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Social Sciences research in Sweden

Stockholm University ranks first in Sweden for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#32 worldwide), followed by University of Gothenburg and Uppsala University.

Sweden's world rank
#11
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
16k
Top-10% rate
15.7%
Ranked institutions
32

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 #3260.216.5%1,708
2University of GothenburgGothenburg #6352.417.7%1,591
3Uppsala UniversityUppsala #11345.715.9%1,506
4Lund UniversityLund #11445.516.8%1,779
5Umeå UniversityUmeå #22837.615.9%821
6Linköping UniversityLinköping #28335.115.1%723
7Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #37531.918.4%355
8Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #47929.013.9%593
9Örebro UniversityÖrebro #54727.516.1%393
10KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #56827.118.5%365
11Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #82522.817.1%346
12Södertörn UniversityHuddinge #85922.314.2%394
13Malmö UniversityMalmo #86522.214.0%485
14Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg #1,00320.518.9%172
15Swedish Defence UniversityStockholm #1,31817.422.6%189
16Mid Sweden UniversitySundsvall #1,41616.615.2%279
17Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesUppsala #1,73114.324.9%114
18Jönköping UniversityJönköping #1,78213.915.2%207
19Mälardalen UniversityVästerås #1,83713.614.3%145
20Stockholm School of EconomicsStockholm #1,92213.119.4%131
21Dalarna UniversityFalun #2,03312.414.3%163
22Halmstad UniversityHalmstad #2,20511.514.3%163
23Luleå University of TechnologyLuleå #2,28411.119.7%134
24IQ SamhällsbyggnadStockholm #2,33310.88.3%320
25University of GävleGävle #2,37710.619.6%116
26Kristianstad UniversityKristianstad #2,43110.420.8%112
27University of BoråsBorås #2,6109.612.2%132
28University WestTrollhättan #2,6769.317.4%112
29Marie Cederschiöld UniversityStockholm #3,0757.713.3%67
30Institute for Futures StudiesStockholm #3,0977.616.1%72
31Göteborgs StadsGothenburg #3,2707.07.9%123
32Autoliv (Sweden)Stockholm #4,0314.66.3%65

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?

Staffan I. Lindberg, Stefan Gößling and Jan Teorell rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Staffan I. Lindberg#154,221 worldwide overall57.5 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Stefan Gößling#2,203 worldwide overall51.8 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Jan Teorell#19,585 worldwide overall41.9 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Jesper Strömbäck#162,246 worldwide overall59.7 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Robert Thornberg#82,642 worldwide overall50.2 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Bo Rothstein#55,302 worldwide overall44.6 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Magnus Johannesson#8,450 worldwide overall37.9 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Gerhard Andersson#81,133 worldwide overall44.4 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jonas Tallberg#28,783 worldwide overall31.8 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Kimmo Eriksson#343,304 worldwide overall32.6 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Paul Lichtenstein#11,228 worldwide overall31.4 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jens Rydgren#104,544 worldwide overall28.4 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Yves Zénou#92,186 worldwide overall30.8 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Per Carlbring#54,097 worldwide overall27.4 of 67 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Adam Shehata#99,926 worldwide overall29.8 of 83 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