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Zurich University of Teacher Education

In research, Zurich University of Teacher Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,739 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#462 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,005 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Philosophy and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Language and Linguistics is 18.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,776
of 28,054 · #10,405 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#36
of 220
Research works
1.7k
▲ 138% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Zurich University of Teacher Education 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 #1,739 of 10,521 19.9%579 #2867
Arts and HumanitiesField #462 of 1,998 24.1%167 #1207
Social SciencesField #2,005 of 6,365 17.7%305 #2645
EducationSubfield #814 of 1,892 18.1%144 #1140
Physical SciencesDomain #7,019 of 12,888 22.7%81 #12011
PsychologyField #1,384 of 2,181 21.7%71 #2319
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,800 of 2,578 10.4%97 #2452

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zurich University of Teacher Education 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#2,867 #1,739
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,207 #462
  3. Social Sciences#2,645 #2,005
  4. Education#1,140 #814
  5. Physical Sciences#12,011 #7,019
  6. Psychology#2,319 #1,384
  7. Sociology and Political Science#2,452 #1,800
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 Zurich University of Teacher Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 59.8 works19×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 26.1 works8.3×
  3. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 27.6 works8.2×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 166.8 works7.9×
  5. EducationSubfield · 144.0 works6.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.88× its world share, 167 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.17× its world share, 71 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.29× its world share, 305 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zurich University of Teacher Education?

Ranked on the composite score, Franziska Zellweger, Sibylle Dubs and Martina Stercken lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zurich University of Teacher Education.

  1. 1 Franziska Zellweger Switzerland · #264,814 worldwide 58 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Sibylle Dubs Switzerland · #422,971 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Martina Stercken Switzerland · #427,874 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Christine Bieri Buschor Switzerland · #503,321 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Alexandra Totter Switzerland · #561,883 worldwide 27 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Peter Tremp Switzerland · #573,440 worldwide 10 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Michael Geiss Switzerland · #666,640 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Heinz Moser Switzerland · #680,733 worldwide 7 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Silvia Pool Maag Switzerland · #749,782 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Manuela Keller-Schneider Switzerland · #786,496 worldwide 12 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Zurich University of Teacher Education

Which keywords describe research at Zurich University of Teacher Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Education, Teacher Education, E-Learning, Teaching, Curriculum, Didactics and 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. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse106▲ 352×2 topics
  2. Education104▲ 8.2×45 topics
  3. Teacher Education69▲ 74×5 topics
  4. E-Learning64▲ 8.7×8 topics
  5. Teaching63▲ 70×4 topics
  6. Curriculum62▲ 89×4 topics
  7. Didactics62▲ 84×3 topics
  8. Learning61▲ 28×4 topics
  9. Digital Learning60▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Competence60▲ 701×1 topic
  11. Governance49▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Bildungsungleichheit46▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Ethnografisches Schreiben46▲ 214×1 topic
  14. Multilingualism34▲ 28×5 topics
  15. Professional Development33▲ 23×10 topics
  16. Language Learning33▲ 59×3 topics
  17. Cultural Studies32▲ 12×12 topics
  18. Identity31▲ 5.8×18 topics
  19. Teaching Methods31▲ 29×6 topics
  20. Digital Media29▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Gender28▲ 7.2×20 topics
  22. Intercultural Competence28▲ 107×2 topics
  23. Language Acquisition28▲ 33×2 topics
  24. German as a Foreign Language28▲ 260×1 topic
  25. Linguistic Competence28▲ 260×1 topic
  26. Sociolinguistics27▲ 19×7 topics
  27. History25▲ 4.9×24 topics
  28. Discourse Analysis24▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Digital Transformation23▲ 6.0×11 topics
  30. Digital Communication23▲ 44×3 topics
  31. Language Variation23▲ 54×3 topics
  32. Multimodality22▲ 59×2 topics
  33. Phraseology21▲ 39×3 topics
  34. Communication Practices21▲ 141×1 topic
  35. Text Linguistics21▲ 141×1 topic
  36. Philosophy20▲ 6.3×21 topics
  37. Organizational Change18▲ 35×4 topics
  38. Sustainable Behavior18▲ 41×2 topics
  39. Religious Education17▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Lifelong Learning17▲ 11×7 topics

Which research topics does Zurich University of Teacher Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Methods and Technologies, Sociology and Education Studies, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy and Linguistic research and analysis.

Education Methods and Te…60Education Methods and Technologies: 60 fractional worksSociology and Education …46Sociology and Education Studies: 46 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 28 fractional worksLinguistic research and …21Linguistic research and analysis: 21 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and …14Religion, Theology, and Education: 14 fractional worksVocational Education and…12Vocational Education and Training: 12 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 11 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 10 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 9 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 8 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsReligious studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Methods and Technologies Education 60 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  3. 3 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 28 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 21 works
  5. 5 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 14 works
  6. 6 Vocational Education and Training Education 12 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 11 works
  8. 8 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  9. 9 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 9 works
  10. 10 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 8 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zurich University of Teacher Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 138% 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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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.