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In research, Swiss Archaeology stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,524 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,183
of 22,385 · #5,292 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#90
of 186
Research works
1.2k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Swiss Archaeology

What is Swiss Archaeology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,524 of 9,585 6.9%122 #3029

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Archaeology 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Swiss Archaeology work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Swiss Archaeology is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Business, Management and Accounting (22%), Arts and Humanities (17%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 127 fractional works · 76.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 36 fractional works · 21.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 17.1% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss Archaeology166fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences77%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5331.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting3621.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2817.1%
    4. Psychology53.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Computer Science63.7%
    2. Engineering63.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.0%
    4. Environmental Science21.5%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine106.3%
    2. Health Professions52.8%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.92× its world share, 28 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.74× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.74×36 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.92×28 works
  3. Social Sciences2.50×53 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.45×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.05×5 works
  7. Psychology0.99×5 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×3 works
  9. Dentistry0.57×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.48×6 works
  11. Medicine0.33×10 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.30×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  15. Engineering0.23×6 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Archaeology?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen Fedtke, Siegfried Süßbier and Walter Schnider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Archaeology.

  1. 1 Stephen Fedtke Switzerland · #1,984,406 worldwide 65 citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Siegfried Süßbier Switzerland · #2,108,718 worldwide 0 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Walter Schnider Switzerland · #2,314,813 worldwide 71 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Adrian Heuss Switzerland · #2,322,222 worldwide 17 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Klaus Schwinn Switzerland · #2,340,736 worldwide 75 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Rolf Dippold Switzerland · #2,398,233 worldwide 76 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 André Ringgenberg Switzerland · #2,459,715 worldwide 21 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Dorothee Meer Switzerland · #2,540,204 worldwide 71 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 András Horn Switzerland · #2,578,508 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Marianne Stauffacher-Schaub Switzerland · #2,596,196 worldwide 13 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Archaeology

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Archaeology?

The most cited paper from Swiss Archaeology is "The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe" (Íñigo Olalde et al., 2018), with 787 citations. Next come "The genomic history of southeastern Europe" (745) and "Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus" (594).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe Íñigo Olalde et al. · Nature Open access144 authors 21 Feb 2018 787
2 The genomic history of southeastern Europe Iain Mathieson et al. · Nature Open access117 authors 21 Feb 2018 745
3 Neanderthal behaviour, diet, and disease inferred from ancient DNA in dental calculus Laura Susan Weyrich et al. · Nature Open access 7 Mar 2017 594
4 Parallel palaeogenomic transects reveal complex genetic history of early European farmers Mark Lipson et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2017 438
5 Polymer Solar Cells with Diketopyrrolopyrrole Conjugated Polymers as the Electron Donor and Electron Acceptor Weiwei Li, W. S. Christian Roelofs, Mathieu G. R. Turbiez et al. · Advanced Materials 26 Mar 2014 262
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Archaeology?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Value Chains, Sustainable Development, Business Models and Customer Experience.

▲ 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 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. Big Data18▲ 11×8 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 5.6×4 topics
  3. Digital Transformation13▲ 15×4 topics
  4. Sustainable Development12▲ 4.5×8 topics
  5. Information Technology11▲ 14×1 topic
  6. Value Chains11▲ 384×1 topic
  7. Business Models9▲ 74×1 topic
  8. Customer Experience9▲ 33×1 topic
  9. Globalization8▲ 2.5×21 topics
  10. Religion7▲ 9.4×9 topics
  11. Governance7▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Human Rights6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  13. Leadership6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  14. Gender6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  15. Identity5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  16. Democracy5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  17. History5▲ 4.2×7 topics
  18. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse5▲ 72×2 topics
  19. Religious Education5▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Internet of Things4▲ 3.0×2 topics
  21. Bildungsungleichheit4▲ 94×1 topic
  22. Ethnografisches Schreiben4▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Data Protection4▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Digital Rights4▲ 271×1 topic
  25. European Union4▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Organizational Change4▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Nationalism4▲ 4.7×5 topics
  28. Interreligious Relations3▲ 236×1 topic
  29. Islamic Religious Education3▲ 236×1 topic
  30. Gender Studies3▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Employee Engagement3▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Archaeology3▲ 14×9 topics
  33. Bildung3▲ 58×2 topics
  34. NGOs3▲ 19×4 topics
  35. Theology3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Criminal Justice3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Secularism3▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Sociology3▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Digitalization3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Social Innovation3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Archaeology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Governance and Management, Digital Innovation in Industries, Sociology and Education Studies and Digitalization, Law, and Regulation.

Corporate Governance and…11Corporate Governance and Management: 11 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 9 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 4 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 3 fractional worksCorporate Management and…3Corporate Management and Leadership: 3 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 3 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 3 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 2 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationSociology and Political ScienceLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 11 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 4 works
  5. 5 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 3 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  8. 8 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 2 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 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 available15.0%not open85.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Archaeology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Archaeology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Swiss Archaeology0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Swiss Archaeology7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2018.

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