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University of Lausanne

In research, University of Lausanne stands highest in Life Sciences (#104 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#155 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#212 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Classics and History and Philosophy of Science — Linguistics and Language is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#288
of 28,054 · #315 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#7
of 220
Research works
38k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is University of Lausanne 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
Life SciencesDomain #104 of 7,800 31.8%1,062 #101
MedicineField #155 of 10,443 20.7%1,977 #237
Health SciencesDomain #212 of 11,982 20.7%2,246 #286
Social SciencesDomain #224 of 10,521 24.0%2,628 #282
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #29 of 1,201 30.9%228 #155
Social SciencesField #202 of 6,365 27.5%1,277 #310
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #120 of 2,578 25.5%525 #199
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #177 of 3,579 30.9%546 #142
Physical SciencesDomain #816 of 12,888 25.3%1,045 #693
Molecular BiologySubfield #188 of 2,175 28.8%280 #145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Lausanne 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. Life Sciences#101 #104
  2. Medicine#237 #155
  3. Health Sciences#286 #212
  4. Social Sciences#282 #224
  5. Political Science and International Relations#155 #29
  6. Social Sciences#310 #202
  7. Sociology and Political Science#199 #120
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#142 #177
  9. Physical Sciences#693 #816
  10. Molecular Biology#145 #188
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 Lausanne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 55.0 works6.9×
  2. ClassicsSubfield · 27.0 works6.5×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 52.0 works4.8×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 127.2 works4.2×
  5. PhilosophySubfield · 116.4 works3.9×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 200 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 546 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 113 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 191 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 203 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 212 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 312 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 228 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 1,977 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 559 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 141 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 203 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 399 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 1,277 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Lausanne?

Ranked on the composite score, Péter Vollenweider, Zoltán Kutalik and Antoine Guisan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Lausanne.

  1. 1 Péter Vollenweider Switzerland · #2,477 worldwide 1.9k citations · 152 works
  2. 2 Zoltán Kutalik Switzerland · #6,467 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Antoine Guisan Switzerland · #9,531 worldwide 1.4k citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Monika E. Hegi Switzerland · #10,351 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 J. Beckmann Switzerland · #13,844 worldwide 1.1k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Alexandre Reymond Switzerland · #14,667 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Amalio Telenti Switzerland · #15,423 worldwide 743 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Jürg Tschopp Switzerland · #16,632 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Sven Bergmann Switzerland · #17,252 worldwide 706 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Carlo Rivolta Switzerland · #25,203 worldwide 831 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at University of Lausanne

Which keywords describe research at University of Lausanne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Sociolinguistics, Globalization, Pragmatics, Climate Change, Inflammation, Mental Health and Gender.

▲ 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. Epidemiology356▲ 1.29×128 topics
  2. Climate Change243▲ 1.29×96 topics
  3. Globalization238▲ 1.74×108 topics
  4. Inflammation210▲ 1.44×81 topics
  5. Mental Health183▲ 1.79×40 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress147▲ 1.29×60 topics
  7. Public Health138▲ 1.36×57 topics
  8. Social Media132▲ 1.33×29 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease132▲ 1.71×37 topics
  10. Treatment131▲ 1.54×48 topics
  11. Gender123▲ 3.2×44 topics
  12. Sociolinguistics123▲ 9.3×9 topics
  13. Social Justice112▲ 2.8×34 topics
  14. Religion106▲ 3.2×34 topics
  15. Risk Factors105▲ 1.37×36 topics
  16. Identity99▲ 1.96×53 topics
  17. Pragmatics97▲ 8.6×6 topics
  18. Depression93▲ 1.51×23 topics
  19. Discourse Analysis87▲ 4.9×8 topics
  20. Public Policy83▲ 2.4×21 topics
  21. Colonialism82▲ 2.5×37 topics
  22. Community Engagement79▲ 3.4×15 topics
  23. Democracy78▲ 3.1×21 topics
  24. Rhetoric78▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Argumentation74▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Ethos74▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Neoliberalism70▲ 2.8×23 topics
  28. Territorial Governance69▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. Local Development66▲ 8.2×2 topics
  30. Language Teaching64▲ 3.6×5 topics
  31. Gender Studies62▲ 5.7×11 topics
  32. Citizen Participation57▲ 6.7×2 topics
  33. Environmental Participation56▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Proximity and Innovation56▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Community Development53▲ 4.0×6 topics
  36. Language Learning52▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Multilingualism52▲ 4.5×6 topics
  38. Linguistic Historiography50▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Saussure50▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Language Contact42▲ 6.2×6 topics

Which research topics does University of Lausanne publish most on?

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

Linguistics and Discourse Analysis: 74 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 56 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics a…50Historical Linguistics and Language Studies: 50 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…34Education, sociology, and vocational training: 34 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 32 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 26 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…26Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 26 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 26 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 25 fractional worksPlant and animal studies24Plant and animal studies: 24 fractional works
PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 74 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  3. 3 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 50 works
  4. 4 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 34 works
  5. 5 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 26 works
  7. 7 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 26 works
  8. 8 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 26 works
  9. 9 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 25 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 24 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.9%domestic only68.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Lausanne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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