Top institutions in Switzerland for Engineering

8 institutions · Engineering · Switzerland

Which institutions in Switzerland have the most top-cited scientists in Engineering?

191 researchers in Switzerland whose main field is Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 5.3% of all listed authors in Switzerland, and 17th of 103 countries in the field. 84 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). ETH Zürich has the most (71), followed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (36) and Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (12). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
191
5.3% of all in Switzerland
In the global top 100,000
84
44.0% of them
Country rank in the field
#17
of 103 countries in Engineering
Highest-ranked
#1,071
Scaramuzza, Davide
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1ETH Zürich7135#24Kirchner, James W. #2,779
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne3616#73Ijspeert, A. J. #4,152
3Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology124#319Von Gunten, Urs #1,410
4Universität Zürich117#347Scaramuzza, Davide #1,071
5AO Research Institute Davos51#796Stoddart, Martin James #56,173
6Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology41#924Kovač, Mirko #44,308
7Gamma Remote Sensing41#966Mätzler, Christian #76,539
8University of Bern41#976Schaefli, Bettina #82,600

The top 100 in Engineering in Switzerland, in order

  1. 1
    Scaramuzza, Davide
    Universität Zürich
  2. 2
    Von Gunten, Urs
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
    Sudret, Bruno
    ETH Zürich
  7. 7
    Ijspeert, A. J.
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  8. 8
  9. 9
    Hutter, Marco
    ETH Zürich
  10. 10
    Indiveri, Giacomo
    Universität Zürich
  11. 11
  12. 12
    Seibert, Jan
    Universität Zürich
  13. 13
    Mohr, D.
    ETH Zürich
  14. 14
    Laloui, Lyesse
    Écoles polytechniques fédérales
  15. 15
  16. 16
    Hager, Willi H.
    ETH Zürich
  17. 17
    Billard, Aude G.
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  18. 18
    Mazzotti, Marco
    ETH Zürich
  19. 19
    Abbaspour, Karim C.
    2w2e Environmental Consulting GmbH
  20. 20
    Lygeros, John
    ETH Zürich
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
    Muttoni, Aurelio
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  24. 24
    Geyer, Tobias
    ABB Corporate Research Center - Switzerland
  25. 25
    Thome, John Richard
    JJ Cooling Innovation Sàrl
  26. 26
    Floreano, Dario
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  27. 27
    Poulikakos, D.
    ETH Zürich
  28. 28
  29. 29
    Delbrück, Tobias
    Institute of Neuroinformatics
  30. 30
    Bardow, André
    ETH Zürich
  31. 31
    Bohner, Marc
    RMS Foundation
  32. 32
    Calinon, Sylvain
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  33. 33
    Micera, Silvestro
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  34. 34
  35. 35
    Taillard, Éric D.
    University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
  36. 36
  37. 37
    Yang, Hong
    2w2e Environmental Consulting GmbH
  38. 38
    Frazzoli, Emilio
    ETH Zürich
  39. 39
    Wegener, Konrad
    Inspire AG
  40. 40
    Rickenman, Dieter
    FluvialTech GmbH
  41. 41
    Schaepman, Michael E.
    Universität Zürich
  42. 42
  43. 43
    Brühwiler, Eugen
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  44. 44
    Müller, Ralph
    ETH Zürich
  45. 45
    Jirásek, Milan
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  46. 46
    Cadena, Cesar
    ETH Zürich
  47. 47
    Polách, Oldrǐch
    Independent Consultant and Assessor
  48. 48
    Kovač, Mirko
    Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
  49. 49
    Rinaldo, Andrea
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  50. 50
  51. 51
    Liu, Shihchii
    Universität Zürich
  52. 52
  53. 53
    Anagnostou, G.
    ETH Zürich
  54. 54
    Censi, Andrea
    ETH Zürich
  55. 55
    Stoddart, Martin James
    AO Research Institute Davos
  56. 56
    Mischler, Stefano
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  57. 57
    Briat, Corentin
    Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
  58. 58
    Carrara, Sandro
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  59. 59
    Hammes, Frederik A.
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  60. 60
  61. 61
  62. 62
    Smith, Roy S.
    ETH Zürich
  63. 63
    Schleiss, A. J.
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  64. 64
    Kiritsis, Dimitris
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  65. 65
  66. 66
  67. 67
    Lecampion, Brice
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  68. 68
    Hoigné, Jürg
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  69. 69
    Lignos, Dimitrios G.
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  70. 70
    Jaboyedoff, Michel
    Université de Lausanne (UNIL)
  71. 71
    Wegner, Jan Dirk
    Universität Zürich
  72. 72
    Mätzler, Christian
    Gamma Remote Sensing
  73. 73
    Wang, Hua
    ETH Zürich
  74. 74
    Zeitoun, Mark
    Geneva Water Hub
  75. 75
    Chatzi, Eleni N.
    ETH Zürich
  76. 76
    Menon, Carlo
    ETH Zürich
  77. 77
    Roveda, Loris
    IDSIA Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence
  78. 78
    Larsen, Tove A.
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  79. 79
  80. 80
    Schaefli, Bettina
    University of Bern
  81. 81
    Beyer, Katrin
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  82. 82
    Kaufmann, Elia
    Universität Zürich
  83. 83
  84. 84
  85. 85
  86. 86
    Lienert, Judit
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  87. 87
    Martin, Ivan
    Universitätsspital Basel
  88. 88
    Lehmann, Peter
    ETH Zürich
  89. 89
  90. 90
  91. 91
    Rabiee, Hesamoddin
    University of Bern
  92. 92
    Zysset, Philippe Kurt
    University of Bern
  93. 93
    Enz, Christian C.
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  94. 94
    Viviroli, Daniel
    Universität Zürich
  95. 95
    Aminian, Kamair
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  96. 96
    Joss, Adriano
    Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
  97. 97
    Döbelin, Nicola
    Dr. Robert Mathys Foundation
  98. 98
    Rufer, Alfred Ch
    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
  99. 99
  100. 100
    Hutter, Kolumban
    ETH Zürich

191 listed scientists in Engineering in Switzerland

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