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Karolinska University Hospital

In research, Karolinska University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#117 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#157 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#269 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Rheumatology and Hepatology — Immunology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#721
of 28,054 · #582 all time
Rank in Sweden
#9
of 125
Research works
30k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
37.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Karolinska University Hospital 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
MedicineField #117 of 10,443 25.0%1,912 #103
Health SciencesDomain #157 of 11,982 24.9%2,027 #125
Life SciencesDomain #269 of 7,800 24.7%529 #211
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #66 of 738 25.7%150 #82
SurgerySubfield #165 of 1,816 23.2%243 #108
EpidemiologySubfield #112 of 976 27.5%140 #109
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #608 of 3,579 25.6%288 #350
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #137 of 682 23.4%135 #106
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #243 of 1,144 18.3%172 #134
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #102 of 441 32.9%63 #121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Karolinska University 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 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. Medicine#103 #117
  2. Health Sciences#125 #157
  3. Life Sciences#211 #269
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#82 #66
  5. Surgery#108 #165
  6. Epidemiology#109 #112
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#350 #608
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#106 #137
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#134 #243
  10. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#121 #102
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 University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 117.2 works6.1×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 75.2 works5.9×
  3. HepatologySubfield · 31.5 works5.9×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 149.6 works5.1×
  5. HematologySubfield · 41.7 works5.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.95× its world share, 288 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.85× its world share, 135 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.94× its world share, 87 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 80 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 1,912 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 48 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Karolinska University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Cecilia Linde, Christian G. Giske and Francesco Cosentino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Karolinska University Hospital.

  1. 1 Cecilia Linde Sweden · #7,684 worldwide 883 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Christian G. Giske Sweden · #7,790 worldwide 1.9k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Francesco Cosentino Sweden · #19,295 worldwide 674 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Magnus Bäck Sweden · #24,117 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Viking Olov Björk Sweden · #25,483 worldwide 385 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Frieder Braunschweig Sweden · #28,768 worldwide 514 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 J. Lindsten Sweden · #29,948 worldwide 309 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 T. Greitz Sweden · #38,303 worldwide 200 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 R Luft Sweden · #46,480 worldwide 291 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Nils Wahlgren Sweden · #49,073 worldwide 440 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Karolinska University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Karolinska University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Chemotherapy, Autoantibodies and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology308▲ 2.8×125 topics
  2. Inflammation215▲ 3.7×80 topics
  3. Treatment125▲ 3.7×48 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease110▲ 3.6×37 topics
  5. Diagnosis107▲ 4.2×40 topics
  6. Quality of Life96▲ 2.4×50 topics
  7. Cancer94▲ 2.5×51 topics
  8. Chemotherapy92▲ 4.7×24 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress91▲ 2.0×58 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome83▲ 3.7×23 topics
  11. Management80▲ 3.7×30 topics
  12. Immunotherapy78▲ 4.0×19 topics
  13. Heart Failure70▲ 5.9×13 topics
  14. Guidelines70▲ 5.4×13 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines69▲ 4.6×14 topics
  16. Biomarkers69▲ 3.6×17 topics
  17. Risk Factors67▲ 2.2×33 topics
  18. Obesity64▲ 3.1×22 topics
  19. Autoantibodies64▲ 9.9×8 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors60▲ 5.0×14 topics
  21. Genetics60▲ 3.1×20 topics
  22. Mortality57▲ 3.5×13 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations54▲ 4.5×23 topics
  24. Prognosis52▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Radiotherapy51▲ 4.8×13 topics
  26. Global Burden50▲ 3.3×12 topics
  27. Aging49▲ 3.3×17 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance49▲ 3.9×10 topics
  29. Immune Response48▲ 3.1×22 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy48▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk48▲ 5.6×9 topics
  32. Complications47▲ 3.4×17 topics
  33. Cytokines46▲ 5.9×8 topics
  34. Immunity43▲ 3.9×10 topics
  35. Echocardiography41▲ 5.4×8 topics
  36. Survival Analysis41▲ 5.4×6 topics
  37. Neurodegeneration39▲ 4.7×10 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation39▲ 4.9×6 topics
  39. Toll-like Receptors33▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Genetic Variants33▲ 6.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Karolinska University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Systemic Lupus Erythemat…26Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 26 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…20Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 20 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 17 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 16 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 15 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 15 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 14 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 14 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 13 fractional works
RheumatologyImmunologyEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 26 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 20 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 17 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 16 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 15 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 15 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 14 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 14 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Karolinska University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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