Research in Gothenburg
Science Explorer records 143 research institutions in Gothenburg, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
- Research institutions
- 143 8 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 134k ▲ 12% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.9% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Gothenburg?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of GothenburgUniversity | 58,492 | #295 | |
| 2 | Chalmers University of TechnologyUniversity | 44,290 | #431 | |
| 3 | Sahlgrenska University HospitalHospital / health system | 18,841 | #1,867 | |
| 4 | Göteborgs StadsInstitution | 2,575 | #15,175 | |
| 5 | RISE Research Institutes of SwedenInstitution | 2,289 | #4,650 | |
| 6 | Volvo (Sweden)Company | 1,828 | #12,997 | |
| 7 | Nordic School of Public HealthUniversity | 726 | #11,970 all time | |
| 8 | Public Dental Service Västra GötalandHospital / health system | 686 | #18,400 | |
| 9 | Drottning Silvias barn- och ungdomssjukhusHospital / health system | 573 | #19,324 all time | |
| 10 | SKF (Sweden)Company | 278 | #34,973 all time | |
| 11 | Fraunhofer Chalmers Research Centre for Industrial MathematicsNonprofit | 252 | #26,869 all time | |
| 12 | National Museums of World CultureGovernment institution | 235 | #42,506 all time | |
| 13 | Swedish National Board of FisheriesGovernment institution | 231 | #23,432 all time | |
| 14 | Institute for Management of Innovation and TechnologyResearch facility | 209 | #36,377 all time | |
| 15 | Lindholmen Science ParkArchive | 128 | #30,248 all time | |
| 16 | Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and EducationResearch facility | 126 | #19,954 | |
| 17 | Centre of Registers Vastra GotalandInstitution | 126 | #36,919 all time | |
| 18 | Integrative Research LaboratoriesCompany | 124 | #20,251 all time | |
| 19 | White arkitekter (Sweden)Company | 124 | #35,613 all time | |
| 20 | Frölunda Specialist HospitalHospital / health system | 100 | not ranked | |
| 21 | The Swedish Hip Arthroplasty RegisterInstitution | 89 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Getinge (Sweden)Company | 88 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Spine Center GöteborgHospital / health system | 85 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Capio Lundby SjukhusHospital / health system | 82 | not ranked | |
| 25 | ElectroHeat (Sweden)Company | 80 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Surgical Science (Sweden)Company | 76 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Angered HospitalHospital / health system | 75 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Smart High Tech (Sweden)Company | 71 | not ranked | |
| 29 | 1928 Diagnostics (Sweden)Company | 69 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Business Region Göteborg (Sweden)Company | 68 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Mölnlycke Health Care (Sweden)Company | 65 | not ranked | |
| 32 | SSPA (Sweden)Company | 63 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Takara (Sweden)Company | 60 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Qamcom Research and Technology (Sweden)Company | 59 | not ranked | |
| 35 | European Atherosclerosis SocietyInstitution | 53 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Zenuity (Sweden)Company | 49 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Göteborg Energi (Sweden)Company | 47 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Carlanderska SjukhusetHospital / health system | 47 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Tataa Biocenter (Sweden)Company | 44 | not ranked | |
| 40 | RUAG (Sweden)Company | 39 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Latour (Sweden)Company | 37 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Omnisys Instruments (Sweden)Company | 35 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Semcon (Sweden)Company | 35 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Marine Environmental Analysis (Sweden)Company | 33 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Gryaab (Sweden)Company | 31 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Vitrolife (Sweden)Company | 29 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Stena (Sweden)Company | 29 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Swedish Agency for Marine and Water ManagementGovernment institution | 28 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Innovation Management Consulting Group (Sweden)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Berge (Sweden)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 51 | FertilitetscentrumHospital / health system | 25 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Quviq (Sweden)Company | 24 | not ranked | |
| 53 | DEKRA Industrial (Sweden)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 54 | PowerCell (Sweden)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 55 | CIT Energy Management (Sweden)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Heliospectra (Sweden)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Biognos (Sweden)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Lumina (Sweden)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Göteborgs barnsjukhusHospital / health system | 17 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in GothenburgGovernment institution | 17 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Gothenburg strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Gothenburg is most concentrated in Software, Public Administration and Automotive Engineering (5.0× the world share in Software).
- SoftwareSubfield · 55.7 works5.0×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 43.5 works4.6×
- Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 266.7 works2.9×
- TransplantationSubfield · 21.6 works2.8×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 208.2 works2.4×
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 32.1 works2.2×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Gothenburg?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Sustainability, Inflammation, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Cardiovascular Disease, Electric Vehicles and Environmental Impact.
- Tau Pathology
- Therapeutic Strategies
- Methodology
- Special Education
- Neuroimaging
- Discourse Analysis
- Neuroinflammation
- Neurodegeneration
- Global Burden
- Electric Vehicles
- Energy Efficiency
- Biomarkers
- Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Globalization
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Environmental Impact
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Education
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Genetics
- Obesity
- Pedagogy
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Social Sciences
- Learning
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Gender Studies
- Quantitative Methods
- Amyloid Hypothesis
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology749◆ 1.08×131 topics
- Sustainability492◆ 1.15×93 topics
- Climate Change485◆ 1.03×105 topics
- Machine Learning473▼ 0.83×81 topics
- Inflammation459▲ 1.26×83 topics
- Deep Learning413▼ 0.69×76 topics
- Environmental Impact340◆ 1.14×63 topics
- Globalization329◆ 0.96×110 topics
- Oxidative Stress309◆ 1.08×60 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease302▲ 1.56×39 topics
- Quality of Life285◆ 1.13×55 topics
- Renewable Energy272◆ 1.08×53 topics
- Education255▼ 0.85×87 topics
- Public Health248◆ 0.98×57 topics
- Mental Health227◆ 0.89×44 topics
- Risk Factors226▲ 1.18×36 topics
- Treatment213◆ 1.01×50 topics
- Biomarkers204▲ 1.71×18 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome202▲ 1.42×23 topics
- Energy Efficiency195▲ 1.19×38 topics
- Genetics190▲ 1.56×26 topics
- Electric Vehicles176▲ 3.4×4 topics
- Obesity170▲ 1.29×25 topics
- Global Burden165▲ 1.75×12 topics
- Pedagogy147▲ 1.72×20 topics
- Neurodegeneration145▲ 2.8×11 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries142▲ 1.91×4 topics
- Neuroinflammation137▲ 2.8×6 topics
- Social Sciences127▲ 5.2×11 topics
- Discourse Analysis127▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Learning122▲ 2.4×9 topics
- Neuroimaging121▲ 2.6×11 topics
- Alzheimer's Disease117▲ 2.4×9 topics
- Special Education113▲ 11×5 topics
- Gender Studies109▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Methodology106▲ 13×4 topics
- Quantitative Methods103▲ 41×1 topic
- Therapeutic Strategies80▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Amyloid Hypothesis76▲ 7.4×1 topic
- Tau Pathology76▲ 7.4×1 topic
What research is done in Gothenburg?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 103 works
- 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 76 works
- 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 75 works
- 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 74 works
- 5 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
- 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 44 works
- 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 43 works
- 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
- 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 39 works
- 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 37 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.