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ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

In research, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,335 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,146 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,678 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,756
of 28,054 · #5,344 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#32
of 220
Research works
4k
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences 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 #2,335 of 10,521 21.2%462 #2431
Computer ScienceField #1,146 of 4,667 22.7%154 #1860
Physical SciencesDomain #3,678 of 12,888 18.4%478 #5118
Health SciencesDomain #3,424 of 11,982 18.4%192 #4246
Social SciencesField #2,261 of 6,365 25.5%172 #2539
EngineeringField #2,386 of 6,636 14.7%212 #3640
MedicineField #3,987 of 10,443 16.3%123 #6174
Life SciencesDomain #3,623 of 7,800 29.5%105 #6123
PsychologyField #1,395 of 2,181 15.8%82 #2251
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,803 of 2,578 20.1%98 #2327

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences 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#2,431 #2,335
  2. Computer Science#1,860 #1,146
  3. Physical Sciences#5,118 #3,678
  4. Health Sciences#4,246 #3,424
  5. Social Sciences#2,539 #2,261
  6. Engineering#3,640 #2,386
  7. Medicine#6,174 #3,987
  8. Life Sciences#6,123 #3,623
  9. Psychology#2,251 #1,395
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#2,327 #1,803
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.

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: 0.86× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.60× its world share, 154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 212 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 23 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 62 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.47× its world share, 98 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 82 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Theo H. M. Smits, Petr Korba and Kurt Stockinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Theo H. M. Smits Switzerland · #112,290 worldwide 217 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Petr Korba Switzerland · #150,141 worldwide 181 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Kurt Stockinger Switzerland · #163,972 worldwide 245 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Hansjörg Künzli Switzerland · #238,591 worldwide 43 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 D. Wilhelm Switzerland · #262,370 worldwide 123 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Christine Brombach Switzerland · #321,587 worldwide 24 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Martín Braschler Switzerland · #382,077 worldwide 93 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Vicente Carabias-Hütter Switzerland · #450,788 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Markus Wirz Switzerland · #533,344 worldwide 55 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Eric Lippmann Switzerland · #534,874 worldwide 10 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Corpus Linguistics, Renewable Energy, Organizational Change, Customer Experience and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Sustainability58▲ 1.92×53 topics
  2. Machine Learning56▲ 1.37×60 topics
  3. Deep Learning46◆ 1.09×56 topics
  4. Big Data42▲ 3.7×16 topics
  5. Renewable Energy35▲ 1.98×30 topics
  6. Neural Networks29▲ 1.54×31 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence27▲ 1.57×19 topics
  8. Globalization26◆ 1.05×36 topics
  9. Mental Health25▲ 1.36×27 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management22▲ 1.91×9 topics
  11. Internet of Things22▲ 2.0×10 topics
  12. Digital Transformation22▲ 3.3×12 topics
  13. Leadership21▲ 3.6×13 topics
  14. Corpus Linguistics19▲ 7.0×5 topics
  15. Social Interaction18▲ 3.7×9 topics
  16. Organizational Change17▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Governance16▲ 3.9×9 topics
  18. Customer Experience16▲ 8.4×4 topics
  19. Learning Outcomes14▲ 2.7×5 topics
  20. Professional Development14▲ 5.8×9 topics
  21. Mobile Health12▲ 7.2×3 topics
  22. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse12▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Cyber-Physical Systems11▲ 3.5×5 topics
  24. Employee Engagement11▲ 4.9×5 topics
  25. Psychological Factors11▲ 4.1×5 topics
  26. Firm Performance10▲ 4.4×3 topics
  27. Machine Translation10▲ 4.8×2 topics
  28. Institutional Theory10▲ 8.2×3 topics
  29. Socio-Technical Systems10▲ 33×3 topics
  30. Workplace10▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Disability9▲ 7.1×3 topics
  32. Agility9▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Generation Management9▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Business Models9▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Supervision9▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Neural Machine Translation8▲ 7.0×1 topic
  37. Outcomes8▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Health Status Questionnaires8▲ 8.7×1 topic
  39. Measurement Properties8▲ 8.7×1 topic
  40. Quality of Care8▲ 7.7×4 topics

Which research topics does ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Management and Leadership, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation.

Corporate Management and…9Corporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksNatural Language Process…8Natural Language Processing Techniques: 8 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 8 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and…8Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 8 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…8Digital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…7Big Data and Business Intelligence: 7 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 7 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 7 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPharmacology6 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 8 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 8 works
  7. 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 7 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 7 works
  10. 10 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 7 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 available80.9%not open19.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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