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Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)

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Research works
58
▲ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
91.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

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

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: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.80× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.80× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 7.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.39× 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, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Davide Corti and Fabio Benigni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Davide Corti Switzerland · #34,955 worldwide 816 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Fabio Benigni Switzerland · #196,009 worldwide 176 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Vir Biotechnology (Switzerland)

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 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Animal Virus Infections Studies and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 0 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 0 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 0 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…0COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 0 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 0 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesAnimal Science and ZoologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  5. 5 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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