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Karolinska Institutet

In research, Karolinska Institutet stands highest in Health Sciences (#33 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#40 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#41 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Behavioral Neuroscience, Developmental Neuroscience and Biological Psychiatry — Behavioral Neuroscience is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#187
of 28,054 · #100 all time
Rank in Sweden
#2
of 125
Research works
79k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6M
45.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Karolinska Institutet 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
Health SciencesDomain #33 of 11,982 26.0%5,305 #24
MedicineField #40 of 10,443 25.5%4,625 #31
Life SciencesDomain #41 of 7,800 25.6%1,895 #23
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #73 of 3,579 26.6%1,044 #29
Health ProfessionsField #41 of 1,928 27.4%510 #22
PhysiologySubfield #12 of 548 26.6%284 #11
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #6 of 243 26.6%227 #12
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #11 of 441 34.3%176 #19
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #19 of 738 22.2%302 #36
NeuroscienceField #31 of 1,168 24.6%439 #14

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karolinska Institutet 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. Health Sciences#24 #33
  2. Medicine#31 #40
  3. Life Sciences#23 #41
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#29 #73
  5. Health Professions#22 #41
  6. Physiology#11 #12
  7. Psychiatry and Mental health#12 #6
  8. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#19 #11
  9. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#36 #19
  10. Neuroscience#14 #31
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 Karolinska Institutet specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Behavioral Neuroscience takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.2 works5.8×
  2. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.2 works5.2×
  3. Biological PsychiatrySubfield · 25.5 works5.2×
  4. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 226.7 works5.1×
  5. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 33.1 works4.7×
← 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, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 1,044 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.60× its world share, 324 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.03× its world share, 439 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 33 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 157 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 165 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 63 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.03× its world share, 88 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 510 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 4,625 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 70 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 41 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 602 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 326 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karolinska Institutet?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan Jesús Carrero, Patrik K. E. Magnusson and Miia Kivipelto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karolinska Institutet.

  1. 1 Juan Jesús Carrero · #138 worldwide 6.5k citations · 120 works
  2. 2 Patrik K. E. Magnusson · #1,181 worldwide 2.9k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Miia Kivipelto · #1,542 worldwide 1.9k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Ulf dé Fairé · #2,012 worldwide 2.2k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Lars H. Lund · #2,151 worldwide 1.6k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Göran K. Hansson · #2,280 worldwide 1.4k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Nancy L. Pedersen · #3,279 worldwide 2.4k citations · 178 works
  8. 8 Bengt Samuelsson · #3,576 worldwide 1.7k citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Mikael Landén · #3,816 worldwide 1k citations · 102 works
  10. 10 U. S. von Euler · #4,233 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Karolinska Institutet

Which keywords describe research at Karolinska Institutet?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Quality of Life, Treatment, Oxidative Stress and Metabolic Syndrome.

▲ 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. Epidemiology938▲ 2.7×131 topics
  2. Inflammation641▲ 3.5×83 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease414▲ 4.2×38 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress360▲ 2.5×61 topics
  5. Quality of Life355▲ 2.8×53 topics
  6. Treatment326▲ 3.0×51 topics
  7. Depression305▲ 3.9×25 topics
  8. Cancer279▲ 2.3×54 topics
  9. Mental Health269▲ 2.1×41 topics
  10. Public Health261▲ 2.0×57 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome261▲ 3.6×23 topics
  12. Risk Factors258▲ 2.6×37 topics
  13. Genetics234▲ 3.7×22 topics
  14. Biomarkers219▲ 3.6×18 topics
  15. Diagnosis210▲ 2.5×41 topics
  16. Obesity206▲ 3.0×23 topics
  17. Aging190▲ 4.0×19 topics
  18. Anxiety183▲ 4.3×12 topics
  19. Global Burden180▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Mortality169▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders168▲ 3.3×20 topics
  22. Prevalence168▲ 4.6×15 topics
  23. Immunotherapy161▲ 2.5×19 topics
  24. Chemotherapy157▲ 2.5×25 topics
  25. Management157▲ 2.2×33 topics
  26. Clinical Trials152▲ 2.5×19 topics
  27. Gene Expression149▲ 2.8×18 topics
  28. Heart Failure148▲ 3.8×13 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines138▲ 2.9×14 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis138▲ 2.6×19 topics
  31. Guidelines135▲ 3.2×13 topics
  32. Neuroimaging133▲ 5.5×11 topics
  33. Neurodegeneration132▲ 5.0×11 topics
  34. Adolescents130▲ 3.9×8 topics
  35. Cytokines124▲ 5.0×8 topics
  36. Neuroinflammation123▲ 4.8×6 topics
  37. Neurobiology120▲ 5.2×10 topics
  38. Cognitive Impairment114▲ 5.1×11 topics
  39. Autoantibodies114▲ 5.5×8 topics
  40. Alzheimer's Disease107▲ 4.2×9 topics

Which research topics does Karolinska Institutet publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Workplace Health and Well-being, COVID-19 and Mental Health and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive I…64Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 64 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Wel…60Workplace Health and Well-being: 60 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 44 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 42 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 41 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 40 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 40 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…37Digital Mental Health Interventions: 37 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 36 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 35 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical PsychologyPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 64 works
  2. 2 Workplace Health and Well-beingGeneral Health Professions 60 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 44 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 42 works
  5. 5 Immune Cell Function and InteractionImmunology 41 works
  6. 6 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchRheumatology 40 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 40 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health InterventionsApplied Psychology 37 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 36 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomicsMolecular Biology 35 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karolinska Institutet's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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