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Law research in Switzerland

University of Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Law research in 2022-now (#61 worldwide), followed by .

Switzerland's world rank
#6
of 46 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
529
Top-10% rate
13.1%
Ranked institutions
1

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

What is the best university for Law in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ZurichZurich #6132.610.2%75

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

Who are the top Law researchers in Switzerland?

Alex Biedermann, Samantha Besson and Ingeborg Schwenzer rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Law that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Alex Biedermann#662,023 worldwide overall7.5 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Samantha Besson#525,773 worldwide overall7.6 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ingeborg Schwenzer#473,848 worldwide overall9.0 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Franco Taroni#1,554,672 worldwide overall6.6 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Frank Schimmelfennig#5,279 worldwide overall5.0 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Adrian Vatter#183,839 worldwide overall5.5 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Elliott Ash#61,561 worldwide overall4.9 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Christian Joppke#221,803 worldwide overall4.5 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Simon Hug#103,517 worldwide overall3.8 of 4 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Corina Heri#789,307 worldwide overall4.2 of 10 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Hans Julius Wolff#1,996,410 worldwide overall3.7 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Joel Niklaus#525,896 worldwide overall3.2 of 5 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Nico Krisch#317,061 worldwide overall3.2 of 7 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Thomas Cottier#2,369,739 worldwide overall3.9 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Fernando Prieto Ramos#310,725 worldwide overall3.0 of 7 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Law 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 Law