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Research in Kiruna

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Kiruna, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Swedish Institute of Space Physics.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
23.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kiruna

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 Kiruna?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Swedish Institute of Space PhysicsUniversity 1,360 #21,792
2European Incoherent Scatter Scientific AssociationInstitution 124 #34,533 all time

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 Kiruna work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research in Kiruna is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (64%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (13%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 131 fractional works · 90.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 92 fractional works · 63.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 83 fractional works · 57.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKiruna145fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy9263.7%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1913.3%
    3. Engineering128.0%
    4. Environmental Science42.7%
    5. Mathematics31.8%
    6. Computer Science10.8%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine43.1%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Psychology00.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kiruna strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kiruna is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (115.0× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 64.6 works115×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 71.5 works30×
← 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 22 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.80× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 29.76× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 29.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy29.76×72 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.80×15 works
  3. Mathematics1.66×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×6 works
  5. Environmental Science0.57×3 works
  6. Engineering0.46×8 works
  7. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  13. Psychology0.06×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works
  17. Medicine0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kiruna?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory and Mars.

▲ 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. Solar Wind44▲ 335×2 topics
  2. Ionosphere26▲ 323×1 topic
  3. Magnetosphere26▲ 323×1 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances19▲ 275×1 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets19▲ 275×1 topic
  6. Coronal Mass Ejections19▲ 352×1 topic
  7. Solar Dynamics Observatory19▲ 352×1 topic
  8. Mars12▲ 250×1 topic
  9. Martian Surface12▲ 250×1 topic
  10. Ionospheric Anomalies8▲ 147×1 topic
  11. Seismic Electromagnetics8▲ 147×1 topic
  12. Geomagnetic Field7▲ 208×1 topic
  13. Magnetosome Formation7▲ 208×1 topic
  14. Ozone Depletion4▲ 88×1 topic
  15. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Remote Sensing3▲ 1.80×7 topics
  17. Air Quality3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  18. Orbit Determination3▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Space Exploration2▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Turbulence2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Exoplanets2▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Satellite Observations2▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Simulation2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Supernovae2▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Spectroscopy2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  27. Geodetic Measurements2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Dusty Plasmas2▲ 155×1 topic
  29. Quantum Gravity2▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Quantum Plasma Physics2▲ 155×1 topic
  31. Sea Level Rise2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  32. Tokamak2▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Transport2▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Atmospheric Aerosols1▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Black Carbon1▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Cosmological Parameters1▲ 17×1 topic
  37. GNSS1▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Global Navigation Satellite Systems1▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Radiology Errors1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Structured Reporting1▲ 48×1 topic

What research is done in Kiruna?

Ionosphere and magnetosp…19Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 19 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 16 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 16 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 9 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 6 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 1 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysicsMolecular BiologyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  2. 2 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  5. 5 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works

Research output over time

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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%60%Kiruna21.5% 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 43.2% in 1994.

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