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Research in Kista

Science Explorer records 32 research institutions in Kista, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ericsson (Sweden) and Kista Photonics Research Center.

Research institutions
32
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
7.2k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
141k
19.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Kista

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 Kista?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ericsson (Sweden)Company 5,113 #7,670
2Kista Photonics Research CenterResearch facility 1,317 #14,131
3Nanosc (Sweden)Company 197 #9,466 all time
4Baxter (Sweden)Company 193 #27,364 all time
5Swedish Association for Sexuality EducationNonprofit 63 not ranked
6Appear Networks (Sweden)Company 53 not ranked
7Excillum (Sweden)Company 52 not ranked
8IRnova (Sweden)Company 50 not ranked
9Intertek (Sweden)Company 28 not ranked
10Ascatron (Sweden)Company 18 not ranked
11Proximion (Sweden)Company 17 not ranked
12Brighter (Sweden)Company 12 not ranked
13Replisaurus Technologies (Sweden)Company 8 not ranked
14Sivers IMA (Sweden)Company 8 not ranked
15Brockmann Geomatics (Sweden)Company 5 not ranked
16Cortus Energy (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
17Scint-X (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
18Orexplore (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
19Neosense Technologies (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
20Agilent Technologies (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
21Mantex (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
22SenSic (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
23Ascilion (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
24ReformTech (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
25Bioservo Technologies (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
26Climeon (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
27Brainglass (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
28SenseGraphics (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
29Stockholm Innovation & GrowthNonprofit 1 not ranked
30Findout Technologies (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
31Hytton Technologies (Sweden)Company 0 not ranked
32Uson Marine (Sweden)Company 0 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.

Ericsson (Sweden): 71.4%Kista Photonics Research Center: 18.4%Nanosc (Sweden): 2.7%Baxter (Sweden): 2.7%26 others listed: 4.8%71%largest
Ericsson (Sweden)5,113 · 71.4%Kista Photonics Research Center1,317 · 18.4%Nanosc (Sweden)197 · 2.7%Baxter (Sweden)193 · 2.7%26 others listed346 · 4.8%

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

Which fields of science does Kista work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research in Kista is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Computer Science (31%), Medicine (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 812 fractional works · 83.2% of its workEngineering: 422 fractional works · 43.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 250 fractional works · 25.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 51 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 305 fractional works · 31.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 107 fractional works · 10.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 87 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 40 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoftware: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 57 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKista976fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering42243.2%
    2. Computer Science30531.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy373.7%
    4. Materials Science202.1%
    5. Environmental Science151.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.5%
    7. Mathematics30.3%
    8. Chemistry20.2%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences323.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting192.0%
    3. Decision Sciences101.0%
    4. Psychology101.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities60.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.4%
    1. Medicine454.6%
    2. Health Professions80.8%
    3. Veterinary30.3%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology131.3%
    2. Neuroscience70.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    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 Kista strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kista is most concentrated in Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (11.9× the world share in Computer Networks and Communications).

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 94.7 works12×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 235.3 works7.4×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.98× its world share, 277 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.95× its world share, 396 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.64× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.98×277 works
  2. Engineering2.95×396 works
  3. Veterinary2.42×3 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.64×33 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.06×9 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×18 works
  7. Materials Science0.59×18 works
  8. Neuroscience0.45×6 works
  9. Psychology0.34×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.30×13 works
  12. Health Professions0.30×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.27×3 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×11 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
  16. Energy0.24×2 works
  17. Medicine0.23×40 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.23×6 works
  19. Social Sciences0.23×26 works
  20. Nursing0.21×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×3 works
  22. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×3 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kista?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Deep Learning, Massive MIMO, 5G Networks, Spectral Efficiency, Heterogeneous Networks, Cellular Networks and Interference Alignment.

▲ 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. Energy Efficiency95▲ 11×17 topics
  2. Deep Learning93▲ 2.8×66 topics
  3. Machine Learning64▲ 1.95×58 topics
  4. Massive MIMO56▲ 71×3 topics
  5. 5G Networks49▲ 25×5 topics
  6. Spectral Efficiency47▲ 75×3 topics
  7. Heterogeneous Networks44▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Neural Networks43▲ 2.8×26 topics
  9. Cellular Networks42▲ 93×1 topic
  10. Interference Alignment42▲ 93×1 topic
  11. Wireless Networks42▲ 29×9 topics
  12. MIMO Systems40▲ 52×3 topics
  13. Internet of Things33▲ 3.9×16 topics
  14. Wireless Communication32▲ 22×6 topics
  15. Channel Modeling31▲ 27×6 topics
  16. Channel Estimation30▲ 35×4 topics
  17. 5G30▲ 54×3 topics
  18. IoT Security30▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Big Data30▲ 3.2×18 topics
  20. Wireless Communications29▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Anomaly Detection27▲ 9.7×3 topics
  22. Beamforming27▲ 27×4 topics
  23. Artificial Neural Networks27▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Security and Privacy27▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Distributed Systems25▲ 15×6 topics
  26. Smart Cities24▲ 9.5×6 topics
  27. Wireless Sensor Networks24▲ 5.6×15 topics
  28. Security24▲ 3.7×18 topics
  29. Integrated Circuits22▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Mobile Edge Computing20▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Resource Allocation20▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Edge Computing20▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Communications18▲ 57×2 topics
  34. Hybrid Precoding18▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Millimeter Wave18▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Fog Computing17▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Network Virtualization16▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Software-Defined Networking16▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces15▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access15▲ 39×1 topic

What research is done in Kista?

Advanced MIMO Systems Op…40Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 40 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 17 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 14 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 13 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G: 12 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering an…12Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 12 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 12 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 10 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 10 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAerospace EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
  2. 2 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 16 works
  4. 4 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  6. 6 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 12 works
  7. 7 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  8. 8 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  9. 9 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  10. 10 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 10 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%Kista13.2% 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 31.4% in 2016.

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