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Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)

In research, Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,497 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,208 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,534 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,869
of 22,385 · #7,192 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#95
of 186
Research works
1.8k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)

What is Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,497 of 10,670 8.0%180 #2821
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,208 of 2,176 9.9%69 #941
EngineeringField #3,534 of 5,901 7.3%116 #1911

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,821 #5,497
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#941 #1,208
  3. Engineering#1,911 #3,534
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Physics and Astronomy (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 194 fractional works · 86.3% of its workEngineering: 123 fractional works · 54.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 74 fractional works · 32.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss Center forElectronics and…224fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering12354.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2611.5%
    3. Computer Science187.9%
    4. Materials Science94.1%
    5. Energy62.5%
    6. Environmental Science52.1%
    7. Chemistry41.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.7%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine156.6%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.9%
    2. Neuroscience31.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 20.8 works13×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 73.7 works9.2×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 25.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.72× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.65× its world share, 123 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.17× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.17×26 works
  2. Engineering3.65×123 works
  3. Energy2.72×6 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.11×2 works
  5. Materials Science1.19×9 works
  6. Chemistry1.02×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.01×18 works
  8. Neuroscience0.82×3 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.43×5 works
  11. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×4 works
  13. Medicine0.34×15 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.26×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.21×1 works
  17. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  20. Nursing0.11×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  22. Psychology0.09×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  25. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Gabriel Christmann, Arnaud Walter and Brett A. Kamino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Gabriel Christmann Switzerland · #506,890 worldwide 1.9k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Arnaud Walter Switzerland · #561,594 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Brett A. Kamino Switzerland · #635,856 worldwide 5.5k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Christian Kottler Switzerland · #810,595 worldwide 2.5k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Stéphanie Pasche Switzerland · #847,338 worldwide 2.2k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 M.G.R. Degrauwe Switzerland · #961,826 worldwide 2.2k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 A. El-Hoiydi Switzerland · #961,960 worldwide 2.3k citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jonas Geissbühler Switzerland · #978,381 worldwide 2k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Martha Liley Switzerland · #1,043,104 worldwide 4.5k citations · 77 works
  10. 10 Amir Hossein Ghadimi Switzerland · #1,171,967 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) is "Organometallic Halide Perovskites: Sharp Optical Absorption Edge and Its Relation to Photovoltaic Performance" (Stefaan De Wolf, Jakub Holovský, Soo‐Jin Moon et al., 2014), with 2,838 citations. Next come "Fully textured monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with 25.2% power conversion efficiency" (1,393) and "The interaction of cells and bacteria with surfaces structured at the nanometre scale" (830).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Organometallic Halide Perovskites: Sharp Optical Absorption Edge and Its Relation to Photovoltaic Performance Stefaan De Wolf, Jakub Holovský, Soo‐Jin Moon et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters Open access 5 Mar 2014 2,838
2 Fully textured monolithic perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells with 25.2% power conversion efficiency Florent Sahli, Jérémie Werner, Brett A. Kamino et al. · Nature Materials Open access 8 Jun 2018 1,393
3 The interaction of cells and bacteria with surfaces structured at the nanometre scale Karine Anselme, Patricia M. Davidson, Ana‐Maria Popa et al. · Acta Biomaterialia 5 Apr 2010 830
4 Solid-state time-of-flight range camera Robert Lange, Peter Karl Seitz · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Mar 2001 698
5 Field emission from carbon nanotubes: the first five years Jean–Marc Bonard, Hannes Kind, Thomas Stöckli et al. · Solid-State Electronics Jun 2001 634
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Integrated Circuits, Raman Lasers, Microcavities, Silicon Photonics, Solar Cells and Nonlinear Optics.

▲ 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. Biosensors18▲ 17×9 topics
  2. Optical Modulators17▲ 55×3 topics
  3. Integrated Circuits16▲ 48×3 topics
  4. Raman Lasers13▲ 56×2 topics
  5. Microcavities13▲ 54×1 topic
  6. Silicon Photonics13▲ 56×1 topic
  7. Solar Cells12▲ 25×7 topics
  8. Nonlinear Optics11▲ 46×4 topics
  9. Efficiency11▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Renewable Energy10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  11. Microresonators10▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Photovoltaics7▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries6▲ 6.6×3 topics
  14. Crystal Growth6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  15. Microwave Photonics6▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Silicon6▲ 76×2 topics
  17. Solar Energy6▲ 8.3×4 topics
  18. Semiconductors6▲ 8.8×4 topics
  19. Photonic Crystals6▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Flexible Electronics6▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Fiber Lasers5▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Frequency Conversion5▲ 57×3 topics
  23. Heterojunction5▲ 138×1 topic
  24. Light-Emitting Diodes5▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Passivation5▲ 138×1 topic
  26. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Optical Frequency Combs5▲ 43×1 topic
  28. Semiconductor Lasers5▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Ultrafast Lasers5▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Cathode Materials5▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Optical Interconnects5▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)5▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  34. Lithium Niobate5▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Organometal Halide Perovskites5▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Perovskite Solar Cells5▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Photonics5▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Wearable Sensors4▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Heart Rate Variability4▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Energy Management4▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Photonic and Optical Dev…13Photonic and Optical Devices: 13 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 5 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 5 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 5 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 5 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …4Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 3 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Technologies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBiomedical EngineeringAutomotive Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  7. 7 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  10. 10 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland) 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)6.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.7% in 1990.

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