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Institute for Futures Studies

In research, Institute for Futures Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,194 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,097 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 5.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,082
of 22,385 · #7,021 all time
Rank in Sweden
#57
of 107
Research works
669
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Institute for Futures Studies

What is Institute for Futures Studies known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,194 of 9,585 16.2%116 #2629
Social SciencesField #3,097 of 5,988 16.1%72 #1902

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Futures Studies 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 Institute for Futures Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Institute for Futures Studies is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Computer Science (8%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 130 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 82 fractional works · 40.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 39 fractional works · 19.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 19.8% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forFutures Studies204fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences64%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8240.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities157.2%
    3. Psychology115.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance115.5%
    5. Decision Sciences62.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting62.7%
    1. Computer Science167.7%
    2. Environmental Science126.0%
    3. Engineering63.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    6. Mathematics10.4%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine125.8%
    2. Health Professions104.7%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    1. Neuroscience94.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Futures Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 38.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.75× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.55× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.16×82 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.85×6 works
  3. Neuroscience2.75×9 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.55×11 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.50×15 works
  6. Psychology1.83×11 works
  7. Health Professions1.79×10 works
  8. Environmental Science1.21×12 works
  9. Computer Science0.99×16 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.84×6 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.76×3 works
  12. Nursing0.57×1 works
  13. Energy0.39×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.30×1 works
  15. Medicine0.30×12 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×1 works
  17. Engineering0.20×6 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Futures Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Kirsti M. Jylhä, Pontus Strimling and Moa Bursell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Futures Studies.

  1. 1 Kirsti M. Jylhä Sweden · #190,747 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Pontus Strimling Sweden · #199,755 worldwide 2.8k citations · 136 works
  3. 3 Moa Bursell Sweden · #648,524 worldwide 674 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Arne Jernelöv Sweden · #684,252 worldwide 3.5k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Irina Vartanova Sweden · #802,209 worldwide 491 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Anders Herlitz Sweden · #1,017,587 worldwide 566 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Amir Masood Rostami Sweden · #1,158,528 worldwide 618 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Bjorn O. Lundgren Sweden · #1,245,097 worldwide 3.3k citations · 171 works
  9. 9 Joe Roussos Sweden · #1,278,571 worldwide 185 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Tim Campbell Sweden · #1,874,336 worldwide 238 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Futures Studies

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Futures Studies?

The most cited paper from Institute for Futures Studies is "Safe and just Earth system boundaries" (Johan Rockström et al., 2023), with 1,381 citations. Next come "New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization: Welfare State Regress in 18 Countries, 1975–95" (1,126) and "Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample" (725).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Safe and just Earth system boundaries Johan Rockström et al. · Nature Open access 31 May 2023 1,381
2 New Politics and Class Politics in the Context of Austerity and Globalization: Welfare State Regress in 18 Countries, 1975–95 Walter Korpi, Joakim Palme · American Political Science Review Aug 2003 1,126
3 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample Jan Lisspers, Åke Nygren, Erik Söderman · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Oct 1997 725
4 Net national product, wealth, and social well-being Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, Karl-Göran Mäler · Environment and Development Economics Feb 2000 539
5 A population-based cohort study of socio-demographic risk factors for COVID-19 deaths in Sweden Sven Drefahl, Matthew Wallace, Eleonora Mussino et al. · Nature Communications Open access 9 Oct 2020 496
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Futures Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Human Rights, Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism, International Law, Emotion, Equality and Distributive Justice.

▲ 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 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. Ethics20▲ 19×11 topics
  2. Climate Change13▲ 2.4×19 topics
  3. Human Rights13▲ 6.3×16 topics
  4. Globalization12▲ 3.1×28 topics
  5. Machine Learning11▲ 1.63×20 topics
  6. Cosmopolitanism11▲ 49×3 topics
  7. Multiculturalism10▲ 28×3 topics
  8. International Law10▲ 16×7 topics
  9. Emotion9▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Equality9▲ 78×2 topics
  11. Distributive Justice9▲ 228×1 topic
  12. Global Justice9▲ 228×1 topic
  13. Artificial Intelligence9▲ 3.1×11 topics
  14. Public Perception8▲ 30×6 topics
  15. Big Data7▲ 3.5×7 topics
  16. Global Governance7▲ 14×7 topics
  17. Fairness6▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Discrimination6▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Global Warming6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  20. Neuroscience6▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Disgust6▲ 100×1 topic
  22. Evolution6▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Moral Judgment6▲ 100×1 topic
  24. Surveillance6▲ 9.9×4 topics
  25. Accountability5▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Perception5▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Algorithmic Bias5▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Transparency5▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Truth5▲ 73×2 topics
  30. Environmental Ethics5▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Social Networks4▲ 8.1×8 topics
  32. Trust4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  33. Belief4▲ 154×1 topic
  34. Knowledge4▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Altruism4▲ 25×4 topics
  36. Risk Perception4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  37. Cooperation4▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Environmental Attitudes4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Implicit Bias4▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Geoengineering4▲ 177×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Futures Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political Philosophy and Ethics, Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics.

Political Philosophy and…9Political Philosophy and Ethics: 9 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 6 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…5Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 5 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, an…4Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 4 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 4 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and Theory: 3 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Ps…3Social and Intergroup Psychology: 3 fractional worksClimate Change Communication and Perception: 3 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCognitive NeuroscienceSafety ResearchPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  2. 2 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 5 works
  4. 4 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 4 works
  5. 5 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 3 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Futures Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institute for Futures Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Institute for Futures Studies0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Futures Studies 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.

still counting10%20%30%Institute for Futures Studies12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.5% in 2019.

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