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University of Fribourg

In research, University of Fribourg stands highest in Social Sciences (#511 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#958 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#485 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Philosophy and Linguistics and Language — Classics is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#946
of 28,054 · #665 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#10
of 220
Research works
17k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
432k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is University of Fribourg 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
Social SciencesDomain #511 of 10,521 19.2%1,355 #585
Physical SciencesDomain #958 of 12,888 22.5%748 #685
Social SciencesField #485 of 6,365 20.0%569 #598
Life SciencesDomain #1,093 of 7,800 24.8%420 #626
PsychologyField #359 of 2,181 21.1%178 #708
Arts and HumanitiesField #336 of 1,998 15.5%399 #317
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #648 of 3,579 26.6%186 #540
PhilosophySubfield #61 of 290 23.3%88 #219
Health SciencesDomain #2,877 of 11,982 19.3%390 #1878
MedicineField #2,640 of 10,443 20.0%323 #1680

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Fribourg 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. Social Sciences#585 #511
  2. Physical Sciences#685 #958
  3. Social Sciences#598 #485
  4. Life Sciences#626 #1,093
  5. Psychology#708 #359
  6. Arts and Humanities#317 #336
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#540 #648
  8. Philosophy#219 #61
  9. Health Sciences#1,878 #2,877
  10. Medicine#1,680 #2,640
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 University of Fribourg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 28.0 works16×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 88.2 works7.1×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 21.8 works6.5×
  4. HistorySubfield · 60.4 works6.5×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 22.1 works6.3×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 71 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 186 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.00× its world share, 142 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.30× its world share, 60 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 71 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 130 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 76 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.92× its world share, 66 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 58 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 323 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.74× its world share, 399 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 55 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 178 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 569 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Fribourg?

Ranked on the composite score, L. Schlapbach, Björn Rasch and Yi‐Cheng Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Fribourg.

  1. 1 L. Schlapbach Switzerland · #3,011 worldwide 2.2k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 Björn Rasch Switzerland · #24,223 worldwide 397 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Yi‐Cheng Zhang Switzerland · #30,253 worldwide 912 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Martin Beniston Switzerland · #30,992 worldwide 863 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Reynald Delaloye Switzerland · #46,539 worldwide 503 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 C. Bernhard Switzerland · #52,495 worldwide 527 citations · 79 works
  7. 7 Chi Ho Yeung Switzerland · #60,550 worldwide 445 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Marcia Phillips Switzerland · #65,164 worldwide 404 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Jörn Dengjel Switzerland · #75,428 worldwide 403 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Dominique Barthélemy Switzerland · #80,555 worldwide 52 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at University of Fribourg

Which keywords describe research at University of Fribourg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Religion, Ethics, Literature, Identity, Sociolinguistics, History and Globalization.

▲ 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. Climate Change94▲ 1.20×72 topics
  2. Globalization89▲ 1.56×78 topics
  3. Gender73▲ 4.6×41 topics
  4. Religion70▲ 5.0×34 topics
  5. Ethics67▲ 4.8×46 topics
  6. Literature67▲ 4.2×44 topics
  7. Identity66▲ 3.1×52 topics
  8. History63▲ 3.1×47 topics
  9. Education56◆ 1.12×67 topics
  10. Mental Health55▲ 1.28×33 topics
  11. Philosophy49▲ 3.8×36 topics
  12. Human Rights45▲ 1.49×38 topics
  13. Nationalism44▲ 3.3×26 topics
  14. Sociolinguistics42▲ 7.6×8 topics
  15. Memory37▲ 5.1×16 topics
  16. Migration36▲ 3.7×21 topics
  17. Culture36▲ 2.3×28 topics
  18. Democracy34▲ 3.3×17 topics
  19. Colonialism34▲ 2.4×30 topics
  20. Governance32▲ 3.3×15 topics
  21. Pragmatics31▲ 6.6×5 topics
  22. Neuroscience31▲ 3.6×14 topics
  23. Late Antiquity26▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Cultural Exchange26▲ 6.8×11 topics
  25. Emotion26▲ 4.3×11 topics
  26. Gender Studies25▲ 5.6×12 topics
  27. Society25▲ 4.5×19 topics
  28. Bilingualism25▲ 6.3×6 topics
  29. Multilingualism25▲ 5.1×6 topics
  30. Social Cognition25▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Metaphysics24▲ 18×5 topics
  32. Hydrology23▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Theology23▲ 8.2×6 topics
  34. Archaeology22▲ 5.7×9 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms21▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Church History20▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Social History20▲ 8.2×7 topics
  38. Historical Narratives19▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Demography19▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Cultural Transmission18▲ 7.9×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Fribourg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Classical Antiquity Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, French Urban and Social Studies and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

Classical Antiquity Stud…18Classical Antiquity Studies: 18 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…14Education, sociology, and vocational training: 14 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 14 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 13 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 12 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 12 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 12 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…12Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 12 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 12 fractional worksClassical Philosophy and Thought: 11 fractional works
AnthropologySociology and Political SciencePhilosophyHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 18 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 13 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 12 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 12 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  10. 10 Classical Philosophy and Thought Philosophy 11 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Fribourg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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