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Swiss Federal Office of Energy

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World rank, all time
#31,562
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#327
of 429
Research works
143
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 7.58× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.77× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Federal Office of Energy?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Numerical Simulation, Cavitation, Hydropower, Control, Modeling and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy3▲ 7.2×12 topics
  2. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 65×3 topics
  3. Numerical Simulation3▲ 32×2 topics
  4. Cavitation3▲ 346×1 topic
  5. Hydropower3▲ 355×1 topic
  6. Sustainability2▲ 3.1×10 topics
  7. Control2▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency2▲ 7.2×10 topics
  9. Modeling2▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Adaptive2▲ 134×1 topic
  11. Hydraulic Systems2▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Climate Change2▲ 2.1×8 topics
  13. Turbulence2▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Tokamak1▲ 203×1 topic
  15. Transport1▲ 136×1 topic
  16. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  17. Control Strategies1▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Energy Consumption1▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Embankment Dams1▲ 172×1 topic
  20. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Internal Erosion1▲ 172×1 topic
  22. Smart Grid1▲ 8.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Federal Office of Energy publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Magnetic confinement fusion research and Dam Engineering and Safety.

Cavitation Phenomena in …3Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps: 3 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 2 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 1 fractional worksDam Engineering and Safety: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …1Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and…1Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 1 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimization: 1 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksEnergy Efficiency and Management: 0 fractional worksPower Quality and Harmonics: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsMechanical EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsCivil and Structural Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Dam Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  7. 7 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Energy Efficiency and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  10. 10 Power Quality and Harmonics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Federal Office of Energy's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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