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Global and Planetary Change research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Global and Planetary Change research in 2022-now (#2 worldwide), followed by University of Bern and Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research.

Switzerland's world rank
#7
of 70 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.3k
Top-10% rate
15.3%
Ranked institutions
6

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Global and Planetary Change in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #289.018.3%291
2University of BernBern #10226.612.5%123
3Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf #13322.415.8%92
4University of ZurichZurich #13622.016.2%65
5University of LausanneLausanne #14920.614.4%64
6École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #15819.610.8%63

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Global and Planetary Change, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Global and Planetary Change researchers in Switzerland?

Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne, Nina C. Buchmann and Reto Knutti rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Global and Planetary Change that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Sonia Isabelle Seneviratne#4,414 worldwide overall98.4 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Nina C. Buchmann#12,249 worldwide overall59.8 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Reto Knutti#12,356 worldwide overall55.0 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ulrike Lohmann#35,907 worldwide overall58.9 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Urs Baltensperger#16,363 worldwide overall48.3 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Christoph Schär#31,470 worldwide overall46.9 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Fortunat Joos#10,469 worldwide overall43.5 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Erich Markus Fischer#9,835 worldwide overall38.2 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Heini Wernli#93,840 worldwide overall44.0 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10David Frank#18,767 worldwide overall36.2 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nicolas Gruber#11,075 worldwide overall37.8 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Christian Körner#21,024 worldwide overall36.2 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Thomas Lukas Frölicher#6,492 worldwide overall31.5 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Martin Wild#118,263 worldwide overall39.1 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Arthur Geßler#38,893 worldwide overall32.9 of 109 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Global and Planetary Change alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Global and Planetary Change