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Physical Sciences research in Sweden

Chalmers University of Technology ranks first in Sweden for Physical Sciences research in 2022-now (#126 worldwide), followed by KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Uppsala University.

Sweden's world rank
#16
of 154 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
43k
Top-10% rate
12.0%
Ranked institutions
56

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
1Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #12647.912.1%4,207
2KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #18243.912.9%6,072
3Uppsala UniversityUppsala #21042.311.5%3,889
4Lund UniversityLund #22541.611.5%3,796
5Stockholm UniversityStockholm #25540.313.9%2,495
6Linköping UniversityLinköping #37336.212.0%2,202
7University of GothenburgGothenburg #40535.312.3%1,732
8Umeå UniversityUmeå #59731.111.8%1,279
9Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #70929.212.4%1,852
10Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #75928.515.2%1,259
11Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #84427.413.3%739
12Mälardalen UniversityVästerås #1,03125.212.8%590
13Örebro UniversityÖrebro #1,12124.312.8%348
14AlbaNovaStockholm #1,17323.816.9%252
15Science for Life LaboratoryStockholm #1,31022.618.0%140
16Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #1,76119.411.0%610
17Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #1,87918.712.6%474
18Jönköping UniversityJönköping #1,90818.612.0%277
19RISE Research Institutes of SwedenGothenburg #1,91818.59.0%839
20Volvo (Sweden)Gothenburg #2,03817.98.1%252
21Huawei Technologies (Sweden)Stockholm #2,07117.718.4%304
22World Maritime UniversityMalmo #2,12517.418.4%188
23Halmstad UniversityHalmstad #2,38416.214.6%288
24Blekinge Institute of TechnologyKarlskrona #2,47815.711.2%379
25MAX IV LaboratoryLund #2,78714.511.2%134
26Quantum Technologies (Sweden)Uppsala #2,87614.110.1%178
27University of BoråsBorås #2,92414.011.4%181
28Mid Sweden UniversitySundsvall #3,06613.410.1%361
29Malmö UniversityMalmo #3,11013.39.8%252
30Ericsson (Sweden)Kista #3,18313.09.2%623
31Swedish Museum of Natural HistoryStockholm #3,26712.89.3%159
32IVL Swedish Environmental Research InstituteStockholm #3,28312.712.4%135
33University of GävleGävle #3,39712.313.8%258
34Dalarna UniversityFalun #3,44112.210.9%140
35University WestTrollhättan #3,63011.612.7%227
36University of SkövdeSkövde #3,98210.610.8%168
37Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Stockholm #4,5109.36.8%111
38Thinfilm (Sweden)Linköping #4,5239.217.7%78
39Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteLinköping #4,5879.110.9%124
40Skåne University HospitalLund #4,9608.310.5%72
41Scania (Sweden)Södertälje #5,0318.110.0%103
42Stockholm Environment InstituteStockholm #5,0348.121.7%83
43Vattenfall (Sweden)Stockholm #5,2227.77.0%87
44Statistics SwedenÖrebro #5,4607.28.0%85
45Intelligent Machines (Sweden)Bromma #6,3445.68.0%64
46Swedish Defence Research AgencyStockholm #6,5805.24.8%188
47Södertörn UniversityHuddinge #6,9824.621.6%95
48European Spallation SourceLund #7,3944.03.0%121
49Sandvik (Sweden)Stockholm #7,9703.28.3%88
50Emerson (Sweden)Karlstad #8,2222.86.5%76
51Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological InstituteNorrköping #8,3522.612.1%120
52HUI Research (Sweden)Stockholm #8,4772.59.0%90
53Swedish Transport AdministrationBorlänge #8,8752.07.8%66
54Kristianstad UniversityKristianstad #8,9681.916.1%68
55IQ SamhällsbyggnadStockholm #9,2551.59.9%70
56Swedish Institute of Space PhysicsKiruna #10,11058.011.1%94

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

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Sweden?

C. Böhm, Anders Hagfeldt and B. Åsman rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1C. Böhm#9,502 worldwide overall368.5 of 1,037 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Anders Hagfeldt#2,788 worldwide overall321.3 of 738 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3B. Åsman#29,976 worldwide overall290.5 of 1,000 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Licheng Sun#33,124 worldwide overall277.5 of 956 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Richard John Hall-Wilton#21,468 worldwide overall283.0 of 733 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Feng wei Gao#47,761 worldwide overall232.9 of 764 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Deliang Chen#23,731 worldwide overall227.5 of 742 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Jinyue Yan#17,585 worldwide overall213.2 of 657 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Olle Inganäs#21,323 worldwide overall206.7 of 614 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Lars Hultman#57,407 worldwide overall236.7 of 928 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11J. Sollerman#32,480 worldwide overall217.1 of 741 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Zhihan Lv#6,219 worldwide overall185.1 of 432 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13E. Stenlund#13,911 worldwide overall168.2 of 442 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Carl Folke#294 worldwide overall140.9 of 240 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15H. Åkerstedt#7,209 worldwide overall149.3 of 330 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Sweden on their work in Physical 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 Physical Sciences