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University of Lucerne

In research, University of Lucerne stands highest in Social Sciences (#945 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#2,390 of 10,443 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#474 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy — Philosophy is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,926
of 28,054 · #5,949 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#35
of 220
Research works
3.8k
▲ 88% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is University of Lucerne 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 #945 of 10,521 18.3%630 #981
MedicineField #2,390 of 10,443 14.7%430 #3269
Arts and HumanitiesField #474 of 1,998 17.5%131 #828
Health SciencesDomain #3,055 of 11,982 15.2%497 #3712
Business, Management and AccountingField #722 of 2,578 25.0%64 #945
Social SciencesField #1,857 of 6,365 17.0%324 #1429
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,004 of 2,578 15.6%150 #902
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #513 of 1,201 23.5%70 #489
SurgerySubfield #963 of 1,816 16.2%88 #1708
Life SciencesDomain #4,665 of 7,800 14.3%68 #9440

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Lucerne 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#981 #945
  2. Medicine#3,269 #2,390
  3. Arts and Humanities#828 #474
  4. Health Sciences#3,712 #3,055
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#945 #722
  6. Social Sciences#1,429 #1,857
  7. Sociology and Political Science#902 #1,004
  8. Political Science and International Relations#489 #513
  9. Surgery#1,708 #963
  10. Life Sciences#9,440 #4,665
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 Lucerne specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 30.2 works5.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.76× its world share, 430 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.56× its world share, 131 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.56× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.31× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 324 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Lucerne?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin Schmid, Jerome Bickenbach and Rainer Diaz-Bone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Lucerne.

  1. 1 Martin Schmid Switzerland · #34,317 worldwide 763 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Jerome Bickenbach Switzerland · #104,676 worldwide 274 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Rainer Diaz-Bone Switzerland · #204,332 worldwide 102 citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Johannes Picht Switzerland · #236,935 worldwide 45 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jan D. Reinhardt Switzerland · #245,291 worldwide 89 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Martin Hartmann Switzerland · #295,273 worldwide 9 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Lukas Schmid Switzerland · #302,284 worldwide 142 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Bruno Staffelbach Switzerland · #350,692 worldwide 49 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Andréa Belliger Switzerland · #391,644 worldwide 20 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 David J. Krieger Switzerland · #416,655 worldwide 19 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at University of Lucerne

Which keywords describe research at University of Lucerne?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Identity, Globalization, Philosophy, Religion, Governance, Ethics and Functional Recovery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology104▲ 2.1×107 topics
  2. Globalization62▲ 2.5×65 topics
  3. Identity46▲ 5.0×26 topics
  4. Human Rights39▲ 3.0×36 topics
  5. Religion35▲ 5.9×25 topics
  6. Philosophy35▲ 6.2×25 topics
  7. Innovation35▲ 2.6×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life34▲ 1.88×42 topics
  9. Ethics34▲ 5.5×31 topics
  10. Governance31▲ 7.3×12 topics
  11. History30▲ 3.3×24 topics
  12. Rehabilitation29▲ 5.8×12 topics
  13. Gender29▲ 4.2×21 topics
  14. Functional Recovery28▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Ethnicity27▲ 5.7×11 topics
  16. Complications26▲ 4.1×16 topics
  17. Narrative26▲ 13×7 topics
  18. Clinical Trials25▲ 2.9×16 topics
  19. Nationalism25▲ 4.3×15 topics
  20. Literature25▲ 3.6×21 topics
  21. Democracy24▲ 5.4×12 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life24▲ 8.0×6 topics
  23. Secularism23▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Neuroprotection23▲ 5.1×8 topics
  25. Participation22▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Politics21▲ 6.2×9 topics
  27. Primary Care21▲ 4.4×14 topics
  28. Psychology19▲ 12×7 topics
  29. Recovery19▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Sociology18▲ 10×12 topics
  31. Materiality18▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Art18▲ 16×7 topics
  33. Digitalization17▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Social Innovation17▲ 8.4×4 topics
  35. Neuromodulation16▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Neurological Classification16▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Spinal Cord Injury16▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Psychosocial Outcomes16▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study15▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory15▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Lucerne publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spinal Cord Injury Research, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Religion and Society Interactions and German Literature and Culture Studies.

Spinal Cord Injury Resea…16Spinal Cord Injury Research: 16 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…15Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 15 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 14 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 12 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 12 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 12 fractional worksCultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections: 11 fractional worksPublic Administration an…11Public Administration and Political Analysis: 11 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences and History: 10 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 10 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  3. 3 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 12 works
  5. 5 Libraries and Information Services Museology 12 works
  6. 6 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections Cultural Studies 11 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  9. 9 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  10. 10 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 10 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 available61.1%not open38.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Lucerne's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 88% 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.

Other research institutions in Lucerne

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.