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Syngenta (Switzerland)

In research, Syngenta (Switzerland) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,920 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,411 of 3,409 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#5,885 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Plant Science and Chemistry — Organic Chemistry is 14.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,944
of 28,054 · #9,264 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#57
of 220
Research works
1.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Syngenta (Switzerland) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,920 of 12,888 19.6%79 #7834
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,411 of 3,409 33.4%72 #1819
Life SciencesDomain #5,885 of 7,800 32.0%109 #5873

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 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. Physical Sciences#7,834 #5,920
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,819 #2,411
  3. Life Sciences#5,873 #5,885
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 Syngenta (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 14.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 22.1 works14×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 34.9 works9.6×
  3. ChemistryField · 26.2 works8.1×
← 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, 72 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.54× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.06× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.36× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Syngenta (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the composite score, U. Gisi, Helge Sierotzki and Zhou Yuan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Syngenta (Switzerland).

  1. 1 U. Gisi Switzerland · #232,246 worldwide 177 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Helge Sierotzki Switzerland · #234,362 worldwide 112 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Zhou Yuan Switzerland · #402,587 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Clemens Lamberth Switzerland · #445,815 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Peter Maienfisch Switzerland · #524,351 worldwide 90 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Andrew Edmunds Switzerland · #575,336 worldwide 66 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alan Raybould Switzerland · #1,247,546 worldwide 43 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Natalija Galzina Switzerland · #1,269,332 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Xiu Xiu Switzerland · #1,320,029 worldwide 9 citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Syngenta (Switzerland)

Which keywords describe research at Syngenta (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Medicinal Chemistry, Biological Control, Pesticides, Risk Assessment, Invasive Species, Evolution and Gut Microbiota.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact17▲ 4.7×15 topics
  2. Medicinal Chemistry13▲ 22×9 topics
  3. Climate Change12▲ 2.1×30 topics
  4. Biological Control9▲ 29×7 topics
  5. Pesticides9▲ 60×3 topics
  6. Risk Assessment8▲ 5.7×9 topics
  7. Catalysis8▲ 5.4×14 topics
  8. Biodiversity7▲ 4.8×14 topics
  9. Invasive Species7▲ 7.9×13 topics
  10. Evolution6▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Gut Microbiota6▲ 8.9×3 topics
  12. Food Safety6▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Immune System6▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Plant Pathogens6▲ 95×3 topics
  15. Herbicides6▲ 80×2 topics
  16. Honey Bees6▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Neonicotinoids6▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Organic Synthesis6▲ 25×7 topics
  19. Gene Expression6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  20. Toxicity5▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Genome Sequencing5▲ 16×6 topics
  22. QTL Mapping5▲ 21×5 topics
  23. Synthesis5▲ 6.6×13 topics
  24. Molecular Mechanisms5▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Pollution5▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Transition Metal Catalysis5▲ 29×4 topics
  27. Fungicide Resistance5▲ 236×1 topic
  28. Phenylamide Fungicides5▲ 236×1 topic
  29. Drug Discovery5▲ 10×8 topics
  30. Circular Economy5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  31. Degradation5▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Soil Sorption5▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Drought Tolerance4▲ 15×7 topics
  34. Environmental Risk Assessment4▲ 24×4 topics
  35. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 27×3 topics
  36. RNA Interference4▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Biotechnology4▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Plant Defense4▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Heterocycles4▲ 20×6 topics
  40. Transition Metal Complexes4▲ 21×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Insect and Pesticide Research, Fungal Plant Pathogen Control, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies and Insect Resistance and Genetics.

Insect and Pesticide Res…6Insect and Pesticide Research: 6 fractional worksFungal Plant Pathogen Co…5Fungal Plant Pathogen Control: 5 fractional worksPesticide and Herbicide …5Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies: 5 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Ge…4Insect Resistance and Genetics: 4 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interactions and Control: 3 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 3 fractional worksChemistry and Chemical E…3Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: 3 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 2 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…2Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 2 fractional works
Insect ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPollutionMolecular Biology4 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 Fungal Plant Pathogen Control Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  3. 3 Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies Pollution 5 works
  4. 4 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 3 works
  6. 6 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Environmental Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  9. 9 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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