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Swissmedic

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,507
of 22,385 · #15,725 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#152
of 186
Research works
283
▲ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Swissmedic

Which fields of science does Swissmedic work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Swissmedic is in Social Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 37.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 36.7% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 30.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnatomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwissmedic77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences38%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1316.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance78.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting45.6%
    4. Psychology33.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities22.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Medicine2330.1%
    2. Health Professions56.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology56.2%
    2. Neuroscience22.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    1. Engineering33.6%
    2. Environmental Science22.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.3%
    4. Chemistry10.9%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Computer Science10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    8. Materials Science00.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.15× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.09×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.15×7 works
  3. Health Professions2.44×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.77×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.74×4 works
  6. Medicine1.56×23 works
  7. Neuroscience1.55×2 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×2 works
  9. Social Sciences1.31×13 works
  10. Psychology1.19×3 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.16×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.79×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.78×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.73×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.58×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.49×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.26×0 works
  20. Engineering0.24×3 works
  21. Nursing0.22×0 works
  22. Energy0.16×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  24. Computer Science0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Swissmedic?

Ranked on the quality score, Beat Gassner, Andreas Meer and Markus Jutzi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swissmedic.

  1. 1 Beat Gassner Switzerland · #3,308,689 worldwide 626 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Andreas Meer Switzerland · #3,476,378 worldwide 95 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Markus Jutzi Switzerland · #4,257,416 worldwide 297 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Gerhard Ebner Switzerland · #5,400,321 worldwide 198 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Swissmedic

What are the most cited papers from Swissmedic?

The most cited paper from Swissmedic is "Cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: network meta-analysis" (Sven Trelle, Stephan Reichenbach, Simon Wandel et al., 2011), with 1,181 citations. Next come "Sex differences in Alzheimer disease — the gateway to precision medicine" (1,056) and "The Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) – Achievements, prospects and challenges" (871).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cardiovascular safety of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: network meta-analysis Sven Trelle, Stephan Reichenbach, Simon Wandel et al. · BMJ Open access 11 Jan 2011 1,181
2 Sex differences in Alzheimer disease — the gateway to precision medicine for the Women’s Brain Project and the Alzheimer Precision Medicine Initiative, Maria Teresa Ferretti, M. Florencia Iulita et al. · Nature Reviews Neurology Review 9 Jul 2018 1,056
3 The Multi-GNSS Experiment (MGEX) of the International GNSS Service (IGS) – Achievements, prospects and challenges Oliver Montenbruck, Peter Steigenberger, Lars Prange et al. · Advances in Space Research 16 Jan 2017 871
4 Comparison of Dobutamine Stress Magnetic Resonance, Adenosine Stress Magnetic Resonance, and Adenosine Stress Magnetic Resonance Perfusion Ingo Paetsch, Cosima Jahnke, Andreas M. Wahl et al. · Circulation Open access 3 Aug 2004 333
5 Active site specificity profiling of the matrix metalloproteinase family: Proteomic identification of 4300 cleavage sites by nine MMPs explored with structural and synthetic peptide cleavage analyses Ulrich Eckhard, Pitter F. Huesgen, Oliver Schilling et al. · Matrix Biology Open access 26 Sep 2015 217
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Which keywords describe research at Swissmedic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Neoliberalism, Regenerative Medicine, Patient Safety and Ethical Issues.

▲ 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. Quality of Life6▲ 5.1×9 topics
  2. Clinical Trials4▲ 7.7×10 topics
  3. Cost-effectiveness Analysis3▲ 53×1 topic
  4. Health Utility Measures3▲ 53×1 topic
  5. Neoliberalism3▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 1.64×6 topics
  7. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Innovation2▲ 2.8×7 topics
  9. Patient Safety2▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Ethical Issues2▲ 24×3 topics
  11. Global Governance2▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Direct-to-Consumer Marketing2▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Regulatory Challenges2▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Stem Cell Regulation2▲ 107×1 topic
  15. Aging2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  16. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Social Change2▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Elderly2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  20. Adverse Drug Reactions2▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Islam2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  22. Cost of Care1▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Drug Development Costs1▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Financial Toxicity1▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Generic Drugs1▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Transformative Learning1▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Caregiving1▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Chronic Diseases1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  29. Reflective Practice1▲ 8.9×4 topics
  30. Digitalization1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Monoclonal Antibodies1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Complex Systems1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Germany1▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Health Surveys1▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Medical Ethics1▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Anatomical Nomenclature1▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Eponyms1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Experiential Learning1▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Family Law1▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Participation1▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Swissmedic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy.

Health Systems, Economic…3Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 1 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…1Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 1 fractional worksPublic Administration an…1Public Administration and Political Analysis: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPhysiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  2. 2 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 1 works
  9. 9 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 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 available53.2%not open46.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swissmedic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher 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 Swissmedic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Swissmedic0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swissmedic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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