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Boréa (Sweden)

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Research works
99
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Boréa (Sweden)

Not ranked overall: Boréa (Sweden) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 90% of research at Boréa (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Materials Science (35%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 89 fractional works · 90.0% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 39.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 12.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 35 fractional works · 34.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 18 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 15.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBoréa (Sweden)99fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3939.8%
    2. Materials Science3534.9%
    3. Environmental Science55.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy33.2%
    5. Chemistry22.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering22.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    8. Computer Science11.4%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences33.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    3. Decision Sciences11.1%
    4. Psychology10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Medicine11.4%
    2. Dentistry00.3%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 5.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.42× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.55×0 works
  2. Materials Science5.42×1 works
  3. Engineering3.18×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.01×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.07×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.83×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.74×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×0 works
  10. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Boréa (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, David A.S. Bruton, Malcolm J. Carr and Nomad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boréa (Sweden).

  1. 1 David A.S. Bruton Sweden · #1,819,850 worldwide 571 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Malcolm J. Carr Sweden · #1,894,736 worldwide 499 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Nomad Sweden · #1,908,866 worldwide 0 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Thomas Gkourmpis Sweden · #2,464,131 worldwide 919 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 A. Smedberg Sweden · #2,526,035 worldwide 639 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Bill Gustafsson Sweden · #2,824,766 worldwide 541 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Boréa (Sweden)

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

The most cited paper from Boréa (Sweden) is "Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging" (Dag Ilver, Anna Arnqvist, Johan Ögren et al., 1998), with 1,238 citations. Next come "Polymeric HVDC Cable Design and Space Charge Accumulation. Part 1: Insulation/Semicon Interface" (225) and "From LDPE to XLPE: investigating the change of electrical properties. Part I. space charge, conduction and lifetime" (149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Helicobacter pylori Adhesin Binding Fucosylated Histo-Blood Group Antigens Revealed by Retagging Dag Ilver, Anna Arnqvist, Johan Ögren et al. · Science 16 Jan 1998 1,238
2 Polymeric HVDC Cable Design and Space Charge Accumulation. Part 1: Insulation/Semicon Interface Davide Fabiani, Gian Carlo Montanari, Christian Laurent et al. · IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine Nov 2007 225
3 From LDPE to XLPE: investigating the change of electrical properties. Part I. space charge, conduction and lifetime Gian Carlo Montanari, Christian Laurent, G. Teyssèdre et al. · IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation Jun 2005 149
4 The role of degassing in XLPE power cable manufacture T. R. Andrews, R.N. Hampton, A. Smedberg et al. · IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine Nov 2006 148
5 Crosslinking reactions in an unsaturated low density polyethylene A. Smedberg, Thomas Hjertberg, Bill Gustafsson · Polymer Aug 1997 141
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boréa (Sweden)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Polymer, Dielectrics, Nanoparticles, Partial Discharge, Recycling, Mechanical Properties and Conducting Polymers.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Nanocomposites24▲ 30×10 topics
  2. Polymer17▲ 190×2 topics
  3. Dielectrics13▲ 372×1 topic
  4. Nanoparticles13▲ 9.7×7 topics
  5. Partial Discharge13▲ 372×1 topic
  6. Recycling9▲ 35×4 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  8. Conducting Polymers8▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Rheology8▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Polymer Blends6▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Morphology Development6▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Polymer Crystallization6▲ 154×1 topic
  13. Mechanical5▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Properties5▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Layered Silicate4▲ 96×1 topic
  16. Preparation4▲ 96×1 topic
  17. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  18. Dissolved Gas Analysis4▲ 183×1 topic
  19. Frequency Response Analysis4▲ 183×1 topic
  20. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.6×4 topics
  21. Detection3▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Oil and Gas3▲ 97×2 topics
  23. Optimization3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Subsea3▲ 238×1 topic
  25. Technology3▲ 7.3×1 topic
  26. Arc Fault3▲ 242×1 topic
  27. Localization3▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Pipeline3▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Simulation3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  30. CMOS Technology3▲ 22×1 topic
  31. ESD Protection3▲ 144×1 topic
  32. Dynamic Line Rating2▲ 162×1 topic
  33. Thermal Analysis2▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Distribution2▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Lightning2▲ 104×1 topic
  37. Stability Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Thermal Stability2▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Nonlinear Systems2▲ 9.1×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques and Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts.

High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 1 fractional worksThermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes: 0 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 0 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 0 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Cultural and Historical Studies: 0 fractional worksPolymer crystallization …0Polymer crystallization and properties: 0 fractional worksMechanical stress and fa…0Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis: 0 fractional worksProcess Optimization and…0Process Optimization and Integration: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…0Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 0 fractional works
Materials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 1 works
  2. 2 Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  8. 8 Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Process Optimization and Integration Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Boréa (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000016% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Boréa (Sweden)0.000029% in 20251990200020102020

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

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