Question 1

How does Swissmedic rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Swissmedic ranks #19,507 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#15,725 all time), and #152 of 186 in Switzerland.

Question 2

Who are the top researchers at Swissmedic?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 3

What are the most cited papers from Swissmedic?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 4

Which research topics does Swissmedic publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 5

Which keywords describe research at Swissmedic?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which fields of science does Swissmedic work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Is Swissmedic's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% higher than in 2018-2021.