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Swiss National Science Foundation

In research, Swiss National Science Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,213 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,336
of 22,385 · #7,106 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#98
of 186
Research works
655
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Swiss National Science Foundation

What is Swiss National Science Foundation 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,213 of 9,585 8.4%65 #5577

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss National Science Foundation 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 National Science Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Swiss National Science Foundation is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 72 fractional works · 60.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 29.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 18.4% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSwiss NationalScience…120fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences60%

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. Social Sciences3529.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities2218.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting64.9%
    4. Psychology43.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences21.8%
    1. Medicine1714.2%
    2. Health Professions43.7%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Veterinary10.5%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science65.2%
    2. Environmental Science43.2%
    3. Engineering21.9%
    4. Mathematics11.2%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Swiss National Science Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 22.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.39× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.39×22 works
  2. Veterinary3.55×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.32×35 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.90×2 works
  5. Nursing1.66×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.65×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.53×6 works
  8. Health Professions1.39×4 works
  9. Psychology1.12×4 works
  10. Mathematics1.03×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×1 works
  13. Medicine0.74×17 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×4 works
  15. Computer Science0.67×6 works
  16. Environmental Science0.64×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.49×1 works
  18. Energy0.34×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.29×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  23. Engineering0.13×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swiss National Science Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Anna Severin, Michaela Strinzel and Anne Jorstad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss National Science Foundation.

  1. 1 Anna Severin Switzerland · #302,888 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Michaela Strinzel Switzerland · #614,775 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Anne Jorstad Switzerland · #1,091,619 worldwide 511 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Katrin Milzow Switzerland · #2,021,670 worldwide 974 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Marco Lamanna Switzerland · #3,188,630 worldwide 84 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Regula Graf Switzerland · #3,285,136 worldwide 156 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Günther Baechler Switzerland · #3,602,860 worldwide 337 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Romain Tiquet Switzerland · #3,942,675 worldwide 133 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Franziska Beyeler Switzerland · #4,098,179 worldwide 419 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Eva Moser Switzerland · #4,131,322 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss National Science Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Swiss National Science Foundation?

The most cited paper from Swiss National Science Foundation is "An explanation for the phenotypic differences between patients bearing partial deletions of the DMD locus" (Anthony P. Monaco, Corlee J. Bertelson, Sabina Liechti‐Gallati et al., 1988), with 1,211 citations. Next come "Stochastic Convenience Yield and the Pricing of Oil Contingent Claims" (1,051) and "PRESERVATION AND REPERFUSION INJURIES IN LIVER ALLOGRAFTS" (854).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An explanation for the phenotypic differences between patients bearing partial deletions of the DMD locus Anthony P. Monaco, Corlee J. Bertelson, Sabina Liechti‐Gallati et al. · Genomics 1988 1,211
2 Stochastic Convenience Yield and the Pricing of Oil Contingent Claims Rajna Gibson, Eduardo S. Schwartz · The Journal of Finance Jul 1990 1,051
3 PRESERVATION AND REPERFUSION INJURIES IN LIVER ALLOGRAFTS Pierre-Alain Clavien, P.Robert C. Harvey, Steven M. Strasberg · Transplantation May 1992 854
4 Efavirenz plasma levels can predict treatment failure and central nervous system side effects in HIV-1-infected patients Catia Marzolini, Amalio Telenti, Laurent Arthur Decosterd et al. · AIDS 2001 840
5 On the Nature of Fair Behavior Armin Falk, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher · Economic Inquiry 28 Nov 2002 757
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss National Science Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Colonialism, Social Justice, Gender, Public Policy, Gender Studies, Sustainable Development and Community Engagement.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.6×8 topics
  2. History6▲ 7.4×18 topics
  3. Globalization6▲ 2.6×24 topics
  4. Colonialism6▲ 10×16 topics
  5. Gender6▲ 8.7×10 topics
  6. Social Justice6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  7. Public Policy5▲ 8.9×5 topics
  8. Gender Studies5▲ 25×7 topics
  9. Community Engagement4▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Religion4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  11. Territorial Governance4▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Identity4▲ 4.8×15 topics
  13. Big Data4▲ 3.5×5 topics
  14. Local Development4▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Citizen Participation4▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Environmental Participation4▲ 46×1 topic
  17. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 2.2×7 topics
  18. Migration3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  19. Cultural Studies3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  20. Literature3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. Philosophy3▲ 5.7×11 topics
  22. Discourse Analysis3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  23. Sociolinguistics3▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Pragmatics3▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Culture3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations3▲ 6.2×9 topics
  27. Rhetoric3▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Argumentation2▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Ethos2▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Nationalism2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Society2▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Ethnography2▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Palliative Care2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Medicine2▲ 21×5 topics
  35. Archaeology2▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Historical Narratives2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Cultural Impact2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Professional Practices2▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Public Action2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Social Change2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Swiss National Science Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, Education, sociology, and vocational training and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

French Urban and Social …4French Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 2 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 2 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 2 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and His…1Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cu…1French Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksComputational and Text A…1Computational and Text Analysis Methods: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…1scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePhilosophyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceManagement of Technology and Innovation5 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 2 works
  3. 3 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  6. 6 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  8. 8 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  9. 9 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss National Science Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 National Science Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Swiss National Science Foundation0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss National Science Foundation 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%Swiss National Science Foundation11.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.3% in 2019.

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