767 worldwide 115 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Reinhard Voelkel Switzerland · #5,387,970 worldwide 1.1k citations · 112 works
All ranked researchers at Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Suss Microoptics (Switzerland) is "Characterization of microlenses by digital holographic microscopy" (Florian Charrière, Jonas G. Kuhn, Tristan Colomb et al., 2006), with 220 citations. Next come "Comparing glass and plastic refractive microlenses fabricated with different technologies" (182) and "Poly(ethylene glycol) Adlayers Immobilized to Metal Oxide Substrates Through Catechol Derivatives: Influence of Assembly Conditions on Formation and Stability" (137).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of microlenses by digital holographic microscopy Florian Charrière, Jonas G. Kuhn, Tristan Colomb et al. · Applied Optics Open access 10 Feb 2006 220
2 Comparing glass and plastic refractive microlenses fabricated with different technologies Heidi Ottevaere, R. E. Cox, Hans Peter Herzig et al. · Journal of Optics A Pure and Applied Optics Open access 7 Jun 2006 182
3 Poly(ethylene glycol) Adlayers Immobilized to Metal Oxide Substrates Through Catechol Derivatives: Influence of Assembly Conditions on Formation and Stability Barbora Mališová, Samuele G. P. Tosatti, Marcus Textor et al. · Langmuir Open access 10 Feb 2010 137
4 Spontaneous Blinking from a Tribological Viewpoint Heiko Pult, Samuele G. P. Tosatti, Nicholas D. Spencer et al. · The Ocular Surface 16 Apr 2015 124
5 Miniaturized imaging systems R. Völkel, Martin Eisner, K. J. Weible · Microelectronic Engineering 5 Apr 2003 119
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanofabrication, Photonic Crystals, Solar Cells, Compound Eyes, Freeform Optics, Antireflective Coatings, Nanostructures and High-Resolution Patterning.

▲ 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. Nanofabrication16▲ 222×2 topics
  2. Photonic Crystals12▲ 95×4 topics
  3. Compound Eyes10▲ 968×1 topic
  4. Freeform Optics10▲ 968×1 topic
  5. Solar Cells10▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Antireflective Coatings10▲ 443×1 topic
  7. Nanostructures10▲ 27×1 topic
  8. High-Resolution Patterning9▲ 279×2 topics
  9. Integrated Circuits8▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Biosensors7▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Optical Modulators7▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Raman Lasers7▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Microcavities6▲ 49×1 topic
  14. Silicon Photonics6▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Electron Beam Lithography6▲ 343×1 topic
  16. Resolution Limits6▲ 343×1 topic
  17. Optical Interconnects4▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 53×1 topic
  19. Biological Applications4▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Nanophotonics4▲ 54×3 topics
  21. Nanolithography3▲ 210×1 topic
  22. Soft Lithography3▲ 210×1 topic
  23. Structured Light3▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  25. Holographic Displays3▲ 168×1 topic
  26. Stereoscopic Displays3▲ 168×1 topic
  27. Super-Resolution Imaging2▲ 75×2 topics
  28. Self-Assembled Monolayers2▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Near-Field Optical Microscopy2▲ 196×1 topic
  30. Photonic Nanojets2▲ 196×1 topic
  31. Camera Calibration2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Fringe Projection2▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Molecular Dynamics Simulation2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Chemical Mechanical Planarization2▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Dimensional Metrology2▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Error Compensation2▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Material Removal Mechanism2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Antifouling Coatings2▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Microfluidics2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Suss Microoptics (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced optical system design, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Bone Tissue Engineering Materials.

Photonic and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksAdvanced optical system design: 0 fractional worksMolecular Junctions and Nanostructures: 0 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 0 fractional worksPolymer Surface Interaction Studies: 0 fractional worksOptical Coatings and Gratings: 0 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Ap…0Photonic Crystals and Applications: 0 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 0 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolithography Techniques: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Polymer Surface Interaction Studies Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 works
  6. 6 Optical Coatings and Gratings Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 works
  7. 7 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 works
  9. 9 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Suss Microoptics (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% 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 Suss Microoptics (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

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

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