Research in Stockholm
Science Explorer records 430 research institutions in Stockholm, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
- Research institutions
- 430 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 290k ◆ 0% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 10.2M 35.3 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 25.0% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Stockholm?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karolinska InstitutetUniversity | 110,694 | #121 | |
| 2 | KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 57,521 | #301 | |
| 3 | Stockholm UniversityUniversity | 49,324 | #180 | |
| 4 | Swedish InstituteGovernment institution | 4,474 | #14,474 | |
| 5 | Stockholm School of EconomicsUniversity | 3,963 | #3,604 | |
| 6 | Science for Life LaboratoryResearch facility | 3,564 | #633 | |
| 7 | Swedish Defence Research AgencyFunder | 3,514 | #11,050 | |
| 8 | Stockholm South General HospitalHospital / health system | 3,147 | #4,123 | |
| 9 | Stockholm County CouncilGovernment institution | 2,829 | #1,928 | |
| 10 | Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryArchive | 2,632 | #6,115 | |
| 11 | Public and ScienceNonprofit | 2,248 | #6,508 all time | |
| 12 | Danderyds sjukhusHospital / health system | 2,146 | #8,355 | |
| 13 | AlbaNovaResearch facility | 2,014 | #2,809 | |
| 14 | IQ SamhällsbyggnadInstitution | 1,696 | #5,628 | |
| 15 | European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlGovernment institution | 1,593 | #8,382 | |
| 16 | Swedish Defence UniversityUniversity | 1,559 | #5,914 | |
| 17 | Research Institute of Industrial EconomicsNonprofit | 1,398 | #10,158 | |
| 18 | Wenner-Gren FoundationsInstitution | 1,232 | #7,186 all time | |
| 19 | Nordic Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility | 1,228 | #14,865 | |
| 20 | Sophiahemmet HospitalHospital / health system | 1,180 | #22,159 all time | |
| 21 | Nobel FoundationNonprofit | 1,132 | #13,588 | |
| 22 | S:t Eriks ÖgonsjukhusHospital / health system | 1,091 | #9,707 | |
| 23 | National Board of Health and WelfareGovernment institution | 1,076 | #7,675 all time | |
| 24 | Knowledge FoundationNonprofit | 1,024 | #10,132 | |
| 25 | Stockholm Environment InstituteNonprofit | 983 | #7,136 | |
| 26 | Autoliv (Sweden)Company | 970 | #7,212 | |
| 27 | Swedish e-Science Research CentreResearch facility | 941 | #5,399 all time | |
| 28 | Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesFunder | 937 | #14,188 | |
| 29 | St Göran's Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 891 | #13,429 all time | |
| 30 | Sandvik (Sweden)Company | 834 | #20,330 | |
| 31 | IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteNonprofit | 762 | #9,059 | |
| 32 | Saint Göran HospitalHospital / health system | 754 | #13,847 | |
| 33 | Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Company | 744 | #7,396 | |
| 34 | Swedish School of Sport and Health SciencesUniversity | 733 | #6,344 | |
| 35 | Sabbatsberg HospitalHospital / health system | 679 | #13,345 all time | |
| 36 | Institute for Futures StudiesResearch facility | 669 | #9,082 | |
| 37 | Swedish Research CouncilGovernment institution | 614 | #10,220 all time | |
| 38 | Vattenfall (Sweden)Company | 613 | #17,513 | |
| 39 | National Library of SwedenArchive | 576 | #15,514 | |
| 40 | Marie Cederschiöld UniversityUniversity | 570 | #11,824 | |
| 41 | Swedish National BankInstitution | 549 | #21,546 | |
| 42 | Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Company | 510 | #7,270 | |
| 43 | Sachs' Children and Youth HospitalHospital / health system | 471 | #15,771 | |
| 44 | Health Solutions (Sweden)Company | 443 | #10,829 | |
| 45 | Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management (Sweden)Company | 427 | #22,367 all time | |
| 46 | Swedish National Board of Forensic MedicineInstitution | 427 | #19,183 | |
| 47 | Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (Sweden)Company | 424 | #25,998 all time | |
| 48 | RatioResearch facility | 413 | #20,436 | |
| 49 | Swedish Institute of International AffairsNonprofit | 382 | #14,384 all time | |
| 50 | TeliaSonera (Sweden)Company | 349 | #20,605 all time | |
| 51 | Centre for Health Equity StudiesHospital / health system | 325 | #13,227 all time | |
| 52 | ResponsInstitution | 317 | #19,027 all time | |
| 53 | Ersta sjukhusHospital / health system | 311 | #17,380 all time | |
| 54 | Sophiahemmet University CollegeUniversity | 305 | #17,331 | |
| 55 | National Institute of Economic ResearchGovernment institution | 304 | #19,058 | |
| 56 | Stockholm Gerontology Research Center FoundationResearch facility | 298 | #12,789 all time | |
| 57 | Institute for Financial ResearchNonprofit | 292 | #18,129 all time | |
| 58 | Swedish National Heritage BoardGovernment institution | 291 | #20,371 all time | |
| 59 | Swedish AcademyInstitution | 283 | #17,108 all time | |
