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Research in Karlstad

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Karlstad, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Karlstad University and Emerson (Sweden).

Research institutions
7
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.2k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
147k
20.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Karlstad

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 Karlstad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Karlstad UniversityUniversity 5,620 #1,600
2Emerson (Sweden)Company 923 #9,427
3Karlstad Central HospitalHospital / health system 586 #16,835 all time
4Swedish Civil Contingencies AgencyGovernment institution 76 not ranked
5Valmet (Sweden)Company 21 not ranked
6Värmlands Läns LandstingGovernment institution 12 not ranked
7Region Värmland KommunalförbundFunder 10 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.

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.

Karlstad University: 77.5%Emerson (Sweden): 12.7%Karlstad Central Hospital: 8.1%Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency: 1.0%3 others listed: 0.6%78%largest
Karlstad University5,620 · 77.5%Emerson (Sweden)923 · 12.7%Karlstad Central Hospital586 · 8.1%Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency76 · 1.0%3 others listed43 · 0.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Karlstad work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Karlstad is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Engineering (12%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 794 fractional works · 45.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 445 fractional works · 25.4% of its workEducation: 138 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 137 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 126 fractional works · 7.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 108 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMarketing: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 65 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 648 fractional works · 37.0% of its workEngineering: 217 fractional works · 12.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 176 fractional works · 10.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 46 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 113 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 222 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 129 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 78 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 88 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKarlstad1,751fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences45%

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 Sciences44525.4%
    2. Psychology1267.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1086.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities653.7%
    5. Decision Sciences281.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance221.3%
    1. Engineering21712.4%
    2. Computer Science17610.1%
    3. Environmental Science1136.4%
    4. Materials Science492.8%
    5. Mathematics341.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy261.5%
    7. Chemistry140.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences100.6%
    9. Energy70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine1297.4%
    2. Health Professions784.5%
    3. Nursing90.5%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences392.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology321.8%
    3. Neuroscience130.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Karlstad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Karlstad is most concentrated in Communication, Marketing and Developmental and Educational Psychology (5.5× the world share in Communication).

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 22.6 works5.5×
  2. MarketingSubfield · 29.3 works4.6×
  3. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 26.3 works3.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 149 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 191 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 99 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 39 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.65× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.27× its world share, 56 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.03× its world share, 99 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 109 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 387 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.37×109 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.03×99 works
  3. Social Sciences2.02×387 works
  4. Health Professions1.67×67 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.66×24 works
  6. Mathematics1.65×30 works
  7. Environmental Science1.31×99 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.27×56 works
  9. Computer Science1.26×149 works
  10. Nursing1.08×8 works
  11. Engineering0.84×191 works
  12. Materials Science0.73×39 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.66×22 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×21 works
  15. Chemistry0.53×13 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×35 works
  17. Neuroscience0.46×11 works
  18. Energy0.45×6 works
  19. Dentistry0.44×3 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×10 works
  21. Medicine0.37×108 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.36×2 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×24 works
  24. Veterinary0.27×1 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×2 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Karlstad?

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

▲ 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. Education70▲ 2.3×45 topics
  2. Machine Learning63◆ 1.09×64 topics
  3. Qualitative Research58▲ 3.9×19 topics
  4. Sustainability58▲ 1.35×62 topics
  5. Globalization56▲ 1.63×69 topics
  6. Climate Change53◆ 1.11×69 topics
  7. Deep Learning49▼ 0.81×49 topics
  8. Mental Health49▲ 1.94×30 topics
  9. Pedagogy47▲ 5.3×14 topics
  10. Discourse Analysis39▲ 9.3×7 topics
  11. Social Media38▲ 1.59×24 topics
  12. Social Sciences37▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Learning36▲ 7.0×6 topics
  14. Special Education35▲ 34×4 topics
  15. Gender Studies34▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Methodology33▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Quantitative Methods33▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Big Data29▲ 1.73×18 topics
  19. Social Capital24▲ 2.6×15 topics
  20. Job Satisfaction23▲ 3.0×11 topics
  21. Invasive Species23▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Child Development21▲ 3.0×7 topics
  23. Self-Regulation21▲ 6.8×6 topics
  24. Co-Creation21▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Neoliberalism19▲ 3.1×13 topics
  26. Customer Experience19▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. Technology Integration19▲ 3.5×9 topics
  28. 5G Networks17▲ 4.9×4 topics
  29. Reflective Practice17▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Teacher Professional Development17▲ 5.9×3 topics
  31. Academic Achievement16▲ 5.2×10 topics
  32. Environmental Attitudes16▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Online Communication15▲ 5.7×3 topics
  34. Professional Learning Communities14▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Value Creation14▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Marketing Strategy14▲ 6.9×3 topics
  37. Requirements Engineering13▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Product-Service Systems13▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Service Innovation13▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Participatory Design13▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Karlstad?

Social and Educational S…31Social and Educational Sciences: 31 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 12 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 11 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 10 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 10 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 9 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…9Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 9 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices: 8 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 8 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…8Media Studies and Communication: 8 fractional works
EducationMarketingManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 31 works
  2. 2 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 12 works
  3. 3 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 11 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 10 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 10 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 9 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 9 works
  8. 8 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 8 works
  10. 10 Media Studies and Communication Communication 8 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%Karlstad26.1% 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 2015.

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