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Falun Hospital

In research, Falun Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,668 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,337 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,271
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#80
of 259
Research works
645
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
39.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Falun Hospital

What is Falun Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,668 of 16,688 16.7%435
MedicineField #2,337 of 14,558 16.7%394

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

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Falun Hospital is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 31 fractional works · 64.6% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 57.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFalun Hospital48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences19%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2857.9%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Dentistry11.8%
    4. Veterinary00.8%
    5. Nursing00.4%
    1. Social Sciences611.9%
    2. Decision Sciences23.3%
    3. Psychology12.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.4%
    3. Neuroscience11.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Engineering23.8%
    2. Environmental Science00.5%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.35× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.54×0 works
  2. Dentistry3.67×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.35×2 works
  4. Medicine3.01×28 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.45×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.44×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.94×6 works
  9. Psychology0.85×1 works
  10. Nursing0.72×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.65×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.32×0 works
  13. Engineering0.25×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Falun Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Kristina Hambræus, Iwar Sjögren and László K. Tabár lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Falun Hospital.

  1. 1 Kristina Hambræus Sweden · #236,633 worldwide 3.1k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Iwar Sjögren Sweden · #359,069 worldwide 4.9k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 László K. Tabár Sweden · #409,458 worldwide 15k citations · 210 works
  4. 4 Staffan Nilsson Sweden · #702,156 worldwide 4.8k citations · 124 works
  5. 5 Tomas Riman Sweden · #991,516 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Bedrich Viták Sweden · #1,011,108 worldwide 5k citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Adel Hassanein El Sayed Gad Sweden · #1,287,760 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 László Tabár Sweden · #1,333,124 worldwide 2.4k citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Max Flogegård Sweden · #1,369,324 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Urban Waldenström Sweden · #1,445,417 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Falun Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Falun Hospital?

The most cited paper from Falun Hospital is "Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux as a Risk Factor for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma" (Jesper Lagergren, Reinhold Bergström, Anders Lindgren et al., 1999), with 3,048 citations. Next come "Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction" (1,163) and "2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar Fusion Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain" (924).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux as a Risk Factor for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Jesper Lagergren, Reinhold Bergström, Anders Lindgren et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 18 Mar 1999 3,048
2 Thrombus Aspiration during ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Ole Fröbert et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Sep 2013 1,163
3 2001 Volvo Award Winner in Clinical Studies: Lumbar Fusion Versus Nonsurgical Treatment for Chronic Low Back Pain Peter Fritzell, Olle Hägg, Per Wessberg et al. · Spine Dec 2001 924
4 The clinical importance of changes in outcome scores after treatment for chronic low back pain Olle Hägg, Peter Fritzell, Anders Nordwall · European Spine Journal Feb 2003 916
5 Swedish Two-County Trial: Impact of Mammographic Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality during 3 Decades László K. Tabár, Bedrich Viták, Tony Hsiu-Hsi Chen et al. · Radiology 28 Jun 2011 799
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Which keywords describe research at Falun Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Treatment, Postcolonialism, Migration, Biopolitics and Digital Labour Theory.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 2.5×44 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 3.3×26 topics
  3. Risk Factors2▲ 4.8×13 topics
  4. Treatment2▲ 3.6×21 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×16 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 1.68×2 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  8. Migration1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.72×10 topics
  10. Postcolonialism1▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Biopolitics1▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Breast Cancer1▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Digital Labour Theory1▲ 306×1 topic
  14. Global Governance1▲ 12×1 topic
  15. Innovative Pedagogies1▲ 306×1 topic
  16. Pedagogy1▲ 5.5×1 topic
  17. Radiotherapy1▲ 6.9×6 topics
  18. Teaching Methods1▲ 17×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 7.7×7 topics
  20. Endovascular Repair1▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Echocardiography1▲ 7.9×5 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.1×8 topics
  23. Mortality Risk1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  24. Obesity1▲ 3.0×10 topics
  25. Survival Analysis1▲ 8.2×4 topics
  26. Cancer Risk1▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.0×10 topics
  28. Decision Making1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  29. Soft Set Theory1▲ 163×1 topic
  30. Ultrasound1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Falun Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies, Contemporary art, education, critique, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Breast Lesions and Carcinomas.

Medical, Sociocultural, …1Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 1 fractional worksContemporary art, educat…1Contemporary art, education, critique: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation an…1Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carci…1Breast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksFuzzy and Soft Set Theory: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …1Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksAlcohol Consumption and Health Effects: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCultural StudiesEducationPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  4. 4 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Fuzzy and Soft Set Theory Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Falun Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Falun Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Falun Hospital0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Falun Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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