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University of Zurich

In research, University of Zurich stands highest in Social Sciences (#25 of 10,521 worldwide), Life Sciences (#53 of 7,800 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#20 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Orthodontics and Veterinary — Equine is 14.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#96
of 28,054 · #84 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#3
of 220
Research works
76k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7M
35.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is University of Zurich 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 #25 of 10,521 28.0%3,656 #45
Life SciencesDomain #53 of 7,800 28.3%1,775 #49
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #20 of 2,578 28.7%548 #57
Social SciencesField #56 of 6,365 30.3%1,610 #100
Health SciencesDomain #111 of 11,982 22.7%3,089 #78
Decision SciencesField #9 of 703 32.2%126 #23
MedicineField #139 of 10,443 22.5%2,485 #110
Arts and HumanitiesField #27 of 1,998 18.0%741 #64
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #54 of 3,579 26.0%820 #48
Physical SciencesDomain #228 of 12,888 31.3%2,316 #163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Zurich 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#45 #25
  2. Life Sciences#49 #53
  3. Sociology and Political Science#57 #20
  4. Social Sciences#100 #56
  5. Health Sciences#78 #111
  6. Decision Sciences#23 #9
  7. Medicine#110 #139
  8. Arts and Humanities#64 #27
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#48 #54
  10. Physical Sciences#163 #228
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 Zurich specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 14.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 20.1 works14×
  2. OrthodonticsSubfield · 86.2 works7.1×
  3. VeterinaryField · 103.5 works7.0×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 41.7 works6.5×
  5. Small AnimalsSubfield · 83.4 works6.3×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 169.9 works5.0×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 323 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 820 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 174 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.46× its world share, 432 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 25 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 132 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 550 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 121 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 397 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 388 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 102 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 155 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.78× its world share, 430 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.18× its world share, 220 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 252 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 2,485 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.03× its world share, 104 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 741 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 225 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 126 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 270 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 683 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 1,610 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Zurich?

Ranked on the composite score, Davide Scaramuzza, Heike A. Bischoff‐Ferrari and Torsten Hothorn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Zurich.

  1. 1 Davide Scaramuzza · #2,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Heike A. Bischoff‐Ferrari · #2,456 worldwide 1.8k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Torsten Hothorn · #2,551 worldwide 2.3k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Cezmi A. Akdiş · #4,031 worldwide 981 citations · 127 works
  5. 5 L. Baudis · #6,048 worldwide 1.9k citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Joachim Stadel · #7,983 worldwide 1.5k citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Beat Keller · #8,458 worldwide 746 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Herbert Amann · #8,672 worldwide 810 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Elisabeth Bronfen · #10,685 worldwide 268 citations · 146 works
  10. 10 Ben Moore · #12,171 worldwide 1.4k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at University of Zurich

Which keywords describe research at University of Zurich?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Social Media, Ethics, Identity, 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. Epidemiology578▲ 1.35×132 topics
  2. Climate Change318◆ 1.09×99 topics
  3. Machine Learning265▼ 0.75×77 topics
  4. Inflammation248◆ 1.10×83 topics
  5. Social Media229▲ 1.48×30 topics
  6. Globalization219◆ 1.03×110 topics
  7. Mental Health214▲ 1.35×42 topics
  8. Quality of Life193▲ 1.23×54 topics
  9. Treatment176▲ 1.34×51 topics
  10. Identity166▲ 2.1×58 topics
  11. Human Rights163▲ 1.46×56 topics
  12. Depression160▲ 1.68×24 topics
  13. History148▲ 1.94×54 topics
  14. Ethics148▲ 2.8×46 topics
  15. Gender138▲ 2.4×48 topics
  16. Immunotherapy134▲ 1.74×19 topics
  17. Clinical Trials133▲ 1.84×19 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders116▲ 1.89×20 topics
  19. Literature114▲ 1.94×50 topics
  20. Religion110▲ 2.1×37 topics
  21. Anxiety106▲ 2.1×12 topics
  22. Nationalism104▲ 2.1×29 topics
  23. Emotion93▲ 4.1×11 topics
  24. Governance91▲ 2.5×16 topics
  25. Dark Matter80▲ 6.4×4 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics76▲ 3.7×9 topics
  27. Online Communication70▲ 4.2×3 topics
  28. Perception67▲ 9.3×5 topics
  29. Particle Physics67▲ 8.2×2 topics
  30. Speech Perception64▲ 7.2×3 topics
  31. Lattice QCD58▲ 9.0×2 topics
  32. Altruism58▲ 6.3×5 topics
  33. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse57▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Deliberative Democracy56▲ 6.8×2 topics
  35. Cooperation55▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. Higgs Boson54▲ 9.7×1 topic
  37. High-Energy Collider54▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Dental Materials52▲ 8.9×1 topic
  39. Media Use52▲ 7.8×1 topic
  40. Restorative Dentistry52▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Zurich publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Dental materials and restorations, Social Media and Politics and Sociology and Education Studies.

Particle physics theoret…54Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 54 fractional worksDental materials and res…52Dental materials and restorations: 52 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 52 fractional worksSociology and Education …46Sociology and Education Studies: 46 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…43German Literature and Culture Studies: 43 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 41 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 36 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…35Misinformation and Its Impacts: 35 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 34 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 33 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsOrthodonticsCommunicationSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 54 works
  2. 2 Dental materials and restorationsOrthodontics 52 works
  3. 3 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 52 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 46 works
  5. 5 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 43 works
  6. 6 Dental Implant Techniques and OutcomesOral Surgery 41 works
  7. 7 Linguistic Variation and MorphologyLinguistics and Language 36 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its ImpactsSociology and Political Science 35 works
  9. 9 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle InteractionsNuclear and High Energy Physics 34 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 33 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Zurich's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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 Zurich

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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.