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Research in Lund

Science Explorer records 84 research institutions in Lund, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Lund University, Skåne University Hospital and MAX IV Laboratory.

Research institutions
84
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
120k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.7%
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 Lund?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lund UniversityUniversity 108,675 #234
2Skåne University HospitalHospital / health system 6,779 #2,238
3MAX IV LaboratoryResearch facility 957 #5,208
4European Spallation SourceResearch facility 643 #11,491
5Lund Science (Sweden)Company 422 #12,081 all time
6Informa (Sweden)Company 329 #24,460
7Swedish Institute for Health EconomicsResearch facility 317 #26,528 all time
8Ideon Science ParkArchive 308 #13,443 all time
9Medicon VillageInstitution 287 #18,041 all time
10Active Biotech (Sweden)Company 176 #21,735 all time
11Alfa Laval (Sweden)Company 165 #34,134 all time
12Tetra Pak (Sweden)Company 138 #40,104 all time
13Clay Technology (Sweden)Company 126 #24,026 all time
14Bioprocess Control (Sweden)Company 113 not ranked
15Modelon (Sweden)Company 72 not ranked
16BioInvent (Sweden)Company 65 not ranked
17Clinical Laserthermia Systems (Sweden)Company 57 not ranked
18K2Research facility 45 not ranked
19Magle (Sweden)Company 44 not ranked
20Alligator Bioscience (Sweden)Company 41 not ranked
21Trivector (Sweden)Company 39 not ranked
22Swedish Nutrition FoundationNonprofit 35 not ranked
23Sony (Sweden)Company 32 not ranked
24Ideon Innovation (Sweden)Company 29 not ranked
25Mobile Heights (Sweden)Company 28 not ranked
26SARomics Biostructures (Sweden)Company 25 not ranked
27Obducat (Sweden)Company 22 not ranked
28Hansa Biopharma (Sweden)Company 20 not ranked
29Scandinavian Sarcoma Group (Sweden)Company 19 not ranked
30ProbiInstitution 19 not ranked
31Genovis (Sweden)Company 18 not ranked
32Sol Voltaics (Sweden)Company 16 not ranked
33Biotage (Sweden)Company 15 not ranked
34CellaVision (Sweden)Company 15 not ranked
35Scanscot Technology (Sweden)Company 13 not ranked
36SpectraCure (Sweden)Company 12 not ranked
37Innovation Skåne (Sweden)Company 11 not ranked
38Aventure (Sweden)Company 10 not ranked
39CapSenze (Sweden)Company 9 not ranked
40Acconeer (Sweden)Company 9 not ranked
41Red Glead Discovery (Sweden)Company 8 not ranked
42Immunovia (Sweden)Company 6 not ranked
43Random Walk ImagingInstitution 6 not ranked
44Qlucore (Sweden)Company 6 not ranked
45Precise Biometrics (Sweden)Company 6 not ranked
46Bjarga (Sweden)Company 5 not ranked
47Royal Physiographic Society of LundUniversity 5 not ranked
48Combain Mobile (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
49Glo (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
50Vultus (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
51GoalArt (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
52Lund MunicipalityGovernment institution 4 not ranked
53Follicum (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
54Cleantech ScandinaviaInstitution 4 not ranked
55Watersprint (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
56Bonesupport (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
57GasPorOx (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
58NeuroVive Pharmaceutical (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
59Cognimatics (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
60Catator (Sweden)Company 3 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.

Lund University: 90.4%Skåne University Hospital: 5.6%MAX IV Laboratory: 0.8%European Spallation Source: 0.5%56 others listed: 2.7%90%largest
Lund University109k · 90.4%Skåne University Hospital6,779 · 5.6%MAX IV Laboratory957 · 0.8%European Spallation Source643 · 0.5%56 others listed3,190 · 2.7%

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

What is Lund strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lund is most concentrated in Public Administration, Radiation and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (5.4× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 40.8 works5.4×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 82.8 works4.3×
  3. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 40.9 works3.8×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 109.2 works2.5×
  5. RheumatologySubfield · 142.9 works2.2×
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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 Lund?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Globalization, Oxidative Stress, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life and Neurodegeneration.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Epidemiology700▲ 1.26×133 topics
  2. Climate Change514▲ 1.36×106 topics
  3. Inflammation451▲ 1.55×83 topics
  4. Globalization328▲ 1.19×111 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress295▲ 1.29×62 topics
  6. Machine Learning273▼ 0.60×82 topics
  7. Quality of Life260▲ 1.29×54 topics
  8. Sustainability253▼ 0.74×97 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease243▲ 1.56×39 topics
  10. Cancer212◆ 1.13×53 topics
  11. Treatment211▲ 1.24×48 topics
  12. Public Health204◆ 1.00×60 topics
  13. Mental Health204◆ 0.99×38 topics
  14. Risk Factors192▲ 1.25×36 topics
  15. Human Rights184▲ 1.27×59 topics
  16. Biomarkers169▲ 1.77×18 topics
  17. Diagnosis167▲ 1.28×38 topics
  18. Immunotherapy158▲ 1.58×19 topics
  19. Management154▲ 1.40×32 topics
  20. Genetics152▲ 1.55×24 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome145▲ 1.27×22 topics
  22. Chemotherapy140▲ 1.43×25 topics
  23. Global Burden135▲ 1.79×12 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration132▲ 3.1×11 topics
  25. Neoliberalism124▲ 2.5×25 topics
  26. Heart Failure123▲ 2.0×14 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines122▲ 1.60×14 topics
  28. Ethics119▲ 1.76×38 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation114▲ 2.9×6 topics
  30. Guidelines113▲ 1.73×13 topics
  31. Neuroimaging105▲ 2.8×11 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging104▲ 2.9×8 topics
  33. Discourse Analysis94▲ 2.6×8 topics
  34. Social Sciences93▲ 4.7×8 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy88▲ 2.7×5 topics
  36. Gender Studies83▲ 3.8×8 topics
  37. Special Education76▲ 9.4×5 topics
  38. Methodology75▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Quantitative Methods73▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Chemical Kinetics72▲ 5.8×3 topics

What research is done in Lund?

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 73 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 55 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 53 works
  4. 4 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 47 works
  5. 5 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 43 works
  6. 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 36 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 36 works
  8. 8 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 34 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 33 works
  10. 10 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 32 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.