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Swiss Ornithological Institute

In research, Swiss Ornithological Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,468 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,493 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology and Environmental Science (Ecology is 47.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,152
of 22,385 · #9,305 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#134
of 186
Research works
704
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Swiss Ornithological Institute

What is Swiss Ornithological Institute 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,468 of 3,334 14.5%84 #1319
Physical SciencesDomain #9,493 of 10,670 13.5%99 #6012

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Ornithological Institute 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 Ornithological Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Swiss Ornithological Institute is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (60%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 111 fractional works · 69.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 96 fractional works · 59.7% of its workEcology: 60 fractional works · 37.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 23.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 10.4% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwissOrnithological…161fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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. Environmental Science9659.7%
    2. Mathematics63.5%
    3. Computer Science32.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.7%
    5. Engineering10.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2415.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    2. Social Sciences21.1%
    3. Psychology21.1%
    4. Decision Sciences10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Medicine32.2%
    2. Veterinary00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Swiss Ornithological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 47.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 59.9 works47×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 96.2 works12×
← 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: 3.20× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.53× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 12.02× its world share, 96 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.02× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science12.02×96 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.20×24 works
  3. Mathematics3.02×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.53×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.57×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.48×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.06×3 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×8 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.90×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×2 works
  11. Psychology0.37×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.28×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  18. Medicine0.11×4 works
  19. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  20. Energy0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  22. Engineering0.04×1 works
  23. Health Professions0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Ornithological Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Sattler, Félix Liechti and Silke Bauer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Ornithological Institute.

  1. 1 Thomas Sattler Switzerland · #87,797 worldwide 3.8k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Félix Liechti Switzerland · #126,961 worldwide 8.3k citations · 223 works
  3. 3 Silke Bauer Switzerland · #163,546 worldwide 5.6k citations · 156 works
  4. 4 Lukas Jenni Switzerland · #237,904 worldwide 12k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Marc Kéry Switzerland · #267,697 worldwide 13k citations · 330 works
  6. 6 Michael Schaub Switzerland · #279,312 worldwide 12k citations · 481 works
  7. 7 Martins Briedis Switzerland · #282,068 worldwide 1.8k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Kiran L. Dhanjal‐Adams Switzerland · #290,581 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Urs G. Kormann Switzerland · #468,663 worldwide 2.7k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 Bruno Bruderer Switzerland · #518,980 worldwide 3.7k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Ornithological Institute

What are the most cited papers from Swiss Ornithological Institute?

The most cited paper from Swiss Ornithological Institute is "Migratory Animals Couple Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Worldwide" (Silke Bauer, Bethany J. Hoye, 2014), with 930 citations. Next come "The normal human lung: ultrastructure and morphometric estimation of diffusion capacity" (653) and "Differential post‐fledging survival of great and coal tits in relation to their condition and fledging date" (613).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Migratory Animals Couple Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Worldwide Silke Bauer, Bethany J. Hoye · Science Open access 3 Apr 2014 930
2 The normal human lung: ultrastructure and morphometric estimation of diffusion capacity Peter Gehr, Marianne Bachofen, Ewald R. Weibel · Respiration Physiology Feb 1978 653
3 Differential post‐fledging survival of great and coal tits in relation to their condition and fledging date Beat Naef‐Daenzer, Fritz Widmer, M. Nuber · Journal of Animal Ecology Sep 2001 613
4 Integrated population models: a novel analysis framework for deeper insights into population dynamics Michael Schaub, Fitsum Abadi · Journal für Ornithologie Open access 17 Dec 2010 567
5 Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe Stanislas Rigal et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 15 May 2023 501
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Ornithological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Habitat Selection, Biodiversity, Model Selection, Agricultural Intensification, Avian Ecology, Migration Patterns and Invasive Species.

▲ 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. Climate Change63▲ 14×45 topics
  2. Habitat Selection41▲ 350×2 topics
  3. Biodiversity31▲ 25×18 topics
  4. Model Selection28▲ 204×2 topics
  5. Agricultural Intensification27▲ 473×2 topics
  6. Avian Ecology27▲ 758×1 topic
  7. Migration Patterns27▲ 638×1 topic
  8. Invasive Species26▲ 37×17 topics
  9. Population Dynamics25▲ 60×10 topics
  10. Conservation18▲ 26×12 topics
  11. Conservation Biology18▲ 104×4 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 44×5 topics
  13. Trophic Cascades15▲ 99×2 topics
  14. Animal Movement14▲ 176×1 topic
  15. Occupancy Rates14▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Global Change14▲ 33×4 topics
  17. Ecological Niche14▲ 142×1 topic
  18. Model Evaluation14▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Species Distribution Modeling14▲ 142×1 topic
  20. Ecosystem11▲ 65×4 topics
  21. Adaptive Evolution10▲ 107×2 topics
  22. Biological Invasions10▲ 66×3 topics
  23. Community Ecology9▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Species Richness9▲ 86×2 topics
  25. Functional Diversity9▲ 97×1 topic
  26. Genetic Variation9▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Natural Selection9▲ 97×2 topics
  28. Evolutionary Dynamics8▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Phenotypic Plasticity8▲ 194×1 topic
  30. Predator-Prey Interactions7▲ 58×2 topics
  31. Molecular Phylogeny6▲ 23×5 topics
  32. Acoustic Communication6▲ 69×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Services6▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Plant-Animal Interactions4▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Pollinator Decline4▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Biodiversity Conservation4▲ 7.0×11 topics
  37. Climate Change Impacts4▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Island Ecosystems4▲ 77×2 topics
  39. Mast Seeding4▲ 122×1 topic
  40. Rodent Eradication4▲ 122×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss Ornithological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Species Distribution and Climate Change and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Avian ecology and behavior27Avian ecology and behavior: 27 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 14 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 14 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…9Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 9 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Repr…8Animal Behavior and Reproduction: 8 fractional worksPlant and animal studies4Plant and animal studies: 4 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 4 fractional worksBird parasitology and diseases: 3 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 3 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 2 fractional works
EcologyEcological ModelingNature and Landscape ConservationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2 others

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

  1. 1 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 27 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 14 works
  3. 3 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 14 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  7. 7 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Bird parasitology and diseases Parasitology 3 works
  9. 9 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works
  10. 10 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.6%domestic only58.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Ornithological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Ornithological Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Swiss Ornithological Institute0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swiss Ornithological Institute 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 Ornithological Institute10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2017.

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