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Syngenta (Switzerland)

In research, Syngenta (Switzerland) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,210 of 6,403 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#832 of 3,157 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,269 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Plant Science and Chemistry (Organic Chemistry is 13.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,582
of 22,385 · #3,391 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#54
of 186
Research works
1.1k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Syngenta (Switzerland)

What is Syngenta (Switzerland) 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,210 of 6,403 17.0%109 #1011
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #832 of 3,157 16.6%72 #457
Physical SciencesDomain #5,269 of 10,670 13.9%79 #3458

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Syngenta (Switzerland) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,011 #1,210
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#457 #832
  3. Physical Sciences#3,458 #5,269
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Syngenta (Switzerland) work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Syngenta (Switzerland) is in Life Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Chemistry (12%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 126 fractional works · 52.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 84 fractional works · 34.6% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 17.2% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 9.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 94 fractional works · 38.9% of its workChemistry: 29 fractional works · 12.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 10.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSyngenta(Switzerland)243fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences52%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8434.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3614.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.8%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    1. Chemistry2912.0%
    2. Environmental Science2911.9%
    3. Engineering176.8%
    4. Computer Science83.3%
    5. Materials Science62.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering41.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine114.4%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences41.8%
    2. Decision Sciences20.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Psychology10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Syngenta (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 24.6 works13×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 41.8 works9.9×
  3. ChemistryField · 29.1 works7.7×
← 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: 7.28× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.75× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.98× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.35× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.66× its world share, 29 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.41× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry7.66×29 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.28×84 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.98×4 works
  4. Chemical Engineering4.35×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.75×36 works
  6. Veterinary2.51×1 works
  7. Environmental Science2.41×29 works
  8. Materials Science0.68×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.66×2 works
  10. Engineering0.46×17 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.43×8 works
  13. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  14. Nursing0.36×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×1 works
  16. Medicine0.23×11 works
  17. Health Professions0.18×1 works
  18. Energy0.16×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  22. Psychology0.09×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Syngenta (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Gabriel Scalliet, Russell Slater and Stefano F. F. Torriani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Syngenta (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Gabriel Scalliet Switzerland · #246,697 worldwide 3.1k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Russell Slater Switzerland · #299,749 worldwide 3.3k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Stefano F. F. Torriani Switzerland · #342,414 worldwide 2.9k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Helge Sierotzki Switzerland · #399,533 worldwide 4.7k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Olivier Loiseleur Switzerland · #507,270 worldwide 2.6k citations · 75 works
  6. 6 Andreas Mosbach Switzerland · #601,735 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Michael Oostendorp Switzerland · #683,360 worldwide 2.4k citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Peter Maienfisch Switzerland · #707,515 worldwide 2.8k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Stéphane Bieri Switzerland · #722,939 worldwide 2.1k citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Dominik Klauser Switzerland · #730,508 worldwide 1.3k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Syngenta (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Syngenta (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Syngenta (Switzerland) is "Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People" (H. Charles J. Godfray, John Rex Beddington, I. R. Crute et al., 2010), with 12,022 citations. Next come "Large-scale analysis of the yeast proteome by multidimensional protein identification technology" (4,806) and "The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution" (3,442).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People H. Charles J. Godfray, John Rex Beddington, I. R. Crute et al. · Science 28 Jan 2010 12,022
2 Large-scale analysis of the yeast proteome by multidimensional protein identification technology Michael P. Washburn, Dirk Andreas Wolters, John R. Yates · Nature Biotechnology Mar 2001 4,806
3 The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution Hideki Hirakawa et al. · Nature Open access271 authors May 2012 3,442
4 Improving the nutritional value of Golden Rice through increased pro-vitamin A content Jacqueline A Paine, Catherine A Shipton, Sunandha Chaggar et al. · Nature Biotechnology 27 Mar 2005 1,460
5 The evolution of insecticide resistance in the peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae Chris Bass, Alin Mirel Puinean, Christoph T. Zimmer et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Open access 20 May 2014 897
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Syngenta (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Medicinal Chemistry, Pesticides, Biological Control, Risk Assessment, Food Safety, Catalysis and Evolution.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact20▲ 4.8×17 topics
  2. Medicinal Chemistry13▲ 20×9 topics
  3. Climate Change13▲ 1.95×30 topics
  4. Pesticides11▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Risk Assessment10▲ 6.5×9 topics
  6. Biological Control10▲ 27×8 topics
  7. Catalysis9▲ 5.5×15 topics
  8. Food Safety8▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Toxicity8▲ 7.3×7 topics
  10. Biodiversity8▲ 4.1×14 topics
  11. Evolution8▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Invasive Species7▲ 7.1×14 topics
  13. Herbicides7▲ 81×2 topics
  14. Organic Synthesis7▲ 25×8 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota7▲ 8.2×3 topics
  16. Plant Pathogens7▲ 89×3 topics
  17. Immune System7▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Environmental Risk Assessment6▲ 30×4 topics
  19. Honey Bees6▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Neonicotinoids6▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Gene Expression6▲ 4.1×11 topics
  22. Pollution6▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Transition Metal Catalysis6▲ 30×4 topics
  24. Degradation6▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Soil Sorption6▲ 110×1 topic
  26. Molecular Mechanisms6▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Fungicide Resistance6▲ 211×1 topic
  28. Phenylamide Fungicides6▲ 211×1 topic
  29. QTL Mapping6▲ 20×5 topics
  30. Genome Sequencing5▲ 14×6 topics
  31. Synthesis5▲ 6.0×14 topics
  32. Drug Discovery5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  33. Circular Economy5▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Drought Tolerance5▲ 15×7 topics
  35. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Plant Defense5▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Heterocycles5▲ 22×7 topics
  38. Biotechnology5▲ 21×3 topics
  39. RNA Interference5▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Global Change5▲ 7.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Syngenta (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insect and Pesticide Research, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

Insect and Pesticide Res…6Insect and Pesticide Research: 6 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide …6Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 6 fractional worksFungal Plant Pathogen Co…6Fungal Plant Pathogen Control: 6 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…4Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 4 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 4 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 3 fractional worksChemistry and Chemical E…3Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: 3 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 3 fractional worksWeed Control and Herbicide Applications: 3 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…3Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional works
Insect SciencePollutionEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 6 works
  2. 2 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 6 works
  3. 3 Fungal Plant Pathogen Control Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 4 works
  5. 5 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Environmental Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Weed Control and Herbicide Applications Plant Science 3 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.9%domestic only43.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Syngenta (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Syngenta (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Syngenta (Switzerland)0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Syngenta (Switzerland) 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%Syngenta (Switzerland)14.3% 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 21.2% in 2007.

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