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Physical Sciences research in Sweden

KTH Royal Institute of Technology ranks first in Sweden for Physical Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#160 worldwide), followed by Uppsala University and Stockholm University.

Sweden's world rank
#25
of 157 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
43k
Top-10% rate
21.5%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #16046.421.2%5,883
2Uppsala UniversityUppsala #16646.021.8%3,846
3Stockholm UniversityStockholm #19844.126.5%2,225
4Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #25941.320.3%4,200
5Lund UniversityLund #32938.822.1%3,791
6University of GothenburgGothenburg #51534.024.3%1,639
7Linköping UniversityLinköping #56333.120.1%2,202
8Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #1,03326.720.6%1,851
9Umeå UniversityUmeå #1,19825.122.0%1,203
10AlbaNovaStockholm #1,27224.534.6%252
11Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #1,35623.829.4%1,259
12Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchStockholm #1,77820.933.0%150
13Quantum Technologies (Sweden)Uppsala #1,95020.021.3%178
14Mälardalen UniversityVästerås #2,35818.023.8%590
15Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #2,41617.724.2%616
16Örebro UniversityÖrebro #2,54017.224.6%337
17Thinfilm (Sweden)Linköping #2,54817.122.2%78
18Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #2,74216.420.1%610
19MAX IV LaboratoryLund #3,16014.914.4%134
20RISE Research Institutes of SwedenGothenburg #3,30014.416.9%801
21AstraZeneca (Sweden)Södertälje #3,32114.329.6%126
22Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Stockholm #3,34614.229.8%304
23Wallenberg Wood Science CenterStockholm #3,63913.422.7%188
24Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #3,73313.122.8%474
25Science for Life LaboratoryStockholm #3,88312.731.6%140
26University of GävleGävle #4,13612.023.6%258
27Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological InstituteNorrköping #4,30711.623.4%120
28Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholm #4,61910.824.1%159
29Ericsson (Sweden)Kista #5,1499.714.1%623
30Blekinge Institute of TechnologyKarlskrona #5,4399.124.0%379
31Mid Sweden UniversitySundsvall #5,5378.917.8%361
32Malmö UniversityMalmo #5,7748.518.8%252
33University WestTrollhättan #5,8458.423.9%227
34Halmstad UniversityHalmstad #5,9758.126.4%288
35European Spallation SourceLund #6,1847.87.8%121
36IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteStockholm #6,2277.724.7%110
37Karolinska University HospitalStockholm #6,2797.622.9%115
38Skåne University HospitalLund #6,3067.620.4%72
39Jönköping UniversityJönköping #6,4597.328.4%277
40University of BoråsBorås #6,8756.622.6%181
41Volvo (Sweden)Gothenburg #7,0866.318.1%214
42Stockholm Resilience CentreStockholm #7,1516.242.8%81
43Södertörn UniversityHuddinge #7,5615.631.8%95
44Statistics SwedenÖrebro #8,1194.916.1%85
45Emerson (Sweden)Karlstad #8,2264.79.8%76
46World Maritime UniversityMalmo #8,3594.626.0%188
47Sandvik (Sweden)Stockholm #8,3604.610.3%88
48Sahlgrenska University HospitalGothenburg #8,6244.218.0%92
49Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Stockholm #8,8534.015.0%111
50Scania (Sweden)Södertälje #8,9413.918.9%103
51Swedish Defence Research AgencyStockholm #9,7702.913.4%188
52HUI Research (Sweden)Stockholm #9,8492.815.5%90
53Hitachi (Sweden)Västerås #9,8752.88.6%116
54Dalarna UniversityFalun #9,8892.825.2%140
55University of SkövdeSkövde #10,0472.621.7%168
56Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteLinköping #10,7062.018.6%124
57Kristianstad UniversityKristianstad #10,7471.924.2%68
58Swedish Institute of Space PhysicsKiruna #10,8031.920.0%94
59Intelligent Machines (Sweden)Bromma #10,9891.715.9%64
60Vattenfall (Sweden)Stockholm #11,477123.011.8%87

Institutions in Sweden above the floor of 40 fractional works in Physical Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Sweden?

Petre Stoica, Athanasios V. Vasilakos and C. Böhm rank highest among researchers based in Sweden.

  1. 1Petre Stoica#1,382 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 273 works
  2. 2Athanasios V. Vasilakos#13,614 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 293 works
  3. 3C. Böhm#33,000 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 387 works
  4. 4Erik G. Larsson#36,228 worldwide overall2k citations · 309 works
  5. 5Lihui Wang#40,259 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 324 works
  6. 6Lars Hultman#42,742 worldwide overall2k citations · 279 works
  7. 7Martin J. Whitehouse#60,491 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 289 works
  8. 8J. Sollerman#68,655 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 258 works
  9. 9Karl Henrik Johansson#141,838 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 528 works
  10. 10Henk Wymeersch#146,331 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 335 works
  11. 11Olle Eriksson#196,859 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 365 works
  12. 12Lars Samuelson#310,374 worldwide overall982 citations · 330 works
  13. 13Hannu Tenhunen#349,802 worldwide overall812 citations · 346 works
  14. 14Rajeev Ahuja#454,125 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 394 works
  15. 15Bengt Sundén#511,295 worldwide overall915 citations · 303 works

How Sweden compares with other countries in Physical Sciences