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Swiss Centre for Scientific Research

In research, Swiss Centre for Scientific Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,262 of 11,023 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,025 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,875
of 22,385 · #8,032 all time
Rank in Côte d'Ivoire
#8
of 18
Research works
425
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
59%
world 18%
Swiss Centre for Scientific Research

What is Swiss Centre for Scientific Research known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #2,262 of 11,023 12.2%182
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,025 of 5,126 9.7%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Centre for Scientific Research 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 Centre for Scientific Research work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Swiss Centre for Scientific Research is in Life Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (29%), Medicine (23%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 48 fractional works · 41.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workForestry: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHorticulture: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 30.5% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 14.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss Centre forScientific…116fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences14%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3328.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology64.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Medicine2723.3%
    2. Health Professions43.0%
    3. Nursing32.4%
    4. Veterinary21.5%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences86.5%
    2. Psychology75.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science1210.2%
    2. Computer Science21.3%
    3. Engineering11.0%
    4. Materials Science10.6%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6.04× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.91× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.05× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 4.94× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 11.31× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.31×2 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6.04×33 works
  3. Nursing4.94×3 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology4.91×6 works
  5. Environmental Science2.05×12 works
  6. Psychology1.85×6 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×8 works
  8. Medicine1.21×27 works
  9. Health Professions1.15×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.51×8 works
  12. Chemistry0.33×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.17×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  21. Engineering0.07×1 works
  22. Energy0.06×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Centre for Scientific Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Constant Edi, Mouhamadou Chouaïbou and Kigbafori Dieudonné Silué lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Centre for Scientific Research.

  1. 1 Constant Edi Côte d'Ivoire · #347,380 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Mouhamadou Chouaïbou Côte d'Ivoire · #405,938 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Kigbafori Dieudonné Silué Côte d'Ivoire · #501,870 worldwide 3.3k citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Benjamin Guibéhi Koudou Côte d'Ivoire · #666,052 worldwide 4k citations · 146 works
  5. 5 Julien Z. B. Zahouli Côte d'Ivoire · #751,300 worldwide 664 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Behi K. Fodjo Côte d'Ivoire · #1,163,297 worldwide 579 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Aboulaye Meïté Côte d'Ivoire · #1,244,310 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Andres B. Tschannen Côte d'Ivoire · #1,288,693 worldwide 935 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Francis Sena Nuvey Côte d'Ivoire · #1,474,177 worldwide 261 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Inza Koné Côte d'Ivoire · #1,706,984 worldwide 4.1k citations · 114 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Centre for Scientific Research

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Centre for Scientific Research?

The most cited paper from Swiss Centre for Scientific Research is "Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter" (Alejandro Estrada et al., 2017), with 1,497 citations. Next come "Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas" (1,223) and "Diverse values of nature for sustainability" (694).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impending extinction crisis of the world’s primates: Why primates matter Alejandro Estrada et al. · Science Advances Open access 6 Jan 2017 1,497
2 Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas William Frederick Laurance et al. · Nature Open access216 authors 24 Jul 2012 1,223
3 Diverse values of nature for sustainability Unai Pascual et al. · Nature Open access 9 Aug 2023 694
4 Cooperative hunting in wild chimpanzees Christophe Boesch · Animal Behaviour Sep 1994 646
5 Pandemic Human Viruses Cause Decline of Endangered Great Apes Sophie Köndgen, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Paul K. N’Goran et al. · Current Biology Open access Feb 2008 509
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Centre for Scientific Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Smallholder Farmers, Epidemiology, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change, Agroforestry, Nutritional Value, Vaccine Development and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 3.5×45 topics
  2. Smallholder Farmers13▲ 53×4 topics
  3. Climate Change12▲ 3.9×32 topics
  4. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 22×6 topics
  5. Sustainability9▲ 3.2×15 topics
  6. Agroforestry9▲ 112×2 topics
  7. Nutritional Value8▲ 59×3 topics
  8. Vaccine Development8▲ 25×9 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture8▲ 21×3 topics
  10. Adaptation7▲ 21×7 topics
  11. Indigenous Fruits7▲ 250×1 topic
  12. Tree Domestication7▲ 250×1 topic
  13. Biodiversity6▲ 7.3×11 topics
  14. Public Health6▲ 3.7×20 topics
  15. Diversity6▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Helminth Infections6▲ 119×2 topics
  17. Agricultural Development6▲ 32×1 topic
  18. Insecticide Resistance6▲ 60×4 topics
  19. Livestock Farming6▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Evolution5▲ 16×5 topics
  21. Global Burden4▲ 6.9×4 topics
  22. Communication4▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Altruism4▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Cooperation4▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Genome Sequence4▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Social Behavior4▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Artemisinin Resistance4▲ 104×1 topic
  28. Intelligence4▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Plasmodium falciparum4▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Primates4▲ 179×1 topic
  31. Vector Control4▲ 27×4 topics
  32. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  33. Immunomodulation3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Pathogen Transmission3▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Ivermectin3▲ 99×2 topics
  36. Disease Burden3▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Global Epidemiology3▲ 63×2 topics
  38. Schistosomiasis3▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Soil-Transmitted Helminths3▲ 97×1 topic
  40. One Health3▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss Centre for Scientific Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: African Botany and Ecology Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Malaria Research and Control and Primate Behavior and Ecology.

African Botany and Ecology Studies: 7 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 6 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…4Malaria Research and Control: 4 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…4Primate Behavior and Ecology: 4 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 3 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 3 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …3Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 3 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional works
ForestryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 7 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 3 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy Horticulture 2 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available74.1%not open25.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors59.2%domestic only40.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Centre for Scientific Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Centre for Scientific Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Swiss Centre for Scientific Research0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss Centre for Scientific Research 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%all institutions10.0% in 2023Swiss Centre for Scientific Research9.7% in 20232020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2017.

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