Scientific publications in Switzerland, 2006-2015 A bibliometric analysis of scientific research in Switzerland Report by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI s Contacts Isabelle Maye, SERI Scientific Advisor, Scientific Bases Unit, National Research and Innovation Division [email protected] Müfit Sabo, SERI Head of Scientific Bases Unit, National Research and Innovation Division [email protected] Publication details Published by: © 2017 State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation Editors: Isabelle Maye, Müfit Sabo Translation: Federal Chancellery English Language Service Printed by: Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics FOBL Languages: English, French and German ISSN: 2296-3871 2 Table of contents The essential points in brief ....................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 9 1 Publications: Switzerland by international comparison ..................................................................... 10 Global publications ............................................................................................................... 10 Switzerland in the world rankings of publications by country ................................................ 12 Publication intensity: publications by number of inhabitants and researchers ........................ 14 1.3.1 Publications by number of inhabitants ...................................................................... 14 1.3.2 Publications by number of researchers ..................................................................... 15 ................................................................. 16 ................................................................... 17 Swiss publications by region.................................................................................................. 19 1.6.1 Breakdown of publications by region ....................................................................... 19 1.6.2 Publications by region and number of inhabitants .................................................... 20 1.6.3 Share of cantons in publications in their region ........................................................ 21 1.6.4 ............................................. 22 1.6.5 Publications by research field and region .................................................................. 26 Publications by institutional sector and research field ............................................................ 28 Publications by research field and institutional sector ............................................................ 29 2 Impact of publications ..................................................................................................................... 30 ......................................... 30 Switzerland compared to the top five countries in terms of impact ....................................... 31 Impact by research field ........................................................................................................ 32 2.3.1 ...................................................................... 32 2.3.2 Classification of countries by impact and by research field ....................................... 33 2.3.3 ................................................... 34 Impact of institutional sectors in Switzerland ......................................................................... 35 ............................................................................................. 36 2.5.1 Impact by region ...................................................................................................... 36 2.5.2 Analysis of the two most productive Swiss regions ................................................... 37 3 Most cited publications (Top 10% publications) .............................................................................. 38 Breakdown of Top 10% publications by country ................................................................... 39 3 Top 10% publications by number of inhabitants and researchers .......................................... 40 3.2.1 Top 10% publications by number of inhabitants ...................................................... 40 3.2.2 Top 10% publications by number of researchers ...................................................... 41 Top 10% publications as a proportion of the total output of a country ................................. 42 Top 10% publications by institutional sector in Switzerland .................................................. 43 Proportion of publications produced by each institutional sector in Switzerland which are Top 10% publications ............................................................................................................................ 43 Top 10% publications by Swiss region .................................................................................. 44 Top 10% publications as a proportion of the total output of each region ............................. 44 4 Publication partnerships .................................................................................................................. 45 Rates of national and international partnership ..................................................................... 45 ............................................................ 46 Publication partnerships by Swiss region ............................................................................... 48 4.3.1 National and international partnerships by region .................................................... 48 4.3.2 Partnerships by country for the Zurich and Lake Geneva regions .............................. 49 .......................................................................... 51 4.4.1 National and international partnerships by research field .......................................... 51 4.4.2 ................................. 52 ................................................................... 53 4.5.1 National and international partnerships by institutional sector .................................. 53 4.5.2 Partner countries of institutional sectors of Switzerland ............................................ 53 4 Appendices ............................................................................................................................................. 55 A Results ....................................................................................................................................... 55 A. 1 Publications by world region ....................................................................................................... 55 A. 2 .................................................................... 56 A. 3 Volume and world shares of publications .................................................................................... 60 A. 4 Impact ........................................................................................................................................ 61 A. 5 Top 10% publications ................................................................................................................. 62 A. 6 Publication profiles of countries .................................................................................................. 64 A. 7 Publications of Swiss regions by institutional sector ..................................................................... 74 A. 8 Publications of the main institutions by Swiss region ................................................................... 75 A. 9 Publications by Swiss region and research field ........................................................................... 79 A. 10 Impact of Swiss regions by research field .................................................................................... 81 A. 11 Partner countries by Swiss region ............................................................................................... 85 A. 12 Interregional partnerships in Switzerland .................................................................................... 89 B Methods .................................................................................................................................... 92 Databases ................................................................................................................................... 92 Volume of publications ............................................................................................................... 92 Impact (relative citation indicator) ............................................................................................... 95 Top 10% publications ................................................................................................................. 95 Partnerships ................................................................................................................................ 95 Institutional sectors ..................................................................................................................... 96 C References ................................................................................................................................. 96 5 6 The essential points in brief Volume of scientific publications For the period from 2011 to 2015 Switzerland produced 1.1% of world publications,