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Research in Västerås

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Västerås, Sweden. The largest by output are ABB (Sweden), Westinghouse Electric (Sweden) and Västerås Municipality.

Research institutions
14
Research works
2.5k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
23.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Västerås

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 Västerås?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1ABB (Sweden)Company 1,382 #6,837 all time
2Westinghouse Electric (Sweden)Company 344 #25,084 all time
3Västerås MunicipalityGovernment institution 270 #15,177 all time
4Västmanlands sjukhus VästeråsHospital / health system 122 #30,019 all time
5Bombardier (Sweden)Company 100 not ranked
6Quintus Technologies (Sweden)Company 35 not ranked
7Create (Sweden)Company 18 not ranked
8Uponor (Sweden)Company 17 not ranked
9Region VästmanlandFunder 14 not ranked
10Penny (Sweden)Company 7 not ranked
11Ekomarine Paint (Sweden)Company 4 not ranked
12Envic Sense (Sweden)Company 1 not ranked
13OpiFlex (Sweden)Company 0 not ranked
14NORDIC BioEngineering (Sweden)Company 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.

ABB (Sweden): 59.7%Westinghouse Electric (Sweden): 14.9%Västerås Municipality: 11.7%Västmanlands sjukhus Västerås: 5.3%8 others listed: 8.5%60%largest
ABB (Sweden)1,382 · 59.7%Westinghouse Electric (Sweden)344 · 14.9%Västerås Municipality270 · 11.7%Västmanlands sjukhus Västerås122 · 5.3%8 others listed196 · 8.5%

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

Which fields of science does Västerås work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research in Västerås is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Medicine (15%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 238 fractional works · 74.4% of its workEngineering: 168 fractional works · 52.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 71 fractional works · 22.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 8.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 55 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVästerås320fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering16852.3%
    2. Computer Science278.4%
    3. Materials Science206.3%
    4. Environmental Science82.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy72.0%
    6. Energy62.0%
    7. Chemistry20.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine4815.0%
    2. Health Professions41.4%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Veterinary10.3%
    5. Nursing10.2%
    1. Social Sciences61.9%
    2. Psychology41.2%
    3. Decision Sciences20.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Västerås strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Västerås is most concentrated in Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (9.8× the world share in Control and Systems Engineering).

  1. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 30.2 works9.8×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 65.0 works6.4×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 21.3 works4.1×
  4. EngineeringField · 153.2 works3.6×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.03× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.60× its world share, 153 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 39 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.60×153 works
  2. Veterinary2.51×1 works
  3. Energy2.03×5 works
  4. Materials Science1.83×18 works
  5. Computer Science1.13×25 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.91×6 works
  7. Medicine0.72×39 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.64×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×2 works
  10. Nursing0.53×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.50×7 works
  12. Health Professions0.50×4 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×6 works
  14. Dentistry0.42×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.39×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.35×2 works
  17. Psychology0.35×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.34×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.10×4 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Västerås?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Fault Detection, HVDC Transmission, Control Strategies, Power Systems, Voltage Control, Offshore Wind Farms and Modular Multilevel Converters.

▲ 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. Power Electronics35▲ 34×8 topics
  2. Fault Detection24▲ 55×3 topics
  3. HVDC Transmission20▲ 124×2 topics
  4. Control Strategies19▲ 42×5 topics
  5. Power Systems18▲ 53×2 topics
  6. Voltage Control17▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Offshore Wind Farms17▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Modular Multilevel Converters16▲ 151×1 topic
  9. Voltage Source Converters16▲ 151×1 topic
  10. Renewable Energy Integration15▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Machine Learning15▲ 1.40×33 topics
  12. Smart Grid Applications14▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Renewable Energy13▲ 2.8×21 topics
  14. Decentralized Control10▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Energy Storage Systems10▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency10▲ 3.2×23 topics
  17. Distributed Generation9▲ 36×3 topics
  18. Distributed Power Generation9▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Microgrid Control9▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Smart Grid9▲ 7.8×9 topics
  21. Thermal Management9▲ 8.6×5 topics
  22. Energy Storage8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  23. Model Predictive Control8▲ 10×6 topics
  24. Wavelet Transform8▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Control Systems6▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Thermal Analysis6▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Photovoltaic Systems6▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Power System6▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Oxidation Resistance6▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Nonlinear Systems6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Smart Grids6▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Density Functional Theory6▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Hydrogen Embrittlement6▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Accident Tolerant Fuels5▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Fuel Cladding5▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Artificial Neural Network5▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Microgrid5▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Protection5▲ 72×1 topic
  39. Grid-Connected Inverters5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Reliability5▲ 20×3 topics

What research is done in Västerås?

HVDC Systems and Fault P…16HVDC Systems and Fault Protection: 16 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…8Microgrid Control and Optimization: 8 fractional worksPower Systems Fault Dete…5Power Systems Fault Detection: 5 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 5 fractional worksPower System Optimization and Stability: 4 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 4 fractional worksPower Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation: 4 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 4 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 4 fractional worksIslanding Detection in Power Systems: 4 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringMaterials ChemistryAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Power Systems Fault Detection Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 5 works
  5. 5 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Islanding Detection in Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Västerås9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 38.0% in 2007.

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