Research in Stockholm
Science Explorer records 441 research institutions in Stockholm, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
- Research institutions
- 441 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 290k ▲ 5% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 25.0% 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 Stockholm?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karolinska InstitutetUniversity | 78,576 | #187 | |
| 2 | KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 56,185 | #285 | |
| 3 | Stockholm UniversityUniversity | 47,688 | #260 | |
| 4 | Karolinska University HospitalHospital / health system | 30,098 | #721 | |
| 5 | Swedish InstituteGovernment institution | 4,474 | #18,091 | |
| 6 | Stockholm School of EconomicsUniversity | 3,963 | #5,509 | |
| 7 | Science for Life LaboratoryResearch facility | 3,564 | #1,210 | |
| 8 | Swedish Defence Research AgencyFunder | 3,514 | #16,001 | |
| 9 | Stockholm South General HospitalHospital / health system | 3,147 | #8,317 | |
| 10 | Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryArchive | 2,632 | #6,896 | |
| 11 | Public and ScienceNonprofit | 2,248 | #10,054 all time | |
| 12 | Danderyds sjukhusHospital / health system | 2,146 | #11,449 | |
| 13 | AlbaNovaResearch facility | 2,014 | #2,164 | |
| 14 | IQ SamhällsbyggnadInstitution | 1,696 | #20,653 | |
| 15 | European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlGovernment institution | 1,593 | #6,864 | |
| 16 | Swedish Defence UniversityUniversity | 1,559 | #10,937 | |
| 17 | Research Institute of Industrial EconomicsNonprofit | 1,398 | #11,591 | |
| 18 | Wallenberg Wood Science CenterResearch facility | 1,337 | #5,258 | |
| 19 | Stockholm County CouncilGovernment institution | 1,332 | #16,517 | |
| 20 | Wenner-Gren FoundationsInstitution | 1,232 | #2,422 all time | |
| 21 | Nordic Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility | 1,228 | #5,400 | |
| 22 | Sophiahemmet HospitalHospital / health system | 1,180 | #8,775 all time | |
| 23 | Nobel FoundationNonprofit | 1,132 | #26,657 | |
| 24 | S:t Eriks ÖgonsjukhusHospital / health system | 1,091 | #21,725 | |
| 25 | National Board of Health and WelfareGovernment institution | 1,076 | #9,004 all time | |
| 26 | Knowledge FoundationNonprofit | 1,024 | #17,057 | |
| 27 | Autoliv (Sweden)Company | 970 | #24,476 | |
| 28 | Swedish e-Science Research CentreResearch facility | 941 | #3,155 all time | |
| 29 | St Göran's Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 891 | #13,633 all time | |
| 30 | Sandvik (Sweden)Company | 834 | #16,470 | |
| 31 | Stockholm Health Care ServicesHospital / health system | 774 | #6,586 | |
| 32 | Saint Göran HospitalHospital / health system | 754 | #22,248 | |
| 33 | Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Company | 744 | #5,603 | |
| 34 | Swedish School of Sport and Health SciencesUniversity | 733 | #16,826 | |
| 35 | Ambulance Care (Sweden)Company | 723 | #17,603 | |
| 36 | Sabbatsberg HospitalHospital / health system | 679 | #8,802 all time | |
| 37 | Institute for Futures StudiesResearch facility | 669 | #14,134 | |
| 38 | IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteNonprofit | 668 | #10,079 | |
| 39 | Stockholm Resilience CentreUniversity | 646 | #9,628 | |
| 40 | Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchResearch facility | 622 | #2,947 | |
| 41 | Swedish Research CouncilGovernment institution | 614 | #8,803 all time | |
| 42 | Vattenfall (Sweden)Company | 613 | #23,609 | |
| 43 | Stockholm Environment InstituteNonprofit | 594 | #14,650 | |
| 44 | National Library of SwedenArchive | 576 | #24,082 | |
| 45 | Marie Cederschiöld UniversityUniversity | 570 | #17,133 | |
| 46 | Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesFunder | 561 | #6,880 all time | |
| 47 | Swedish National BankInstitution | 549 | #25,784 | |
| 48 | Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Company | 510 | #15,236 | |
| 49 | Sachs' Children and Youth HospitalHospital / health system | 471 | #14,157 | |
| 50 | Health Solutions (Sweden)Company | 443 | #15,779 | |
| 51 | Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (Sweden)Company | 427 | #15,057 all time | |
| 52 | Swedish National Board of Forensic MedicineInstitution | 427 | #17,974 | |
| 53 | Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sweden)Company | 424 | #16,089 all time | |
| 54 | RatioResearch facility | 413 | #20,588 | |
| 55 | Swedish Institute of International AffairsNonprofit | 382 | #21,817 all time | |
| 56 | TeliaSonera (Sweden)Company | 349 | #25,522 all time | |
| 57 | Centre for Health Equity StudiesHospital / health system | 325 | #21,595 all time | |
| 58 | ResponsInstitution | 317 | #30,626 all time | |
| 59 | Ersta sjukhusHospital / health system | 311 | #17,635 all time | |
| 60 | Sophiahemmet University CollegeUniversity | 305 | #13,003 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Stockholm strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Stockholm is most concentrated in Research and Theory, Public Administration and Behavioral Neuroscience (2.6× the world share in Research and Theory).
