Universities by Research Publications in Switzerland
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Bern15,821,544 citations
294,140
2ETH Zurich33,416,782 citations
286,884
3University of Zurich25,900,189 citations
214,514
4Ăcole Polytechnique FĂ©dĂ©rale de Lausanne17,788,962 citations
147,768
5University of Geneva17,505,107 citations
143,538
6University of Basel12,367,307 citations
118,810
7University of Lausanne9,799,696 citations
99,756
8University of Fribourg2,143,523 citations
39,748
9University of NeuchĂątel1,359,185 citations
27,255
10University of St.Gallen706,930 citations
19,143
11UniversitĂ della Svizzera italiana1,131,611 citations
17,621
12ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences348,929 citations
12,301
13HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland231,446 citations
9,720
14Bern University of Applied Sciences162,634 citations
9,174
15FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland257,417 citations
8,595
16University of Lucerne107,046 citations
7,251
17Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies131,717 citations
6,860
18Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts104,430 citations
6,785
19University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland280,633 citations
5,834
20Swiss Finance Institute137,133 citations
4,598
21HES-SO GenĂšve55,945 citations
3,248
22HES-SO Valais-Wallis76,197 citations
2,932
23Zurich University of Teacher Education10,989 citations
1,919
24OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule14,268 citations
1,773
25International Institute for Management Development77,669 citations
1,695
26Zurich University of the Arts8,850 citations
1,612
27HES-SO Fribourg36,176 citations
1,533
28Haute Ăcole PĂ©dagogique du Canton de Vaud7,312 citations
1,305
29University Centre of Legal Medicine73,836 citations
1,184
30Graduate Institute of International Studies44,624 citations
1,178
31University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons8,177 citations
973
32University of Applied Sciences St. Gallen23,886 citations
964
33UniDistance Suisse15,458 citations
909
34University of Teacher Education Lucerne5,561 citations
904
35PĂ€dagogische Hochschule Bern11,105 citations
824
36PĂ€dagogische Hochschule FHNW4,724 citations
816
37University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil22,405 citations
803
38Graduate Institute of Development Studies3,184 citations
703
39School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg13,671 citations
681
40University of Teacher Education in Special Needs3,451 citations
680
41Swiss Data Science Center13,213 citations
677
42St.Gallen University of Teacher Education7,106 citations
508
43Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET8,516 citations
507
44Haute école d'ingénierie et de gestion du canton de Vaud, HES-SO Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale9,111 citations
497
45Life Science Zurich68,862 citations
495
46Thurgau University of Teacher Education23,523 citations
481
47La Source School of Nursing, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland12,432 citations
480
48University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland6,874 citations
478
49Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences7,947 citations
450
50Webster University Geneva6,567 citations
436
Highlights
Within Switzerland, University of Bern ranks first in 2026 with 294,140, followed by ETH Zurich (286,884) and University of Zurich (214,514).
Across 50 entries, values run from 294,140 (University of Bern) to 436 (Webster University Geneva), with a median of 1,654.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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