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Research in Umeå

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Umeå, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Umeå University.

Research institutions
17
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6M
35.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Umeå

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 Umeå?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Umeå UniversityUniversity 42,911 #325
2Centre for Biomedical Engineering and PhysicsNonprofit 595 #5,545 all time
3Västerbotten CountyGovernment institution 133 #28,915 all time
4Boréa (Sweden)Company 99 not ranked
5LunaLEC (Sweden)Company 19 not ranked
6Algoryx Simulation (Sweden)Company 11 not ranked
7SweTree Technologies (Sweden)Company 9 not ranked
8Västerbottens Läns LandstingGovernment institution 6 not ranked
9Umeå MunicipalityGovernment institution 5 not ranked
10Lipigon Pharmaceuticals (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
11Uminova Innovation (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
12SpaceTime Communication (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
13Limes Audio (Sweden)Company 3 not ranked
14Enetjärn Natur (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
15Betagenon (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
16Codemill (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
17Bioendev (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.

Umeå University: 98.0%Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics: 1.4%Västerbotten County: 0.3%Boréa (Sweden): 0.2%13 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
Umeå University43k · 98.0%Centre for Biomedical Engineering and Physics595 · 1.4%Västerbotten County133 · 0.3%Boréa (Sweden)99 · 0.2%13 others listed66 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Umeå work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research in Umeå is in Health Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,897 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMedicine: 1,514 fractional works · 25.0% of its workSurgery: 151 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 143 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 129 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 106 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 105 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 99 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 60 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 118 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 303 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 186 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,753 fractional works · 28.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 946 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 304 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 212 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 104 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 359 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 120 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 104 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 57 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 172 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 117 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 71 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,509 fractional works · 24.9% of its workComputer Science: 442 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 188 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 336 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 322 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 86 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 902 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 485 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 285 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 80 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 197 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 102 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 152 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 75 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUmeå6,061fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences29%

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. Health Sciences1,89731.3%
    1. Medicine1,51425.0%
    2. Health Professions3035.0%
    3. Dentistry410.7%
    4. Nursing350.6%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,75328.9%
    1. Social Sciences94615.6%
    2. Psychology3595.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities1722.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1171.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance881.5%
    6. Decision Sciences711.2%
    1. Computer Science4427.3%
    2. Environmental Science3365.5%
    3. Engineering3225.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy861.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences841.4%
    6. Materials Science831.4%
    7. Mathematics701.2%
    8. Chemistry430.7%
    9. Energy340.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4858.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1973.2%
    3. Neuroscience1522.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology631.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Umeå strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Umeå is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction and Gender Studies (3.0× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 32.6 works3.0×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 51.6 works2.7×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 168 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 412 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 128 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 392 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 286 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 289 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 71 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 75 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 33 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 260 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 1,307 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 154 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 111 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 63 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 79 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 311 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 830 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.94×311 works
  2. Health Professions1.87×260 works
  3. Neuroscience1.50×128 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×412 works
  5. Medicine1.29×1,307 works
  6. Dentistry1.28×33 works
  7. Social Sciences1.25×830 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.24×63 works
  9. Nursing1.21×31 works
  10. Environmental Science1.10×289 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.01×154 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×53 works
  13. Computer Science0.96×392 works
  14. Mathematics0.96×59 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×74 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×79 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×168 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×111 works
  19. Energy0.64×31 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.64×75 works
  21. Veterinary0.49×4 works
  22. Chemistry0.42×34 works
  23. Materials Science0.39×71 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.36×7 works
  25. Engineering0.36×286 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Umeå?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology356▲ 1.47×130 topics
  2. Climate Change227▲ 1.38×94 topics
  3. Machine Learning167▼ 0.83×76 topics
  4. Inflammation167▲ 1.29×81 topics
  5. Quality of Life152▲ 1.73×52 topics
  6. Mental Health151▲ 1.74×37 topics
  7. Public Health149▲ 1.69×58 topics
  8. Globalization144▲ 1.21×89 topics
  9. Deep Learning136▼ 0.65×69 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease133▲ 1.92×36 topics
  11. Risk Factors124▲ 1.86×36 topics
  12. Education113◆ 1.08×62 topics
  13. Treatment108▲ 1.47×51 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress108◆ 1.08×56 topics
  15. Depression102▲ 1.92×22 topics
  16. Social Media94◆ 1.12×32 topics
  17. Qualitative Research91▲ 1.76×23 topics
  18. Diagnosis90▲ 1.58×40 topics
  19. Global Burden88▲ 2.6×12 topics
  20. Genetics76▲ 1.78×27 topics
  21. Management74▲ 1.52×31 topics
  22. Well-being73▲ 3.1×14 topics
  23. Health Effects69▲ 1.87×21 topics
  24. Mortality67▲ 1.95×13 topics
  25. Ethics66▲ 2.1×33 topics
  26. Anxiety64▲ 2.2×11 topics
  27. Pedagogy62▲ 2.0×17 topics
  28. Social Sciences53▲ 6.1×9 topics
  29. Prevalence53▲ 2.1×15 topics
  30. Neoliberalism53▲ 2.4×19 topics
  31. Health Disparities51▲ 3.2×9 topics
  32. Surveillance50▲ 3.0×5 topics
  33. Discourse Analysis45▲ 3.1×8 topics
  34. Mortality Risk44▲ 3.1×6 topics
  35. Vulnerability43▲ 3.1×8 topics
  36. Special Education43▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Gender Studies40▲ 4.4×8 topics
  38. Academic Achievement40▲ 3.8×9 topics
  39. Methodology39▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Quantitative Methods38▲ 48×1 topic

What research is done in Umeå?

Social and Educational Sciences: 37 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 27 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…23Asthma and respiratory diseases: 23 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…22Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 22 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 21 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 20 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…19Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 19 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 17 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 16 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…16Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 16 fractional works
EducationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologySafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 37 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 23 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 22 works
  5. 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 21 works
  6. 6 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 20 works
  7. 7 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 19 works
  8. 8 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 16 works
  10. 10 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 16 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Umeå23.6% 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 35.4% in 2007.

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