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Akademiska Barnsjukhuset

In research, Akademiska Barnsjukhuset stands highest in Medicine (#12,188 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,264 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences (Health Sciences is 3.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#28,063
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#205
of 259
Research works
729
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.55×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Akademiska Barnsjukhuset

What is Akademiska Barnsjukhuset 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
MedicineField #12,188 of 14,558 4.8%454
Health SciencesDomain #14,264 of 16,688 4.5%547

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akademiska Barnsjukhuset 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 Akademiska Barnsjukhuset work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Akademiska Barnsjukhuset is in Health Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Health Professions (12%), Arts and Humanities (3%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 21 fractional works · 85.7% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 71.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKAkademiskaBarnsjukhuset25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences7%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1871.7%
    2. Health Professions311.7%
    3. Nursing01.3%
    4. Veterinary00.9%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities12.7%
    2. Psychology12.3%
    3. Social Sciences01.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.6%
    3. Neuroscience01.5%
    1. Computer Science00.7%
    2. Engineering00.7%
    3. Environmental Science00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Akademiska Barnsjukhuset specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 21.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.46× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 2.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.60×0 works
  2. Health Professions4.46×3 works
  3. Medicine3.73×18 works
  4. Nursing2.75×0 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.56×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.95×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.93×1 works
  8. Psychology0.74×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.13×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.11×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Akademiska Barnsjukhuset?

Ranked on the quality score, CARL GUSTAF BERGSTRAND, K.‐M. Herrlin and Gustavson Kh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akademiska Barnsjukhuset.

  1. 1 CARL GUSTAF BERGSTRAND Sweden · #3,835,183 worldwide 1.5k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 K.‐M. Herrlin Sweden · #4,418,094 worldwide 300 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Gustavson Kh Sweden · #5,336,833 worldwide 306 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Lundström Nr Sweden · #5,440,371 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Akademiska Barnsjukhuset

What are the most cited papers from Akademiska Barnsjukhuset?

The most cited paper from Akademiska Barnsjukhuset is "The TME Trial After a Median Follow-up of 6 Years" (Koen C.M.J. Peeters, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Irıs D. Nagtegaal et al., 2007), with 1,206 citations. Next come "THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH" (926) and "Nordic consensus on treatment of undescended testes" (351).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The TME Trial After a Median Follow-up of 6 Years Koen C.M.J. Peeters, Corrie A.M. Marijnen, Irıs D. Nagtegaal et al. · Annals of Surgery Nov 2007 1,206
2 THE EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH W. Eugene Broadhead, Berton H. Kaplan, Sherman A. James et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology May 1983 926
3 Nordic consensus on treatment of undescended testes E. Martin Ritzén, Anders R. J. Bergh, Robert Bjerknes et al. · Acta Paediatrica 26 Feb 2007 351
4 Anatomical Studies on the Geometry and Stability of the Distal Radio Ulnar Joint Fredrik af Ekenstam, Carl Göran Hagert · Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1985 346
5 Determination of acetylcholine receptor antibody in myasthenia gravis: clinical usefulness and pathogenetic implications. Ann Kari Lefvert, Kurt G. Bergström, George Matell et al. · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry Open access May 1978 335
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Akademiska Barnsjukhuset publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Clinical practice guidelines implementation, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management and Child and Adolescent Health.

Clinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivo…0Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 0 fractional worksVascular Anomalies and Treatments: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…0Liver Disease and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  3. 3 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Vascular Anomalies and Treatments Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 0 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 available5.6%not open94.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Akademiska Barnsjukhuset's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Akademiska Barnsjukhuset as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000086% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Akademiska Barnsjukhuset0.000092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Akademiska Barnsjukhuset 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2002Akademiska Barnsjukhuset2.4% in 20022000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.4% in 1997.

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