| 60 | International Data Group (Sweden)Company | 274 | #14,552 |
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Stockholm work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Stockholm is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences14k32.1%
- Engineering4,82611.2%
- Computer Science2,6466.1%
- Environmental Science2,0244.7%
- Physics and Astronomy1,3413.1%
- Materials Science1,0222.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6381.5%
- Mathematics4981.2%
- Chemistry4891.1%
- Energy2450.6%
- Chemical Engineering1090.3%
- Health Sciences13k29.8%
- Medicine11k25.4%
- Health Professions1,5063.5%
- Nursing1730.4%
- Dentistry1510.3%
- Veterinary430.1%
- Social Sciences11k24.5%
- Social Sciences4,95611.5%
- Psychology2,0044.6%
- Arts and Humanities1,1122.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,1082.6%
- Business, Management and Accounting1,0132.3%
- Decision Sciences3770.9%
- Life Sciences5,87713.6%
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.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Immunology and Microbiology1.68×629 works
- Neuroscience1.52×916 works
- Psychology1.49×1,692 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.45×1,199 works
- Health Professions1.35×1,320 works
- Medicine1.33×9,535 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×2,595 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×870 works
- Mathematics1.01×440 works
- Environmental Science0.93×1,713 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.91×528 works
- Arts and Humanities0.91×974 works
- Decision Sciences0.88×318 works
- Social Sciences0.88×4,139 works
- Nursing0.84×153 works
- Computer Science0.80×2,303 works
- Engineering0.78×4,354 works
- Chemistry0.75×436 works
- Chemical Engineering0.74×97 works
- Dentistry0.73×132 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.73×872 works
- Veterinary0.72×36 works
- Materials Science0.70×913 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×90 works
- Energy0.64×220 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×692 works
Which keywords describe research in Stockholm?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Critical Thinking, Formative Assessment, Cardiovascular Disease, Educational Technologies, Artistic Education and Student Competencies.
- Innovation Economics
- Digital Economy
- Investment
- Artistic Education
- Tourism Development
- Digital Education
- Critical Thinking
- Teaching Methods
- Entrepreneurship
- Obesity
- Genetics
- Renewable Energy
- Pedagogy
- Depression
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Treatment
- Cancer
- Risk Factors
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Biomarkers
- Language Teaching
- Anxiety
- Aging
- Mortality
- Formative Assessment
- Educational Technologies
- Student Competencies
- Global Governance
- Industrial Enterprises
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
- Epidemiology2,286▲ 1.33×138 topics
- Inflammation1,320▲ 1.44×83 topics
- Climate Change1,214◆ 1.03×126 topics
- Sustainability1,131◆ 1.07×133 topics
- Machine Learning1,118▼ 0.78×92 topics
- Deep Learning1,071▼ 0.72×84 topics
- Globalization1,048▲ 1.24×167 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease867▲ 1.76×39 topics
- Public Health851▲ 1.35×71 topics
- Quality of Life841▲ 1.35×60 topics
- Mental Health836▲ 1.36×46 topics
- Oxidative Stress821▲ 1.16×63 topics
- Treatment735▲ 1.40×52 topics
- Depression689▲ 1.82×26 topics
- Cancer634◆ 1.09×59 topics
- Pedagogy631▲ 2.9×30 topics
- Risk Factors619▲ 1.31×37 topics
- Renewable Energy594◆ 0.95×60 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome542▲ 1.55×24 topics
- Genetics537▲ 1.76×27 topics
- Biomarkers505▲ 1.68×18 topics
- Obesity457▲ 1.38×28 topics
- Language Teaching448▲ 3.9×8 topics
- Entrepreneurship437▲ 2.6×23 topics
- Anxiety423▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Teaching Methods423▲ 6.1×11 topics
- Aging422▲ 1.79×19 topics
- Critical Thinking415▲ 8.3×5 topics
- Mortality407▲ 1.66×13 topics
- Digital Education404▲ 6.3×7 topics
- Formative Assessment404▲ 11×2 topics
- Tourism Development403▲ 6.8×2 topics
- Educational Technologies398▲ 10×2 topics
- Artistic Education395▲ 14×1 topic
- Student Competencies395▲ 14×1 topic
- Investment321▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Global Governance311▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Digital Economy305▲ 3.5×18 topics
- Industrial Enterprises278▲ 19×1 topic
- Innovation Economics278▲ 19×1 topic
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.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.9% in 2016.
Questions people ask
What are the best universities in Stockholm for research?
Science Explorer records 430 research institutions in Stockholm, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
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