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ABB (Sweden)

In research, ABB (Sweden) stands highest in Engineering (#1,436 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,915 of 17,446 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#729 of 3,725 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 3.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#6,837
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#67
of 259
Research works
1.4k
▼ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
ABB (Sweden)

What is ABB (Sweden) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #1,436 of 9,532 16.1%891
Physical SciencesDomain #2,915 of 17,446 15.2%1,323
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #729 of 3,725 18.7%458
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #695 of 1,960 15.2%167
Materials ScienceField #1,691 of 3,771 12.9%163
Computer ScienceField #3,199 of 6,336 15.8%149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ABB (Sweden) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does ABB (Sweden) work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at ABB (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Computer Science (25%), Medicine (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 84.1% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 50.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 17.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 15.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 24.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKABB (Sweden)60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3050.5%
    2. Computer Science1524.9%
    3. Environmental Science23.0%
    4. Materials Science12.3%
    5. Energy11.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences34.8%
    2. Decision Sciences11.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine34.8%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Neuroscience00.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does ABB (Sweden) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 30.2 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.21× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.37× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.37×30 works
  2. Computer Science3.21×15 works
  3. Energy1.52×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.37×1 works
  5. Nursing1.14×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.80×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.70×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.65×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.61×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.59×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.38×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  15. Medicine0.25×3 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ABB (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Zhibo Pang, Freddy Magnussen and Henrik Hillborg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ABB (Sweden).

  1. 1 Zhibo Pang Sweden · #434,351 worldwide 9.6k citations · 256 works
  2. 2 Freddy Magnussen Sweden · #460,320 worldwide 2.2k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Henrik Hillborg Sweden · #703,771 worldwide 5.1k citations · 123 works
  4. 4 M. Reza Sweden · #960,745 worldwide 1.3k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Georgios D. Demetriades Sweden · #1,020,355 worldwide 5.3k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Murari Mohan Saha Sweden · #1,202,144 worldwide 3.8k citations · 111 works
  7. 7 Alf J Isaksson Sweden · #1,247,192 worldwide 3.2k citations · 137 works
  8. 8 Uno Gäfvert Sweden · #1,548,304 worldwide 2.3k citations · 71 works
  9. 9 T. Bengtsson Sweden · #1,651,463 worldwide 2k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Thorsten Schütte Sweden · #1,893,816 worldwide 782 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at ABB (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from ABB (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from ABB (Sweden) is "VSC-Based HVDC Power Transmission Systems: An Overview" (Nikolas Flourentzou, Vassilios Georgios Agelidis, Georgios D. Demetriades, 2009), with 2,201 citations. Next come "High Carrier Mobility in Single-Crystal Plasma-Deposited Diamond" (1,332) and "Modular Multilevel Converters for HVDC Applications: Review on Converter Cells and Functionalities" (1,044).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 VSC-Based HVDC Power Transmission Systems: An Overview Nikolas Flourentzou, Vassilios Georgios Agelidis, Georgios D. Demetriades · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 9 Feb 2009 2,201
2 High Carrier Mobility in Single-Crystal Plasma-Deposited Diamond Jan Isberg, Johan Hammersberg, Erik M. J. Johansson et al. · Science 5 Sep 2002 1,332
3 Modular Multilevel Converters for HVDC Applications: Review on Converter Cells and Functionalities Alireza Nami, Jiaqi Liang, Frans Dijkhuizen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 2 Jun 2014 1,044
4 Unified Impedance Model of Grid-Connected Voltage-Source Converters Xiongfei Wang, Lennart Harnefors, Frede Blaabjerg · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics Open access 27 Apr 2017 905
5 Grid-Synchronization Stability of Converter-Based Resources—An Overview Xiongfei Wang, Mads Graungaard Taul, Heng Wu et al. · IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications Open access 2020 866
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ABB (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Systems, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Parameter Estimation, Power Electronics, Data-Driven Control and Model Predictive Control.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning6▲ 2.7×16 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 2.4×16 topics
  3. Neural Networks4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  4. Nonlinear Systems4▲ 27×4 topics
  5. Parameter Estimation3▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Power Electronics2▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Data-Driven Control2▲ 89×2 topics
  8. Model Predictive Control2▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Fault Detection2▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Fault Diagnosis2▲ 26×5 topics
  11. Adaptive Control2▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  13. Stability Analysis2▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Real-time Optimization2▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  16. Thermal Analysis2▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Vibration Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Data Mining2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  19. Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Electric Motor Drives2▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Metallurgy2▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Optimization2▲ 5.7×1 topic
  23. Permanent Magnet Machines2▲ 67×1 topic
  24. Reinforcement Learning2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Robust Control2▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Thermal Management2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  27. Control Strategies1▲ 17×3 topics
  28. IoT Security1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  29. Wavelet Transform1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  30. Data-Driven Techniques1▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Induction Motors1▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Methodology1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Process Monitoring1▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Robotics1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  35. Distributed Systems1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Feedback Control1▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Information Visualization1▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Nonlinear Models1▲ 74×1 topic
  39. System Identification1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Visual Analytics1▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does ABB (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Fault Detection and Control Systems and Social and Educational Sciences.

Electric Motor Design an…2Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…2Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 2 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…1Social and Educational Sciences: 1 fractional worksControl Systems and Iden…1Control Systems and Identification: 1 fractional worksData Visualization and Analytics: 1 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 1 fractional worksIterative Learning Contr…1Iterative Learning Control Systems: 1 fractional worksSensorless Control of Electric Motors: 1 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringEducationComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Social and Educational Sciences Education 1 works
  5. 5 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  7. 7 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Iterative Learning Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Sensorless Control of Electric Motors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ABB (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ABB (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%ABB (Sweden)0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ABB (Sweden) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

20%40%ABB (Sweden)12.7% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.3% in 2009.

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