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Social Sciences research in Sweden

Stockholm University ranks first in Sweden for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#63 worldwide), followed by University of Gothenburg and Lund University.

Sweden's world rank
#11
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
32k
Top-10% rate
15.0%
Ranked institutions
51

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Stockholm UniversityStockholm #6354.815.6%3,193
2University of GothenburgGothenburg #9150.815.8%2,918
3Lund UniversityLund #10948.816.2%3,351
4Uppsala UniversityUppsala #13346.715.0%3,005
5Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #26639.116.0%1,219
6Umeå UniversityUmeå #29338.015.0%1,532
7Linköping UniversityLinköping #32636.915.5%1,630
8KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #49432.316.8%879
9Örebro UniversityÖrebro #55131.114.9%766
10Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #65929.216.9%539
11Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #71528.313.0%1,060
12Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #96425.015.5%620
13Malmö UniversityMalmo #1,02624.413.5%754
14Södertörn UniversityHuddinge #1,04124.214.9%609
15Jönköping UniversityJönköping #1,15623.116.9%551
16Stockholm School of EconomicsStockholm #1,25922.120.5%444
17Mälardalen UniversityVästerås #1,30121.814.8%335
18Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #1,35521.319.7%265
19Mid Sweden UniversitySundsvall #1,59519.614.2%478
20Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #1,64419.220.8%384
21IQ SamhällsbyggnadStockholm #1,79918.27.5%521
22Swedish Defence UniversityStockholm #1,81618.120.3%254
23Dalarna UniversityFalun #1,93417.512.7%295
24Halmstad UniversityHalmstad #1,94417.414.2%361
25University of GävleGävle #2,35815.316.9%260
26University WestTrollhättan #2,44014.918.5%208
27Kristianstad UniversityKristianstad #2,51514.617.5%204
28University of BoråsBorås #2,70513.813.3%246
29Stockholm County CouncilStockholm #2,76113.617.7%204
30Institute for Futures StudiesStockholm #3,19412.016.2%116
31Blekinge Institute of TechnologyKarlskrona #3,56810.813.2%162
32Göteborgs StadsGothenburg #4,0339.46.9%197
33University of SkövdeSkövde #4,0569.413.7%146
34Research Institute of Industrial EconomicsStockholm #4,2218.914.4%143
35Dalarna Science ParkBorlänge #4,6737.816.6%76
36Swedish InstituteStockholm #4,7047.815.9%80
37Marie Cederschiöld UniversityStockholm #4,7367.713.7%93
38Autoliv (Sweden)Stockholm #4,7477.76.9%108
39World Maritime UniversityMalmo #4,8537.415.5%83
40Nobel FoundationStockholm #5,7635.68.0%86
41Stockholm Environment InstituteStockholm #5,8645.425.3%64
42Maestro (Sweden)Vaxholm #5,9315.21.1%78
43Skåne University HospitalLund #6,3494.512.6%62
44Nordic Africa InstituteUppsala #6,9453.513.4%77
45Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)Stockholm #7,1983.110.8%66
46National Library of SwedenStockholm #7,3482.98.3%70
47Swedish National Road and Transport Research InstituteLinköping #7,3922.810.6%68
48Knowledge FoundationStockholm #7,4102.88.9%82
49Vetenskap I SkolanMalmo #7,6982.46.0%61
50Emerson (Sweden)Karlstad #7,7802.38.9%66
51RISE Research Institutes of SwedenGothenburg #7,8762.113.8%128

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Sweden?

Gerhard Andersson, Paul Lichtenstein and Vinit Parida rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Gerhard Andersson#81,133 worldwide overall220.8 of 760 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Paul Lichtenstein#11,228 worldwide overall134.5 of 420 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Vinit Parida#8,383 worldwide overall115.1 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4David Mataix‐Cols#12,490 worldwide overall118.6 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Per Carlbring#54,097 worldwide overall126.8 of 453 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Gazi Salah Uddin#6,530 worldwide overall93.7 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Magnus Johannesson#8,450 worldwide overall98.0 of 235 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Stefan Gößling#2,203 worldwide overall75.8 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Henrik Larsson#9,809 worldwide overall84.8 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Mats G Alvesson#19,272 worldwide overall86.7 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Robert Thornberg#82,642 worldwide overall83.3 of 285 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Staffan I. Lindberg#154,221 worldwide overall60.9 of 171 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Danuta Wasserman#87,173 worldwide overall66.9 of 232 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Nancy L. Pedersen#14,284 worldwide overall68.2 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Amir H. Pakpour#233,916 worldwide overall96.6 of 207 papers here in the top 10%

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