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Health Professions research in Sweden

Karolinska Institutet ranks first in Sweden for Health Professions research in 2022-now (#24 worldwide), followed by University of Gothenburg and Uppsala University.

Sweden's world rank
#11
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
4.1k
Top-10% rate
13.7%
Ranked institutions
11

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Health Professions in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #2457.916.4%591
2University of GothenburgGothenburg #8141.813.8%358
3Uppsala UniversityUppsala #9040.414.8%314
4Lund UniversityLund #12635.912.0%292
5Umeå UniversityUmeå #16332.514.4%255
6Stockholm UniversityStockholm #17331.710.5%217
7Linköping UniversityLinköping #26126.313.2%182
8Örebro UniversityÖrebro #31823.612.4%110
9Malmö UniversityMalmo #47118.511.7%107
10Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #55816.215.8%92
11Jönköping UniversityJönköping #81911.112.5%81

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

Who are the top Health Professions researchers in Sweden?

Hugo Westerlund, Töres Theorell and Lars S. Alfredsson rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Health Professions that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Hugo Westerlund#49,927 worldwide overall43.2 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Töres Theorell#91,201 worldwide overall39.9 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Lars S. Alfredsson#11,335 worldwide overall33.8 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Göran Pershagen#15,183 worldwide overall29.3 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Linda L. Magnusson Hanson#97,764 worldwide overall29.1 of 93 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Anders Knutsson#61,580 worldwide overall25.0 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gunnar E. Carlsson#53,171 worldwide overall25.7 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Henna Hasson#280,516 worldwide overall29.1 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Per Nilsén#601,382 worldwide overall32.0 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Torbjörn Åkerstedt#193,688 worldwide overall24.5 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Ulrica von Thiele Schwarz#220,224 worldwide overall24.9 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Laura Fratiglioni#20,018 worldwide overall21.1 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Maria Hägglund#138,976 worldwide overall20.8 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14STEVEN JAMES LINTON#91,862 worldwide overall18.0 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Bengt G. Winblad#102,074 worldwide overall19.5 of 67 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Sweden on their work in Health Professions 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 Health Professions