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Swiss Federal Archives

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World rank, all time
#40,663
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#416
of 429
Research works
193
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
884
4.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

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: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.78× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.84× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.22× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Federal Archives?

Ranked on the composite score, Simon Geissbühler and André Ourednik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Federal Archives.

  1. 1 Simon Geissbühler Switzerland · #742,903 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 André Ourednik Switzerland · #1,127,418 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Federal Archives

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Federal Archives?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Globalization, Social Media, Literature, Museum, National Identity, Mental Health and Cultural Heritage.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization2▲ 5.0×10 topics
  2. History2▲ 13×4 topics
  3. Social Media2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  4. Mental Health2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  5. Human Rights1▲ 5.9×8 topics
  6. Literature1▲ 12×1 topic
  7. Museum1▲ 586×1 topic
  8. National Identity1▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage1▲ 10×2 topics
  10. Literary History1▲ 183×2 topics
  11. Ethnicity1▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Immigration1▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Digital Communication1▲ 63×1 topic
  14. Global Governance1▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Information Studies1▲ 215×1 topic
  16. Nationalism1▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Federal Archives publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Libraries and Information Services, Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts, Digital and Traditional Archives Management and Migration, Refugees, and Integration.

Libraries and Information Services: 1 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …1Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…1Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Mov…1Populism, Right-Wing Movements: 1 fractional worksPolitical Systems and Governance: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional works
MuseologyComputer Networks and CommunicationsConservationSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 1 works
  2. 2 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Political Systems and Governance Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Federal Archives's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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