- Research and TheorySubfield · 24.6 works2.6×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 49.8 works2.5×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 32.8 works2.2×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 406.8 works2.2×
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 63.0 works2.1×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 107.8 works2.0×
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 Stockholm?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Climate Change, Quality of Life, Public Health, Mental Health and Depression.
- Quantitative Methods
- Special Education
- Artistic Education
- Tourism Development
- Digital Education
- Teaching Methods
- Prevalence
- Health Effects
- Anxiety
- Obesity
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Risk Factors
- Depression
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Cancer
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Pedagogy
- Diagnosis
- Aging
- Mortality
- Global Burden
- Language Teaching
- Critical Thinking
- Formative Assessment
- Educational Technologies
- Student Competencies
- Methodology
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
- Epidemiology1,982▲ 1.35×137 topics
- Inflammation1,152▲ 1.49×83 topics
- Climate Change1,010◆ 1.01×125 topics
- Machine Learning939▼ 0.77×92 topics
- Deep Learning914▼ 0.72×83 topics
- Sustainability866◆ 0.96×131 topics
- Globalization774◆ 1.06×159 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease758▲ 1.83×39 topics
- Public Health741▲ 1.37×71 topics
- Quality of Life740▲ 1.38×60 topics
- Mental Health721▲ 1.32×46 topics
- Oxidative Stress714▲ 1.17×63 topics
- Treatment645▲ 1.43×52 topics
- Depression587▲ 1.80×26 topics
- Cancer556◆ 1.11×59 topics
- Risk Factors535▲ 1.31×37 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome474▲ 1.57×23 topics
- Genetics466▲ 1.79×27 topics
- Pedagogy433▲ 2.4×30 topics
- Biomarkers427▲ 1.68×18 topics
- Diagnosis427▲ 1.23×41 topics
- Obesity390▲ 1.39×27 topics
- Aging366▲ 1.83×19 topics
- Anxiety364▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Mortality363▲ 1.69×13 topics
- Health Effects358▲ 1.60×24 topics
- Global Burden333▲ 1.67×12 topics
- Prevalence309▲ 2.0×15 topics
- Language Teaching258▲ 2.7×8 topics
- Teaching Methods236▲ 4.5×10 topics
- Critical Thinking229▲ 6.2×5 topics
- Digital Education219▲ 4.5×7 topics
- Formative Assessment219▲ 8.7×2 topics
- Tourism Development216▲ 4.8×2 topics
- Educational Technologies214▲ 7.4×2 topics
- Artistic Education211▲ 11×1 topic
- Student Competencies211▲ 11×1 topic
- Special Education157▲ 7.3×5 topics
- Methodology147▲ 8.3×5 topics
- Quantitative Methods142▲ 27×2 topics
What research is done in Stockholm?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 211 works
- 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 141 works
- 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 117 works
- 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 109 works
- 5 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 100 works
- 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 93 works
- 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 84 works
- 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 80 works
- 9 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 74 works
- 10 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 74 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.