Dalarna University
In research, Dalarna University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,934 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,290 of 9,902 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,441 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory (Literature and Literary Theory is 6.2× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,437 of 22,385 · #2,292 all time
- Rank in Sweden
- #23 of 107
- Research works
- 2.4k ▲ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 40k 17.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.3% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.19× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 62% world 40%
- International
- 21% world 18%
What is Dalarna University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #1,934 of 9,585 | 12.7% | 295 | #1641 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,290 of 9,902 | 15.6% | 144 | #2707 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,441 of 10,670 | 10.9% | 140 | #2958 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,033 of 5,988 | 14.4% | 163 | #1866 | |
| MedicineField | #3,090 of 8,541 | 16.4% | 85 | #3237 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,623 of 5,901 | 12.5% | 68 | #2379 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dalarna University 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#1,641 #1,934
- Health Sciences#2,707 #2,290
- Physical Sciences#2,958 #3,441
- Social Sciences#1,866 #2,033
- Medicine#3,237 #3,090
- Engineering#2,379 #2,623
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Dalarna University work in?
In 2022-now, 48% of research at Dalarna University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences32547.7%
- Social Sciences17826.2%
- Psychology558.1%
- Arts and Humanities548.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting243.5%
- Decision Sciences81.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.9%
- Health Sciences17525.7%
- Medicine10215.0%
- Health Professions629.1%
- Nursing91.3%
- Veterinary20.3%
- Dentistry10.1%
- Physical Sciences15823.3%
- Engineering7611.2%
- Computer Science385.5%
- Environmental Science253.6%
- Energy81.2%
- Mathematics50.7%
- Materials Science30.5%
- Physics and Astronomy20.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
- Chemistry00.0%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Life Sciences223.2%
What does Dalarna University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 22.4 works6.2×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Professions3.45×62 works
- Arts and Humanities2.77×54 works
- Psychology2.65×55 works
- Nursing2.56×8 works
- Social Sciences2.07×178 works
- Veterinary1.89×2 works
- Energy1.26×8 works
- Decision Sciences1.15×8 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.09×24 works
- Medicine0.78×102 works
- Engineering0.75×76 works
- Environmental Science0.73×25 works
- Computer Science0.71×38 works
- Mathematics0.62×5 works
- Neuroscience0.53×6 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×6 works
- Dentistry0.24×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×8 works
- Materials Science0.15×4 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.14×2 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
- Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
- Chemistry0.03×0 works
- Health Professions 3.5×
- Arts and Humanities 2.8×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Nursing 2.6×
- Social Sciences 2.1×
- Veterinary 1.9×
- Energy 1.3×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 1.1×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Mathematics 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.0×
- Chemistry 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Dalarna University?
Ranked on the quality score, Xingxing Zhang, Anneli Strömsöe and Pei Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dalarna University.
- 1
Xingxing Zhang
Sweden · #177,153 worldwide 10k citations · 327 works
- 2
Anneli Strömsöe
Sweden · #185,115 worldwide 4k citations · 74 works
- 3
Pei Huang
Sweden · #218,740 worldwide 3.7k citations · 153 works
- 4
Johan Borg
Sweden · #222,115 worldwide 2.4k citations · 62 works
- 5
Mengjie Han
Sweden · #236,241 worldwide 2.8k citations · 97 works
- 6
Fatumo Osman
Sweden · #425,683 worldwide 1.8k citations · 105 works
- 7
Xingxing Zhang
Sweden · #444,848 worldwide 1.4k citations · 91 works
- 8
Lena Dahlberg
Sweden · #456,087 worldwide 3.5k citations · 127 works
- 9
Anna Ehrenberg
Sweden · #498,058 worldwide 5.3k citations · 209 works
- 10
Renée Flacking
Sweden · #508,699 worldwide 3.8k citations · 99 works
Which keywords describe research at Dalarna University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Research, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogy, Learning, Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Special Education and Methodology.
- Content and Language Integrated Learning
- Psychological Interventions
- Energy Simulation
- Accessibility
- Sociolinguistics
- Reflective Practice
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Student Perceptions
- Smart Grid
- Job Satisfaction
- Energy Efficiency
- Language Policy
- Multilingualism
- Quantitative Methods
- Special Education
- Gender Studies
- Quality of Life
- Discourse Analysis
- Renewable Energy
- Education
- Qualitative Research
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Pedagogy
- Learning
- Social Sciences
- Methodology
- Public Health
- Bilingual Education
- Higher Education
- Depression
- Identity
- Well-being
- Child Development
- Thermal Comfort
- Language Teaching
- Teacher Professional Development
- Building Energy Consumption
- Health Inequalities
- CLIL
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
- Qualitative Research36▲ 6.2×12 topics
- Education32▲ 2.7×30 topics
- Globalization26▲ 1.98×38 topics
- Renewable Energy25▲ 2.5×23 topics
- Mental Health25▲ 2.5×28 topics
- Discourse Analysis24▲ 15×5 topics
- Pedagogy24▲ 7.0×7 topics
- Quality of Life22▲ 2.3×29 topics
- Learning22▲ 11×6 topics
- Gender Studies22▲ 21×4 topics
- Social Sciences22▲ 22×3 topics
- Special Education21▲ 52×3 topics
- Methodology21▲ 63×3 topics
- Quantitative Methods21▲ 232×1 topic
- Public Health19▲ 1.90×23 topics
- Multilingualism17▲ 16×4 topics
- Bilingual Education16▲ 21×2 topics
- Language Policy16▲ 17×2 topics
- Higher Education16▲ 4.3×12 topics
- Energy Efficiency15▲ 2.4×15 topics
- Depression15▲ 2.4×16 topics
- Job Satisfaction14▲ 4.7×10 topics
- Identity14▲ 2.8×31 topics
- Smart Grid14▲ 5.6×5 topics
- Well-being13▲ 5.0×12 topics
- Student Perceptions13▲ 10×6 topics
- Child Development11▲ 4.0×7 topics
- Evidence-Based Practice11▲ 12×6 topics
- Thermal Comfort10▲ 12×2 topics
- Reflective Practice10▲ 7.8×7 topics
- Language Teaching10▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Sociolinguistics10▲ 7.9×5 topics
- Teacher Professional Development9▲ 8.5×2 topics
- Accessibility9▲ 15×2 topics
- Building Energy Consumption9▲ 17×1 topic
- Energy Simulation9▲ 14×1 topic
- Health Inequalities8▲ 10×5 topics
- Psychological Interventions8▲ 8.9×4 topics
- CLIL8▲ 19×1 topic
- Content and Language Integrated Learning8▲ 19×1 topic
Which research topics does Dalarna University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Social and Educational Sciences, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Second Language Learning and Teaching and Multilingual Education and Policy.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 21 works
- 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 9 works
- 3 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
- 4 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 8 works
- 5 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 8 works
- 6 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
- 7 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 7 works
- 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
- 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 6 works
- 10 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Dalarna University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Dalarna University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.
Fractional works of Dalarna University 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 2008.
Other research institutions in Falun
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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