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Göteborgs Stads

In research, Göteborgs Stads stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,545 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,391 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,778 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,175
of 28,054 · #6,522 all time
Rank in Sweden
#74
of 125
Research works
2.6k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Göteborgs Stads known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,545 of 10,521 9.2%197 #4283
Social SciencesField #4,391 of 6,365 9.4%123 #3324
EducationSubfield #1,778 of 1,892 8.1%65 #2286

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Göteborgs Stads 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,283 #6,545
  2. Social Sciences#3,324 #4,391
  3. Education#2,286 #1,778
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Göteborgs Stads specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 65.2 works7.8×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.53× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.57× its world share, 123 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Göteborgs Stads?

Ranked on the composite score, Solveig Hägglund, Christian Lenemark and S Eckerström lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Göteborgs Stads.

  1. 1 Solveig Hägglund · #631,491 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Christian Lenemark · #647,150 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 S Eckerström · #788,442 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Olof Eriksson · #806,881 worldwide 2 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Antoine Winckler · #1,050,460 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Carl Englisch · #1,075,144 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Mattias Sköld · #1,082,331 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Joachim Rossberg · #1,134,701 worldwide 5 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Eduard Riecke · #1,211,431 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mathias Olausson · #1,312,666 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Göteborgs Stads

Which keywords describe research at Göteborgs Stads?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Pedagogy, Qualitative Research, Social Sciences, Discourse Analysis, Learning, Gender Studies and Special Education.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Education55▲ 12×25 topics
  2. Pedagogy52▲ 39×9 topics
  3. Qualitative Research50▲ 21×9 topics
  4. Social Sciences49▲ 126×3 topics
  5. Discourse Analysis47▲ 68×4 topics
  6. Learning46▲ 57×3 topics
  7. Gender Studies46▲ 108×3 topics
  8. Special Education45▲ 287×2 topics
  9. Methodology45▲ 349×1 topic
  10. Quantitative Methods45▲ 1148×1 topic
  11. Globalization16▲ 3.1×32 topics
  12. Climate Change10▲ 1.38×39 topics
  13. Human Rights9▲ 3.2×14 topics
  14. Mental Health7▲ 1.77×16 topics
  15. Religion7▲ 5.5×13 topics
  16. Democracy6▲ 6.6×10 topics
  17. Identity6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  18. Literature6▲ 4.0×18 topics
  19. Gender5▲ 3.5×15 topics
  20. Ethics5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  21. Neoliberalism5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  22. Corpus Linguistics4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  23. Trade4▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Academic Achievement4▲ 9.3×6 topics
  25. Communication4▲ 4.8×3 topics
  26. Public Opinion4▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Global Governance4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  28. Multilingualism4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  29. Medieval4▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Cultural Exchange4▲ 10.0×4 topics
  31. Phenomenology4▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Tacit Knowledge4▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Archaeology3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  34. Professional Development3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  35. Reflective Practice3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Family Dynamics3▲ 9.3×1 topic
  37. Work Environment3▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Material Culture3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Scandinavia3▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Viking Age3▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Göteborgs Stads publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Research in Social Sciences, Historical and Archaeological Studies and European and International Law Studies.

Social and Educational S…45Social and Educational Sciences: 45 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 3 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 3 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 2 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 2 fractional works
EducationHistoryPolitical Science and International RelationsPublic Administration3 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational SciencesEducation 45 works
  2. 2 Research in Social SciencesEducation 3 works
  3. 3 Historical and Archaeological StudiesHistory 3 works
  4. 4 European and International Law StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Labor Movements and UnionsPublic Administration 2 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducation 2 works
  7. 7 Education, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchSocial Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderPsychiatry and Mental health 2 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.8%domestic only82.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Göteborgs Stads's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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