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Research in Malmo

Science Explorer records 46 research institutions in Malmo, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Malmö University, World Maritime University and Vetenskap I Skolan.

Research institutions
46
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
13k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
345k
26.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Malmo

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 Malmo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Malmö UniversityUniversity 10,278 #1,617
2World Maritime UniversityUniversity 1,028 #5,274
3Vetenskap I SkolanInstitution 616 #12,263
4Malmö MunicipalityGovernment institution 220 #18,950 all time
5E.ON Sverige (Sweden)Company 193 #24,856 all time
6Sweden Water Research (Sweden)Company 157 #27,658 all time
7Orbital Systems (Sweden)Company 148 #34,044 all time
8Perstorp (Sweden)Company 111 not ranked
9AkademiklinikenHospital / health system 58 not ranked
10Fire Safety DesignCompany 52 not ranked
11AVEVA (Sweden)Company 31 not ranked
12MedeonInstitution 26 not ranked
13Sydsvensk ArkeologiArchive 17 not ranked
14Skånemejerier (Sweden)Company 16 not ranked
15Svenskt Gastekniskt CenterResearch facility 16 not ranked
16VA SydGovernment institution 15 not ranked
17Ahrens (Sweden)Company 15 not ranked
18Danpet (Sweden)Company 11 not ranked
19CMC Contrast (Sweden)Company 10 not ranked
20International Organisation for Knowledge Economy and Enterprise DevelopmentNonprofit 9 not ranked
21Ferring Läkemedel (Sweden)Company 8 not ranked
22Sandberg Development (Sweden)Company 7 not ranked
23Arjo (Sweden)Company 7 not ranked
24Katam (Sweden)Company 6 not ranked
25Minc (Sweden)Company 6 not ranked
26Malmö MuseerArchive 5 not ranked
27Flow Neuroscience (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
284IT I (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
29Saplo (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
30Oatly (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
31BTB Pharma (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
32Setrab (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
33Needs Drive (Sweden‎)Company 3 not ranked
34InnoVentum (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
35Airec (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
36WntResearch (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
37Sustainable Business Hub (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
38Ozma (Sweden)Company 2 not ranked
39Procera Networks (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
40Skånes LivsmedelsakademiInstitution 1 not ranked
41Hövding (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
42Sysav South Scania Waste (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
43TopVisible (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
44Alfred Österlunds StiftelseInstitution 0 not ranked
45Ball (Sweden)Company 0 not ranked
46Industriella UtvecklingsCentraNonprofit 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.

Malmö University: 78.4%World Maritime University: 7.8%Vetenskap I Skolan: 4.7%Malmö Municipality: 1.7%39 others listed: 7.3%78%largest
Malmö University10k · 78.4%World Maritime University1,028 · 7.8%Vetenskap I Skolan616 · 4.7%Malmö Municipality220 · 1.7%39 others listed962 · 7.3%

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

Which fields of science does Malmo work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Malmo is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,114 fractional works · 44.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 670 fractional works · 26.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 240 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 142 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 159 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 62 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 106 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 86 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 51 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 649 fractional works · 26.0% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 171 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 60 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 151 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 49 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 597 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMedicine: 365 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 140 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 73 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 75 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOral Surgery: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 135 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMalmo2,495fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences24%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 Sciences1,11444.7%
    1. Social Sciences67026.9%
    2. Psychology1596.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities1064.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting863.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.0%
    6. Decision Sciences421.7%
    1. Engineering2108.4%
    2. Environmental Science1716.9%
    3. Computer Science1516.0%
    4. Materials Science291.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy200.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.7%
    7. Chemistry160.6%
    8. Energy150.6%
    9. Mathematics120.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.3%
    1. Medicine36514.6%
    2. Health Professions1405.6%
    3. Dentistry753.0%
    4. Nursing130.5%
    5. Veterinary40.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology612.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences361.4%
    3. Neuroscience180.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology150.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Malmo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Malmo is most concentrated in Oral Surgery and Dentistry (6.7× the world share in Oral Surgery).

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 27.0 works6.7×
  2. DentistryField · 65.9 works6.5×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 28 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 97 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 180 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 152 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.52× its world share, 66 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 123 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 307 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 89 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 134 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 572 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry6.52×66 works
  2. Health Professions2.23×123 works
  3. Social Sciences2.17×572 works
  4. Psychology2.11×134 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.48×89 works
  6. Environmental Science1.47×152 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.32×27 works
  8. Veterinary1.31×4 works
  9. Nursing1.04×11 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×43 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×64 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.84×6 works
  13. Medicine0.77×307 works
  14. Energy0.72×14 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×14 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.60×97 works
  18. Engineering0.58×180 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.50×16 works
  20. Neuroscience0.47×16 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×51 works
  22. Chemistry0.43×14 works
  23. Mathematics0.39×10 works
  24. Materials Science0.35×25 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.35×16 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×28 works

Which keywords describe research in Malmo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Maritime Transportation, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Sustainability, Neoliberalism, Identity and Education.

▲ 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. Globalization110▲ 2.2×88 topics
  2. Epidemiology102◆ 1.02×108 topics
  3. Sustainability96▲ 1.57×81 topics
  4. Climate Change88▲ 1.30×73 topics
  5. Mental Health85▲ 2.4×41 topics
  6. Quality of Life78▲ 2.2×52 topics
  7. Education77▲ 1.80×64 topics
  8. Environmental Impact71▲ 1.68×38 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence66▲ 1.85×31 topics
  10. Identity57▲ 3.2×42 topics
  11. Big Data55▲ 2.3×16 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management51▲ 2.3×23 topics
  13. Maritime Transportation50▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Qualitative Research50▲ 2.4×26 topics
  15. Neoliberalism46▲ 5.1×18 topics
  16. Ethics44▲ 3.5×28 topics
  17. International Law43▲ 5.4×15 topics
  18. Risk Assessment43▲ 2.6×16 topics
  19. Pedagogy36▲ 2.9×17 topics
  20. Human Factors34▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Reflective Practice32▲ 6.9×7 topics
  22. Shipping32▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Discrimination28▲ 5.3×5 topics
  24. Emissions28▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Stakeholder Engagement28▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Youth Engagement28▲ 5.1×5 topics
  27. Collision Avoidance27▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Trauma27▲ 5.2×10 topics
  29. Path Planning27▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Autonomous Ships27▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Unmanned Surface Vehicles27▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Fuel Consumption26▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Alternative Fuels24▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Emission Control Areas24▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Ship Propulsion24▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Environmental Protection23▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Access and Benefit Sharing23▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Marine Genetic Resources23▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Container Terminals23▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Neighborhood Effects23▲ 8.6×3 topics

What research is done in Malmo?

Maritime Navigation and …24Maritime Navigation and Safety: 24 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emiss…22Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 22 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…21Maritime Ports and Logistics: 21 fractional worksInternational Maritime L…21International Maritime Law Issues: 21 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 20 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 14 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…13Migration, Health and Trauma: 13 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 12 fractional worksMaritime Security and History: 12 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 11 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law5 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 24 works
  2. 2 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 22 works
  3. 3 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 21 works
  4. 4 International Maritime Law Issues Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 21 works
  5. 5 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 20 works
  6. 6 Social and Educational Sciences Education 14 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 13 works
  8. 8 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  9. 9 Maritime Security and History Transportation 12 works
  10. 10 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 11 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%Malmo19.5% 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 31.7% in 2017.

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