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Science in Sweden

Sweden ranks #21 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#14 all time), with 121k research works and 24.7% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#21
of 192 · #14 all time
Works, 2022–2025
121k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
24.7%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
11 in the top 1,000
Open access
41%
world 63%

What is Sweden strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Sweden ranks highest in Social Sciences (#16 of 151), Political Science and International Relations (#11 of 97) and Medicine (#18 of 155). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Research and Theory and Software.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #16 of 151 31.6%15,788 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #11 of 97 33.5%2,174 Institutions
MedicineField #18 of 155 22.4%26,826 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #16 of 122 33.6%5,042 Institutions
PsychologyField #16 of 109 27.0%5,559 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #18 of 108 24.9%6,998 Institutions
EducationSubfield #20 of 115 27.6%3,269 Institutions
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #15 of 86 27.7%2,446 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #22 of 125 27.3%6,561 Institutions
SurgerySubfield #16 of 88 22.4%2,954 Institutions
EngineeringField #26 of 134 18.9%15,932 Institutions
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #14 of 72 28.2%1,346 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 295.8 works4.5×
  2. Research and TheorySubfield · 110.6 works3.5×
  3. SoftwareSubfield · 196.1 works2.5×
  4. EquineSubfield · 37.6 works2.4×
  5. Structural BiologySubfield · 42.3 works2.2×
  6. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 1,134.4 works1.9×
  7. Applied PsychologySubfield · 325.5 works1.9×
  8. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 454.7 works1.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 3,258 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 6,998 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.22× its world share, 1,482 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 2,481 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 260 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 362 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 1,254 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 8,046 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 1,766 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 793 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 16k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 6,560 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 3,156 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 1,446 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.24× its world share, 3,349 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 500 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 4,112 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 27k worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 523 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 255 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 3,527 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 3,447 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1,247 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 2,250 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 5,559 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 16k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 1.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Sweden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Sustainability, Globalization, Quality of Life, Machine Learning and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology5,682▲ 1.19×139 topics
  2. Climate Change3,833▲ 1.17×130 topics
  3. Machine Learning3,224▼ 0.81×95 topics
  4. Sustainability3,130◆ 1.06×136 topics
  5. Inflammation3,085▲ 1.22×83 topics
  6. Deep Learning2,910▼ 0.70×84 topics
  7. Globalization2,624◆ 1.10×177 topics
  8. Quality of Life2,293▲ 1.31×61 topics
  9. Mental Health2,245▲ 1.26×48 topics
  10. Public Health2,106▲ 1.20×74 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2,059▲ 1.53×39 topics
  12. Education1,999◆ 0.96×152 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1,914◆ 0.97×63 topics
  14. Environmental Impact1,814◆ 0.88×72 topics
  15. Treatment1,719▲ 1.17×52 topics
  16. Risk Factors1,639▲ 1.23×37 topics
  17. Renewable Energy1,612◆ 0.92×61 topics
  18. Depression1,598▲ 1.50×26 topics
  19. Cancer1,409◆ 0.87×59 topics
  20. Qualitative Research1,406▲ 1.33×44 topics
  21. Pedagogy1,299▲ 2.2×30 topics
  22. Genetics1,287▲ 1.52×27 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome1,206▲ 1.22×24 topics
  24. Diagnosis1,193◆ 1.06×41 topics
  25. Biomarkers1,179▲ 1.42×18 topics
  26. Obesity1,076▲ 1.17×29 topics
  27. Health Effects1,075▲ 1.47×24 topics
  28. Global Burden1,064▲ 1.63×12 topics
  29. Anxiety1,018▲ 1.77×12 topics
  30. Mortality980▲ 1.40×13 topics
  31. Social Sciences934▲ 5.5×21 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis933▲ 3.0×11 topics
  33. Ethics932▲ 1.59×58 topics
  34. Learning914▲ 2.6×17 topics
  35. Resilience902▲ 1.55×19 topics
  36. Neoliberalism838▲ 1.94×29 topics
  37. Special Education833▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Gender Studies821▲ 4.4×19 topics
  39. Methodology770▲ 13×7 topics
  40. Quantitative Methods752▲ 43×2 topics

How many world-class institutions does Sweden hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

101st to 500th7501st to 1,000th4

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 11 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Sweden lead research?

Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet and Lund University rank highest in Sweden on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 26.1%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Uppsala University: 11k, 24.8%Karolinska Institutet: 8,930, 26.3%Lund University: 12k, 24.7%Stockholm University: 6,568, 28.8%KTH Royal Institute of Technology: 7,559, 23.1%University of Gothenburg: 8,016, 27.3%Chalmers University of Technology: 5,248, 22.2%Linköping University: 5,741, 25.1%Karolinska University Hospital: 2,770, 24.9%Umeå University: 4,874, 25.5%Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences: 3,198, 32.4%Science for Life Laboratory: 847, 33.6%Luleå University of Technology: 2,459, 23.7%Örebro University: 1,946, 26.7%Sahlgrenska University Hospital: 1,828, 22.4%Stockholm UniversityKarolinska InstitutetUppsala UniversityLund University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Uppsala UniversityUniversity · Uppsala · #144 worldwide24.8% top 10% · 11k works
  2. 2Karolinska InstitutetUniversity · Stockholm · #187 worldwide26.3% top 10% · 8.9k works
  3. 3Lund UniversityUniversity · Lund · #234 worldwide24.7% top 10% · 12k works
  4. 4Stockholm UniversityUniversity · Stockholm · #260 worldwide28.8% top 10% · 6.6k works
  5. 5KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUniversity · Stockholm · #285 worldwide23.1% top 10% · 7.6k works
  6. 6University of GothenburgUniversity · Gothenburg · #295 worldwide27.3% top 10% · 8k works
  7. 7Chalmers University of TechnologyUniversity · Gothenburg · #431 worldwide22.2% top 10% · 5.2k works
  8. 8Linköping UniversityUniversity · Linköping · #558 worldwide25.1% top 10% · 5.7k works
  9. 9Karolinska University HospitalHospital / health system · Stockholm · #721 worldwide24.9% top 10% · 2.8k works
  10. 10Umeå UniversityUniversity · Umeå · #847 worldwide25.5% top 10% · 4.9k works
  11. 11Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUniversity · Uppsala · #966 worldwide32.4% top 10% · 3.2k works
  12. 12Science for Life LaboratoryResearch facility · Stockholm · #1,210 worldwide33.6% top 10% · 847 works
  13. 13Luleå University of TechnologyUniversity · Luleå · #1,280 worldwide23.7% top 10% · 2.5k works
  14. 14Örebro UniversityUniversity · Örebro · #1,708 worldwide26.7% top 10% · 1.9k works
  15. 15Sahlgrenska University HospitalHospital / health system · Gothenburg · #1,867 worldwide22.4% top 10% · 1.8k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Sweden

Who are the top researchers in Sweden?

Juan Jesús Carrero, Leif Groop and Olle Melander rank highest among researchers based in Sweden.

  1. 1 Juan Jesús Carrero · #138 worldwide 6.5k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Leif Groop · #267 worldwide 3.5k citations · 137 works
  3. 3 Olle Melander · #358 worldwide 3.4k citations · 167 works
  4. 4 Carl Folke · #745 worldwide 3.2k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Karl Johan Åström · #977 worldwide 2k citations · 159 works
  6. 6 Stefan James · #985 worldwide 2.5k citations · 158 works
  7. 7 Patrik K. E. Magnusson · #1,181 worldwide 2.9k citations · 102 works
  8. 8 Anders Hagfeldt · #1,363 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  9. 9 Petre Stoica · #1,382 worldwide 3.8k citations · 215 works
  10. 10 Peter M. Nilsson · #1,386 worldwide 2k citations · 153 works
Top researchers in Sweden

Which cities in Sweden are research hubs?

  1. 1 Stockholm Sweden 290k works
  2. 2 Gothenburg Sweden 134k works
  3. 3 Uppsala Sweden 133k works
  4. 4 Lund Sweden 120k works
  5. 5 Linköping Sweden 48k works
  6. 6 Umeå Sweden 44k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Stockholm: 37.7%Gothenburg: 17.5%Uppsala: 17.3%Lund: 15.6%2 others listed: 12.0%38%largest
Stockholm290k · 37.7%Gothenburg134k · 17.5%Uppsala133k · 17.3%Lund120k · 15.6%2 others listed92k · 12.0%

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

How open and international is Sweden's research?

41% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 27% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Sweden's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Sweden