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Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)

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Research works
58
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
91.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
76%
world 18%
Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)

Not ranked overall: Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) is in Health Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Immunology and Microbiology (16%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 51.9% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 49.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 22 fractional works · 38.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 9 fractional works · 16.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 12.9% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVir Biotechnology(Switzerland)58fractional works, all years
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2949.6%
    2. Dentistry11.6%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1018.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology916.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering23.2%
    2. Materials Science11.4%
    3. Environmental Science11.1%
    4. Computer Science10.9%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.5%
    2. Psychology00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.02× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.09× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 7.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.09×2 works
  2. Dentistry7.16×1 works
  3. Medicine3.08×10 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.02×3 works
  5. Veterinary2.17×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×0 works
  7. Nursing0.94×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.55×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.42×0 works
  11. Psychology0.34×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.20×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  14. Engineering0.17×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the quality score, Davide Corti, Elisabetta Cameroni and Dora Pinto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Davide Corti Switzerland · #3,549 worldwide 40k citations · 307 works
  2. 2 Elisabetta Cameroni Switzerland · #22,641 worldwide 19k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Dora Pinto Switzerland · #56,918 worldwide 16k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Nadine Czudnochowski Switzerland · #69,119 worldwide 8.6k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Fabrizia Zatta Switzerland · #76,544 worldwide 10k citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Martina Beltramello Switzerland · #80,700 worldwide 12k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Anna De Marco Switzerland · #83,050 worldwide 11k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Siro Bianchi Switzerland · #83,274 worldwide 11k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Matteo Samuele Pizzuto Switzerland · #111,623 worldwide 11k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Barbara Guarino Switzerland · #115,646 worldwide 8.9k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)

What are the most cited papers from Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)?

The most cited paper from Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) is "Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody" (Dora Pinto et al., 2020), with 2,164 citations. Next come "Mapping Neutralizing and Immunodominant Sites on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain by Structure-Guided High-Resolution Serology" (1,646) and "SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion" (1,429).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cross-neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by a human monoclonal SARS-CoV antibody Dora Pinto et al. · Nature Open access 18 May 2020 2,164
2 Mapping Neutralizing and Immunodominant Sites on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor-Binding Domain by Structure-Guided High-Resolution Serology Luca Piccoli et al. · Cell Open access 16 Sep 2020 1,646
3 SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion Petra Mlčochová et al. · Nature Open access261 authors 6 Sep 2021 1,429
4 Broadly neutralizing antibodies overcome SARS-CoV-2 Omicron antigenic shift Elisabetta Cameroni et al. · Nature Open access 23 Dec 2021 1,212
5 Altered TMPRSS2 usage by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron impacts infectivity and fusogenicity Bo Meng et al. · Nature Open access222 authors Feb 2022 1,189
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immunity, Pandemic, Immune Response, Vaccine Development and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology15▲ 6.7×35 topics
  2. Vaccine9▲ 38×9 topics
  3. Pathogenesis7▲ 23×14 topics
  4. Immunity7▲ 35×8 topics
  5. Pandemic6▲ 24×4 topics
  6. Immune Response6▲ 18×11 topics
  7. Vaccine Development6▲ 32×8 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-25▲ 59×5 topics
  9. Coronavirus4▲ 64×2 topics
  10. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 62×2 topics
  11. Antigen Presentation4▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Viral Transmission3▲ 61×3 topics
  13. Glycosylation3▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×15 topics
  15. Mutation3▲ 36×2 topics
  16. antibody3▲ 125×1 topic
  17. spike protein3▲ 125×1 topic
  18. Antibodies3▲ 59×2 topics
  19. Infection3▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Virus3▲ 42×3 topics
  21. Antiviral Therapy3▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Innate Immunity3▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Genomics2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Dendritic Cells2▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Fc Receptors2▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Tumor Antigen2▲ 44×1 topic
  29. H1N12▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Influenza2▲ 74×1 topic
  31. Norovirus2▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Rotavirus2▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Biomaterials2▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Bone Regeneration2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Disease Burden2▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 67×1 topic
  37. NK Cell Recognition2▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Natural Killer Cells2▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Epitope Prediction2▲ 154×1 topic

Which research topics does Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksViral Infectious Disease…0Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 0 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOral SurgeryAnimal Science and Zoology3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 0 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 available73.4%not open26.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.8%domestic only24.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000059% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)0.000074% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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