Research in Uppsala
Science Explorer records 76 research institutions in Uppsala, Sweden. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Uppsala University, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Quantum Technologies (Sweden).
- Research institutions
- 76 7 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 133k ▲ 2% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 25.9% 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 Uppsala?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uppsala UniversityUniversity | 81,420 | #144 | |
| 2 | Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUniversity | 26,161 | #966 | |
| 3 | Uppsala University HospitalHospital / health system | 15,760 | #5,532 | |
| 4 | Swedish Veterinary AgencyGovernment institution | 1,980 | #15,758 | |
| 5 | Geological Survey of SwedenGovernment institution | 947 | #10,278 all time | |
| 6 | Ludwig Cancer ResearchNonprofit | 785 | #3,983 all time | |
| 7 | Akademiska BarnsjukhusetHospital / health system | 729 | #27,770 all time | |
| 8 | National Food AdministrationGovernment institution | 715 | #15,028 all time | |
| 9 | Swedish Collegium for Advanced StudyUniversity | 662 | #19,787 all time | |
| 10 | Quantum Technologies (Sweden)Company | 498 | #3,289 | |
| 11 | Forestry Research Institute of SwedenResearch facility | 469 | #25,685 | |
| 12 | Nordic Africa InstituteResearch facility | 414 | #23,225 | |
| 13 | Medical Products AgencyGovernment institution | 387 | #13,027 all time | |
| 14 | Swedish Species Information CentreResearch facility | 233 | #21,347 all time | |
| 15 | Uppsala Monitoring CentreInstitution | 216 | #13,161 all time | |
| 16 | Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education PolicyResearch facility | 200 | #24,654 all time | |
| 17 | Swedish Institute for Language and FolkloreInstitution | 188 | #42,043 all time | |
| 18 | Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster ScienceResearch facility | 185 | #20,024 all time | |
| 19 | Statisticon (Sweden)Company | 156 | #29,231 all time | |
| 20 | Image Intelligence (Sweden)Company | 126 | #30,437 all time | |
| 21 | Thermo Fisher Scientific (Sweden)Company | 117 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Olink Bioscience (Sweden)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Orexo (Sweden)Company | 35 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Johannelund School of TheologyUniversity | 34 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Applied Nano Surfaces (Sweden)Company | 30 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Geosigma (Sweden)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 27 | General Electric (Sweden)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 28 | ChromoGenics (Sweden)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Swedish Society of OncologyInstitution | 24 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Royal Gustavus Adolphus AcademyUniversity | 23 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Dag Hammarskjöld FoundationNonprofit | 20 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Solibro Research (Sweden)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Carl von Linné ClinicHospital / health system | 18 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Landstinget i Uppsala länGovernment institution | 18 | not ranked | |
| 35 | UpplandsmuseetArchive | 16 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Scandinavian Leadership (Sweden)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Doxa (Sweden)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Biovica (Sweden)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Beactica (Sweden)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Scienta Scientific (Sweden)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Denator (Sweden)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 42 | ÅAC Microtec (Sweden)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Endovab Endovascular Development (Sweden)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Novavax (Sweden)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 45 | OssDsign (Sweden)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 46 | ScandiDos (Sweden)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Life & Peace InstituteNonprofit | 7 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Bencar (Sweden)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Dirac Research (Sweden)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 50 | LIDDS (Sweden)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Ilya Pharma (Sweden)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Molecular Fingerprint (Sweden)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Gradientech (Sweden)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Oasmia Pharmaceutical (Sweden)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 55 | EasyMining (Sweden)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Bio-Works (Sweden)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Disruptive Materials (Sweden)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Trade Extensions (Sweden)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 59 | VBN Components (Sweden)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Corline Systems (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.
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What is Uppsala strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Uppsala is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (14.5× the world share in Equine).
- EquineSubfield · 29.2 works15×
- VeterinaryField · 137.9 works6.5×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 108.7 works5.7×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 156.6 works4.2×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 30.5 works3.7×
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 122.4 works3.3×
- Insect ScienceSubfield · 131.8 works3.0×
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 Uppsala?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Invasive Species, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Functioning, Sustainability, Biodiversity and Globalization.
- Forest Management
- Quantitative Methods
- Methodology
- Special Education
- Population Dynamics
- Global Change
- Cathode Materials
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Genetic Diversity
- Health Effects
- Global Warming
- Genetics
- Renewable Energy
- Mental Health
- Invasive Species
- Biodiversity
- Inflammation
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Environmental Impact
- Public Health
- Oxidative Stress
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Depression
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Ecosystem Services
- Conservation
- Ethics
- Neoliberalism
- Social Sciences
- Discourse Analysis
- Population Genetics
- Gender Studies
- Animal Welfare
- Fisheries Sustainability
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
- Climate Change913▲ 2.2×106 topics
- Epidemiology674◆ 1.10×134 topics
- Sustainability395◆ 1.05×96 topics
- Globalization353▲ 1.16×125 topics
- Machine Learning341▼ 0.67×85 topics
- Inflammation333◆ 1.03×83 topics
- Environmental Impact295◆ 1.12×60 topics
- Biodiversity245▲ 2.1×35 topics
- Public Health242◆ 1.07×62 topics
- Invasive Species238▲ 3.6×21 topics
- Oxidative Stress230◆ 0.91×62 topics
- Mental Health224◆ 0.99×39 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation221▲ 3.8×18 topics
- Renewable Energy207◆ 0.93×45 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease203▲ 1.18×39 topics
- Genetics177▲ 1.64×27 topics
- Depression168▲ 1.23×24 topics
- Global Warming163▲ 2.6×15 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning161▲ 5.5×7 topics
- Health Effects160▲ 1.72×23 topics
- Ecosystem Services148▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Genetic Diversity144▲ 2.1×21 topics
- Conservation143▲ 2.1×24 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation143▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Ethics140▲ 1.87×34 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis126▲ 2.7×16 topics
- Neoliberalism123▲ 2.2×25 topics
- Cathode Materials121▲ 1.99×3 topics
- Social Sciences118▲ 5.4×9 topics
- Global Change116▲ 2.9×6 topics
- Discourse Analysis114▲ 2.9×9 topics
- Population Dynamics113▲ 2.9×13 topics
- Population Genetics99▲ 4.6×5 topics
- Special Education96▲ 11×6 topics
- Gender Studies93▲ 3.9×11 topics
- Methodology88▲ 12×4 topics
- Animal Welfare88▲ 6.4×4 topics
- Quantitative Methods87▲ 39×1 topic
- Fisheries Sustainability73▲ 5.3×2 topics
- Forest Management72▲ 7.9×4 topics
What research is done in Uppsala?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 87 works
- 2 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 59 works
- 3 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 58 works
- 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 58 works
- 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 55 works
- 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 48 works
- 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
- 8 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 46 works
- 9 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 45 works
- 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 44 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.