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Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

In research, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology stands highest in Environmental Science (#320 of 3,551 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,111 of 12,888 worldwide) and Ecology (#157 of 578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Pollution and Ecology — Environmental Chemistry is 17.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,697
of 28,054 · #1,145 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#30
of 220
Research works
4.8k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
354k
74.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Environmental ScienceField #320 of 3,551 33.9%294 #88
Physical SciencesDomain #2,111 of 12,888 33.3%404 #912
EcologySubfield #157 of 578 43.0%60 #184
Life SciencesDomain #3,448 of 7,800 42.4%94 #2128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Environmental Science#88 #320
  2. Physical Sciences#912 #2,111
  3. Ecology#184 #157
  4. Life Sciences#2,128 #3,448
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 22.9 works18×
  2. PollutionSubfield · 38.8 works17×
  3. EcologySubfield · 60.3 works13×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 23.3 works12×
  5. Environmental ScienceField · 293.9 works10×
← 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: 1.36× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.63× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.89× its world share, 45 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.08× its world share, 294 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 2.78× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 31 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Werner Stumm, Bernhard Truffer and Hong Yang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Werner Stumm Switzerland · #6,175 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Bernhard Truffer Switzerland · #11,535 worldwide 973 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Hong Yang Switzerland · #13,918 worldwide 893 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 J. V. Ward Switzerland · #15,539 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Klement Tockner Switzerland · #18,278 worldwide 747 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Carsten J. Schubert Switzerland · #25,863 worldwide 732 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Heiko Gebauer Switzerland · #26,289 worldwide 615 citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Willi Gujer Switzerland · #30,902 worldwide 303 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Karim C. Abbaspour Switzerland · #32,511 worldwide 951 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Urs von Gunten Switzerland · #37,588 worldwide 638 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Water Quality, Environmental Impact, Invasive Species, Microbial Communities, Health Effects, Eutrophication and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change114▲ 7.2×71 topics
  2. Environmental Impact47▲ 4.7×35 topics
  3. Water Quality45▲ 19×12 topics
  4. Invasive Species33▲ 13×16 topics
  5. Microbial Communities27▲ 11×9 topics
  6. Biodiversity26▲ 5.8×22 topics
  7. Remote Sensing26▲ 3.5×25 topics
  8. Health Effects25▲ 7.0×18 topics
  9. Eutrophication22▲ 37×4 topics
  10. Microbial Ecology22▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Toxicity22▲ 8.7×12 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation22▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Water Resources20▲ 14×8 topics
  14. Hydrological Modeling18▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Freshwater Biodiversity18▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Model Evaluation18▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Land Use Change17▲ 9.6×6 topics
  18. Global Warming17▲ 7.0×11 topics
  19. Harmful Algal Blooms17▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Pollution16▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Waste Management16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  22. Aquatic Environment15▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Sediment Transport15▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Antibiotics15▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Groundwater15▲ 31×6 topics
  26. Ecotoxicity14▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Fisheries Sustainability14▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Horizontal Gene Transfer14▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Resistance Genes14▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Wastewater Contaminants14▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Bioaccumulation13▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Conservation Challenges13▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Conservation Genetics13▲ 59×2 topics
  34. Flow Regulation13▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Pesticides13▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Environmental Impacts13▲ 8.0×7 topics
  37. Water Treatment13▲ 18×6 topics
  38. Marine Microbes13▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Microbial Biogeography13▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Wastewater Treatment13▲ 9.1×7 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Pharmaceutical and Antib…14Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 14 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…13Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 13 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…13Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 13 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …11Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 11 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 9 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 9 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Managem…8Urban Stormwater Management Solutions: 8 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 8 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 7 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…7Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 7 fractional works
PollutionNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyWater Science and Technology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 14 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  3. 3 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 13 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 11 works
  5. 5 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 9 works
  6. 6 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  7. 7 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 8 works
  9. 9 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 7 works
  10. 10 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 7 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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