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Jönköping University

In research, Jönköping University stands highest in Social Sciences (#822 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,022 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#471 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Management of Technology and Innovation is 15.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,830
of 28,054 · #3,557 all time
Rank in Sweden
#25
of 125
Research works
4.8k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
119k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Jönköping University 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 #822 of 10,521 33.3%551 #720
Social SciencesField #1,022 of 6,365 32.7%207 #857
Business, Management and AccountingField #471 of 2,578 35.0%184 #382
PsychologyField #501 of 2,181 28.0%78 #727
Health SciencesDomain #2,954 of 11,982 22.3%181 #2456
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #801 of 2,578 32.7%86 #803
EngineeringField #2,675 of 6,636 27.3%150 #2486
Health ProfessionsField #886 of 1,928 28.4%81 #670
Physical SciencesDomain #6,459 of 12,888 28.4%277 #5794
Computer ScienceField #2,445 of 4,667 32.1%72 #2399

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jönköping 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 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#720 #822
  2. Social Sciences#857 #1,022
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#382 #471
  4. Psychology#727 #501
  5. Health Sciences#2,456 #2,954
  6. Sociology and Political Science#803 #801
  7. Engineering#2,486 #2,675
  8. Health Professions#670 #886
  9. Physical Sciences#5,794 #6,459
  10. Computer Science#2,399 #2,445
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 Jönköping University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 15.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 48.7 works15×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 44.3 works8.3×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 38.8 works7.8×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 184.4 works5.5×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 12 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 72 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.49× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.50× its world share, 184 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 78 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 207 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Jönköping University?

Ranked on the composite score, Amir H. Pakpour, David Eriksson and Лейф Мелин lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jönköping University.

  1. 1 Amir H. Pakpour Sweden · #4,730 worldwide 2.9k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 David Eriksson Sweden · #22,078 worldwide 434 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Лейф Мелин Sweden · #30,341 worldwide 324 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Peter Hansbo Sweden · #47,935 worldwide 424 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Charlotta Mellander Sweden · #85,152 worldwide 276 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Mattias Nordqvist Sweden · #113,103 worldwide 218 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Anders Broström Sweden · #149,134 worldwide 123 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Tomas Magnusson Sweden · #157,853 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Eva Björck‐Åkesson Sweden · #159,916 worldwide 121 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Christina Keller Sweden · #216,413 worldwide 253 citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Jönköping University

Which keywords describe research at Jönköping University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Opportunity Recognition.

▲ 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. Social Capital84▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Sustainability58▲ 2.3×44 topics
  3. Innovation52▲ 4.7×25 topics
  4. Corporate Governance48▲ 6.3×15 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management46▲ 4.8×17 topics
  6. Entrepreneurship42▲ 11×8 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties33▲ 3.2×20 topics
  8. Quality of Life32▲ 2.2×41 topics
  9. Mental Health32▲ 2.1×30 topics
  10. Entrepreneurial Orientation29▲ 33×1 topic
  11. Opportunity Recognition29▲ 33×1 topic
  12. Succession Planning28▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Internationalization28▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Family Firms27▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Socioemotional Wealth27▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Education27▲ 1.52×31 topics
  17. Big Data25▲ 2.6×14 topics
  18. Microstructure23▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Risk Management20▲ 4.1×12 topics
  20. Social Support19▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Well-being19▲ 4.8×14 topics
  22. Microstructural Evolution18▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Grain Refinement18▲ 15×3 topics
  24. Environmental Management17▲ 4.2×9 topics
  25. Circular Economy17▲ 5.9×4 topics
  26. Cyber-Physical Systems15▲ 5.5×5 topics
  27. Assembly Planning15▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Design for Manufacture15▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Digital Twin14▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Evidence-Based Practice14▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Cloud Manufacturing14▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Smart Manufacturing14▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Product Design14▲ 9.6×4 topics
  34. Firm Performance14▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Corrosion Behavior12▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Aerospace Applications12▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Aluminium Alloys12▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Automotive Industry12▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Mass Customization12▲ 125×1 topic
  40. Product Modularity12▲ 125×1 topic

Which research topics does Jönköping University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Family Business Performance and Succession, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 29 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 27 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 15 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 14 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 12 fractional worksProduct Development and Customization: 12 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…11Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 11 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 9 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 9 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 9 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 29 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 27 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  5. 5 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Product Development and Customization Management of Technology and Innovation 12 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 11 works
  8. 8 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 9 works
  9. 9 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 9 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 9 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jönköping University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.