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Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

In research, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,760 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,730 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,694 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Parasitology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Parasitology is 46.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,788
of 28,054 · #3,785 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#37
of 220
Research works
2.8k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
117k
41.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,760 of 11,982 31.7%240 #1988
MedicineField #2,730 of 10,443 32.3%185 #2031
Life SciencesDomain #2,694 of 7,800 31.8%100 #2058
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #350 of 828 39.6%67 #166
Physical SciencesDomain #7,884 of 12,888 28.2%81 #7525

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swiss Tropical and Public Health 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 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. Health Sciences#1,988 #2,760
  2. Medicine#2,031 #2,730
  3. Life Sciences#2,058 #2,694
  4. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#166 #350
  5. Physical Sciences#7,525 #7,884
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 Tropical and Public Health Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Parasitology takes 46.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ParasitologySubfield · 23.5 works47×
  2. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 27.7 works11×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 67.4 works11×
  4. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 30.1 works9.2×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.75× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.92× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.01× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 4.02× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.86× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Marcel Tanner, Thomas A. Smith and Jürg Utzinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.

  1. 1 Marcel Tanner Switzerland · #5,908 worldwide 947 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Thomas A. Smith Switzerland · #16,414 worldwide 487 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Jürg Utzinger Switzerland · #33,855 worldwide 485 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Jennifer Keiser Switzerland · #52,119 worldwide 389 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Jakob Zinsstag Switzerland · #70,037 worldwide 316 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Reto Brun Switzerland · #108,227 worldwide 191 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Günther Fink Switzerland · #109,439 worldwide 370 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 R. Brun Switzerland · #112,138 worldwide 217 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Melissa A. Penny Switzerland · #113,809 worldwide 344 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Martina S. Ragettli Switzerland · #117,404 worldwide 208 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Which keywords describe research at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Public Health, Global Burden, Health Effects, Genome Sequence, Insecticide Resistance and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology117▲ 6.2×92 topics
  2. Public Health48▲ 6.9×48 topics
  3. Vaccine Development47▲ 39×10 topics
  4. Global Burden32▲ 13×12 topics
  5. Health Effects30▲ 10×15 topics
  6. Genome Sequence28▲ 71×4 topics
  7. Insecticide Resistance26▲ 70×4 topics
  8. Drug Resistance24▲ 18×8 topics
  9. Helminth Infections24▲ 132×2 topics
  10. Artemisinin Resistance24▲ 160×1 topic
  11. Plasmodium falciparum24▲ 160×1 topic
  12. Mortality22▲ 8.2×8 topics
  13. Diagnosis22▲ 5.0×24 topics
  14. Global Burden of Disease22▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Treatment22▲ 3.7×27 topics
  16. Disease Burden21▲ 60×2 topics
  17. Vector Control20▲ 37×4 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 3.8×22 topics
  19. Immune Regulation20▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Schistosomiasis20▲ 155×1 topic
  21. Soil-Transmitted Helminths20▲ 155×1 topic
  22. Oxidative Stress18▲ 2.3×27 topics
  23. Infectious Diseases17▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Immune Response17▲ 6.2×17 topics
  25. Vaccine17▲ 8.7×11 topics
  26. Particulate Matter17▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Biodiversity15▲ 4.2×11 topics
  28. Arboviral Diseases15▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Zika Virus15▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Pathogenesis14▲ 6.0×21 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality14▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Community Health Workers14▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Health Inequalities14▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Epidemiological Studies14▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Air Pollution13▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Child Mortality13▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Health Systems13▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Exposure Assessment13▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Fine Particulate Air Pollution13▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Disease Risk11▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Malaria Research and Control, Parasites and Host Interactions, Mosquito-borne diseases and control and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Malaria Research and Control: 24 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 20 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …15Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 15 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…13Global Maternal and Child Health: 13 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 13 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 8 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…8Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 8 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 6 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 6 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthParasitologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  2. 2 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 20 works
  3. 3 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 13 works
  5. 5 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 13 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 8 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 8 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  9. 9 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 6 works
  10. 10 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.1%domestic only37.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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