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Research in Linköping

Science Explorer records 28 research institutions in Linköping, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Linköping University, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute and Linköping University Hospital.

Research institutions
28
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
48k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5M
30.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Linköping

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 Linköping?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Linköping UniversityUniversity 41,291 #334
2Linköping University HospitalHospital / health system 4,625 #8,924
3Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteGovernment institution 811 #7,084
4Thinfilm (Sweden)Company 477 #20,784
5County Administrative BoardGovernment institution 370 #16,241 all time
6Swedish National Forensic CentreResearch facility 221 #21,786 all time
7Swedish Geotechnical InstituteGovernment institution 193 #25,248 all time
8Industrial Development Center (Sweden)Company 78 not ranked
9Sectra (Sweden)Company 61 not ranked
10CBot (Sweden)Company 40 not ranked
11Signal Processing Devices (Sweden)Company 17 not ranked
12Impact Coatings (Sweden)Company 16 not ranked
13Wolfram MathCore (Sweden)Company 13 not ranked
14Thermal Systems Technology (Sweden)Company 11 not ranked
15VSL Systems (Sweden)Company 7 not ranked
16Polar Light Technologies (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
17Graphensic (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
18Visage Technologies (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
19Element Materials Technology (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
20Cinside (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
21Crearum (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
22CNS Systems (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
23Senionlab (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
24Ionautics (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
25Föreningen Universitetsholdingbolag i SverigeNonprofit 1 not ranked
26BarndiabetesfondensNonprofit 1 not ranked
27ReTreck (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
28Schemagi (Sweden)Company 1 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.

Linköping University: 85.6%Linköping University Hospital: 9.6%Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute: 1.7%Thinfilm (Sweden): 1.0%24 others listed: 2.2%86%largest
Linköping University41k · 85.6%Linköping University Hospital4,625 · 9.6%Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute811 · 1.7%Thinfilm (Sweden)477 · 1.0%24 others listed1,048 · 2.2%

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

Which fields of science does Linköping work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Linköping is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 2,792 fractional works · 38.4% of its workEngineering: 1,126 fractional works · 15.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 343 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 137 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 106 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 647 fractional works · 8.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 217 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 114 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 366 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 230 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 258 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 116 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 92 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,951 fractional works · 26.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 877 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 263 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEducation: 219 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 94 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 48 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 452 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 152 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 114 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 85 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 55 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 247 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 156 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 118 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 88 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,858 fractional works · 25.6% of its workMedicine: 1,570 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSurgery: 171 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 158 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEpidemiology: 110 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 105 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 100 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 84 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 238 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 133 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 670 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 285 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 149 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 196 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 70 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKLinköping7,271fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences27%

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. Engineering1,12615.5%
    2. Computer Science6478.9%
    3. Materials Science3665.0%
    4. Environmental Science2583.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1161.6%
    6. Mathematics921.3%
    7. Energy660.9%
    8. Chemistry610.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences400.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering190.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,95126.8%
    1. Social Sciences87712.1%
    2. Psychology4526.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2473.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities1562.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1181.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1011.4%
  3. Health Sciences1,85825.6%
    1. Medicine1,57021.6%
    2. Health Professions2383.3%
    3. Nursing240.3%
    4. Dentistry150.2%
    5. Veterinary110.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2853.9%
    2. Neuroscience1962.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1011.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology701.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Linköping strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Linköping is most concentrated in Applied Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology (3.8× the world share in Applied Psychology).

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 35.1 works3.8×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 76.7 works2.6×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 89 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 249 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 56 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 170 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 54 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 564 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 61 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 1,009 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 221 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 328 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 84 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 103 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 206 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 1,374 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 142 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 224 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 92 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 107 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.05× its world share, 401 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 768 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.05×401 works
  2. Neuroscience1.63×170 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.48×92 works
  4. Materials Science1.46×328 works
  5. Health Professions1.22×206 works
  6. Computer Science1.13×564 works
  7. Mathematics1.12×84 works
  8. Medicine1.11×1,374 works
  9. Veterinary1.11×10 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting1.08×224 works
  11. Engineering1.05×1,009 works
  12. Energy1.04×61 works
  13. Social Sciences0.95×768 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×56 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.78×107 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.77×142 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.76×17 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×249 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.72×103 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×16 works
  21. Environmental Science0.69×221 works
  22. Nursing0.56×18 works
  23. Chemistry0.54×54 works
  24. Dentistry0.41×13 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×37 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×89 works

Which keywords describe research in Linköping?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Special Education, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Social Sciences, Quality of Life, Depression and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology346▲ 1.19×127 topics
  2. Machine Learning233◆ 0.96×81 topics
  3. Deep Learning220◆ 0.88×75 topics
  4. Inflammation173◆ 1.12×81 topics
  5. Sustainability171◆ 0.96×79 topics
  6. Quality of Life149▲ 1.42×55 topics
  7. Mental Health139▲ 1.34×39 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease136▲ 1.63×35 topics
  9. Education126◆ 1.01×61 topics
  10. Renewable Energy125▲ 1.19×41 topics
  11. Depression123▲ 1.92×21 topics
  12. Risk Factors116▲ 1.44×35 topics
  13. Qualitative Research110▲ 1.77×21 topics
  14. Nanocomposites109▲ 1.90×22 topics
  15. Energy Efficiency107▲ 1.60×34 topics
  16. Treatment105▲ 1.19×45 topics
  17. Big Data99▲ 1.42×25 topics
  18. Anxiety86▲ 2.5×11 topics
  19. Two-Dimensional Materials75▲ 4.5×4 topics
  20. Semiconductors74▲ 3.5×5 topics
  21. Pedagogy74▲ 2.0×13 topics
  22. Resilience73▲ 2.0×14 topics
  23. Special Education72▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Learning70▲ 3.3×8 topics
  25. Heart Failure70▲ 2.2×13 topics
  26. Discourse Analysis68▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Social Sciences68▲ 6.4×6 topics
  28. Gender Studies62▲ 5.6×9 topics
  29. Methodology59▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Quantitative Methods59▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Thin Films56▲ 4.0×8 topics
  32. Organic Electronics54▲ 5.5×2 topics
  33. Light-Emitting Diodes53▲ 4.8×2 topics
  34. Field-Effect Transistors53▲ 4.7×4 topics
  35. Driver Behavior47▲ 8.1×2 topics
  36. Language Development47▲ 5.2×5 topics
  37. Conducting Polymers46▲ 4.8×2 topics
  38. PEDOT:PSS45▲ 5.6×1 topic
  39. Polyaniline45▲ 5.6×1 topic
  40. Sustainability Transitions36▲ 15×2 topics

What research is done in Linköping?

Social and Educational Sciences: 56 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 44 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 31 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 29 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 29 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Materials: 28 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…27Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 27 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 24 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 23 fractional worksOrganic Electronics and …23Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 23 fractional works
EducationPolymers and PlasticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 56 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 44 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 31 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 29 works
  5. 5 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  6. 6 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 28 works
  7. 7 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 27 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 24 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 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%Linköping23.0% 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 36.1% in 2013.

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