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Swiss Academy for Development

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Research works
29
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
602
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Swiss Academy for Development

Not ranked overall: Swiss Academy for Development 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 Swiss Academy for Development work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Swiss Academy for Development is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 38.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 33.6% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 28.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss Academy forDevelopment29fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences39%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences413.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting311.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities27.3%
    4. Psychology25.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering828.2%
    2. Mathematics13.5%
    3. Computer Science01.3%
    4. Materials Science00.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine517.6%
    2. Health Professions14.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
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: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 4.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.53×1 works
  2. Psychology3.62×1 works
  3. Engineering2.07×2 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.91×0 works
  5. Medicine1.15×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.90×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×0 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.45×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Academy for Development?

The most cited paper from Swiss Academy for Development is "Psychometric properties and clinical usefulness of the Oswestry Disability Index" (Michael Vianin, 2008), with 350 citations. Next come "Healing cracks in selective laser melting by 3D laser shock peening" (121) and "Laser shock peening: A promising tool for tailoring metallic microstructures in selective laser melting" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psychometric properties and clinical usefulness of the Oswestry Disability Index Michael Vianin · Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Open access 13 Nov 2008 350
2 Healing cracks in selective laser melting by 3D laser shock peening Nikola Kalentics, Navid Sohrabi, Hossein Ghasemi‐Tabasi et al. · Additive manufacturing Open access 24 Sep 2019 121
3 Laser shock peening: A promising tool for tailoring metallic microstructures in selective laser melting Nikola Kalentics, Ke Huang, Manuel Ortega Varela de Seijas et al. · Journal of Materials Processing Technology Open access 20 Nov 2018 98
4 Are Swiss Chiropractors Different Than Other Chiropractors? Results of the Job Analysis Survey 2009 Barry Kim Humphreys, Cynthia K. Peterson, Daniel Muehlemann et al. · Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Sep 2010 90
5 Esther Phiri and the Moutawakel effect in Zambia: an analysis of the use of female role models in sport-for-development Marianne Meier, Martha J. Saavedra · Sport in Society Nov 2009 59
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Academy for Development?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Flexible Automation, Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Investment Decisions, Identity, E-commerce, Information Technology, Value Chains and Controlled Release.

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

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Flexible Automation2▲ 173×1 topic
  2. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 173×1 topic
  3. Epidemiology1▲ 1.22×4 topics
  4. Identity1▲ 6.6×4 topics
  5. Investment Decisions1▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Mental Health1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  7. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  8. E-commerce1▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Information Technology1▲ 14×1 topic
  10. Value Chains1▲ 142×1 topic
  11. Controlled Release1▲ 339×1 topic
  12. Discourse Analysis1▲ 15×1 topic
  13. Fertilizers1▲ 97×1 topic
  14. Language Variation1▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss Academy for Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ocular and Laser Science Research, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity and Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy.

Ocular and Laser Science…0Ocular and Laser Science Research: 0 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…0Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 0 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 0 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 0 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and S…0Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 0 fractional worksTransport Systems and Te…0Transport Systems and Technology: 0 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 0 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyOncologyPhilosophySocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Ocular and Laser Science Research Ophthalmology 0 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 0 works
  3. 3 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 0 works
  4. 4 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 0 works
  10. 10 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Academy for Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Swiss Academy for Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Swiss Academy for Development0.000025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss Academy for Development over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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