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Life Sciences research in Sweden

Karolinska Institutet ranks first in Sweden for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#77 worldwide), followed by Stockholm University and Science for Life Laboratory.

Sweden's world rank
#12
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
14k
Top-10% rate
13.0%
Ranked institutions
19

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #7750.414.0%2,445
2Stockholm UniversityStockholm #15642.414.9%725
3Science for Life LaboratoryStockholm #16541.716.9%450
4Uppsala UniversityUppsala #21438.812.6%1,459
5University of GothenburgGothenburg #23537.712.7%1,256
6Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #24437.315.4%1,321
7Lund UniversityLund #26336.410.9%1,644
8Umeå UniversityUmeå #31634.311.2%754
9KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #40831.412.7%466
10Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #49329.215.9%298
11Linköping UniversityLinköping #60726.911.1%527
12Örebro UniversityÖrebro #84023.212.5%226
13Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholm #1,10020.112.5%107
14Skåne University HospitalLund #1,16819.411.8%212
15Stockholm County CouncilStockholm #1,53716.313.9%78
16Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #1,87114.010.9%114
17Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #2,18912.217.9%95
18Malmö UniversityMalmo #3,1388.19.4%87
19RISE Research Institutes of SwedenGothenburg #4,2524.712.4%70

Institutions in Sweden above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Sweden?

JENS KVIST NIELSEN, Henrik Zetterberg and Kaj Blennow rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1JENS KVIST NIELSEN#12,166 worldwide overall238.7 of 763 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Henrik Zetterberg#11,252 worldwide overall235.4 of 973 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Kaj Blennow#14,167 worldwide overall206.6 of 885 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Leif Groop#16,159 worldwide overall145.0 of 387 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Anders Björklund#10,420 worldwide overall143.3 of 393 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Patrik K. E. Magnusson#1,844 worldwide overall119.5 of 244 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Tomas G. M. Hökfelt#47,270 worldwide overall160.8 of 685 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Karin Ljung#5,264 worldwide overall104.7 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Erik Ingelsson#4,292 worldwide overall105.7 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Jan-Ακε Gustafsson#66,299 worldwide overall148.0 of 680 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Sten Orrenius#16,295 worldwide overall110.5 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Gunnar von Heijne#25,187 worldwide overall110.2 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Nancy L. Pedersen#14,284 worldwide overall108.1 of 305 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Carl‐Henrik Heldin#20,660 worldwide overall107.7 of 326 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hans Ellegren#29,415 worldwide overall104.4 of 298 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Sweden on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Sweden compares with other countries in Life Sciences