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Research in Falun

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Falun, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Dalarna University.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.4k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
74k
21.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Falun

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Falun?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Dalarna UniversityUniversity 2,367 #2,437
2Falun HospitalHospital / health system 645 #8,271 all time
3Landstinget DalarnaGovernment institution 5 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Falun work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Falun is in Social Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (22%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 357 fractional works · 41.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 192 fractional works · 22.4% of its workEducation: 62 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 52 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 66 fractional works · 7.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 57 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 297 fractional works · 34.7% of its workMedicine: 200 fractional works · 23.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 81 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 44 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 167 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEngineering: 80 fractional works · 9.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFalun857fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences42%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences19222.4%
    2. Psychology667.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities576.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting252.9%
    5. Decision Sciences101.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.9%
    1. Medicine20023.4%
    2. Health Professions819.4%
    3. Nursing101.2%
    4. Dentistry40.4%
    5. Veterinary20.3%
    1. Engineering809.3%
    2. Computer Science404.6%
    3. Environmental Science263.1%
    4. Energy80.9%
    5. Mathematics50.6%
    6. Materials Science40.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology161.8%
    2. Neuroscience81.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences80.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Falun strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Falun is most concentrated in Literature and Literary Theory (5.2× the world share in Literature and Literary Theory).

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 20.7 works5.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 71 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.36× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.17× its world share, 169 worksMedicineNursing: 2.22× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.35× its world share, 51 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.58× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 174 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.36×66 works
  2. Psychology2.58×59 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.35×51 works
  4. Nursing2.22×8 works
  5. Veterinary1.99×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.84×174 works
  7. Medicine1.17×169 works
  8. Energy1.14×8 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.00×7 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×23 works
  11. Dentistry0.89×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.64×8 works
  13. Engineering0.63×71 works
  14. Environmental Science0.62×23 works
  15. Computer Science0.60×35 works
  16. Mathematics0.50×4 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×7 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×14 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×8 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×3 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Falun?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogy, Learning, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Special Education and Methodology.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology42▲ 1.22×81 topics
  2. Qualitative Research38▲ 5.3×14 topics
  3. Education32▲ 2.2×31 topics
  4. Mental Health31▲ 2.6×28 topics
  5. Quality of Life31▲ 2.5×39 topics
  6. Globalization29▲ 1.70×41 topics
  7. Renewable Energy26▲ 2.1×23 topics
  8. Pedagogy25▲ 5.9×8 topics
  9. Public Health25▲ 1.97×32 topics
  10. Discourse Analysis24▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Learning22▲ 8.8×6 topics
  12. Gender Studies22▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Social Sciences22▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Special Education22▲ 42×3 topics
  15. Depression21▲ 2.9×19 topics
  16. Methodology21▲ 51×3 topics
  17. Quantitative Methods21▲ 186×1 topic
  18. Multilingualism17▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Bilingual Education16▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Language Policy16▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Job Satisfaction16▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Well-being16▲ 4.8×12 topics
  23. Higher Education16▲ 3.4×12 topics
  24. Child Development14▲ 4.1×7 topics
  25. Smart Grid14▲ 4.5×5 topics
  26. Anxiety14▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Evidence-Based Practice13▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Student Perceptions13▲ 8.3×6 topics
  29. Psychological Interventions12▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Maternal Mortality12▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Language Teaching11▲ 4.9×6 topics
  32. Reflective Practice11▲ 6.5×7 topics
  33. Thermal Comfort10▲ 9.4×2 topics
  34. Global Trends10▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Sociolinguistics10▲ 6.3×5 topics
  36. Health Inequalities10▲ 9.1×5 topics
  37. Accessibility9▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Disability9▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Maternal Outcomes9▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Perinatal Outcomes9▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Falun?

Social and Educational S…21Social and Educational Sciences: 21 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 8 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 8 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 7 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 7 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 7 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…7Multilingual Education and Policy: 7 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 6 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 6 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…6Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 6 fractional works
EducationBuilding and ConstructionLiterature and Literary TheoryObstetrics and Gynecology5 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 21 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 8 works
  3. 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
  5. 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 7 works
  6. 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 7 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Falun21.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 35.3% in 2008.

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