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Linköping University

In research, Linköping University stands highest in Social Sciences (#308 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#517 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#563 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Psychology and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Applied Psychology is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#558
of 28,054 · #356 all time
Rank in Sweden
#8
of 125
Research works
41k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Linköping 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 #308 of 10,521 34.6%1,630 #301
Health SciencesDomain #517 of 11,982 22.7%1,382 #394
Physical SciencesDomain #563 of 12,888 20.1%2,202 #306
Social SciencesField #287 of 6,365 35.8%723 #291
MedicineField #513 of 10,443 22.0%1,166 #496
EngineeringField #450 of 6,636 19.8%861 #203
Materials ScienceField #233 of 2,468 20.6%290 #191
Computer ScienceField #452 of 4,667 20.2%541 #175
PsychologyField #220 of 2,181 28.1%371 #272
Life SciencesDomain #839 of 7,800 23.0%527 #764

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Linköping 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#301 #308
  2. Health Sciences#394 #517
  3. Physical Sciences#306 #563
  4. Social Sciences#291 #287
  5. Medicine#496 #513
  6. Engineering#203 #450
  7. Materials Science#191 #233
  8. Computer Science#175 #452
  9. Psychology#272 #220
  10. Life Sciences#764 #839
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 Linköping University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Psychology takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 32.7 works4.0×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 75.3 works2.9×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 85 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 220 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 158 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 51 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.21× its world share, 542 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 55 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.00× its world share, 861 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 182 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 290 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 182 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 1,166 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 138 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 212 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 85 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 101 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 371 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 723 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Linköping University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tiny Jaarsma, Lennart Ljung and Emil Björnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Linköping University.

  1. 1 Tiny Jaarsma · #2,090 worldwide 1.2k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 Lennart Ljung · #4,697 worldwide 2.1k citations · 178 works
  3. 3 Emil Björnson · #6,004 worldwide 2.4k citations · 190 works
  4. 4 Michael Felsberg · #8,622 worldwide 1.1k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Tomas Lindahl · #16,730 worldwide 906 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 C. Svensson · #24,486 worldwide 722 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 José M. Peña · #26,540 worldwide 591 citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Ingemar Lundström · #32,842 worldwide 1.3k citations · 133 works
  9. 9 Erik G. Larsson · #36,228 worldwide 2k citations · 237 works
  10. 10 Bo Liedberg · #36,421 worldwide 744 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Linköping University

Which keywords describe research at Linköping University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Special Education, Social Sciences, Machine Learning, Methodology, Quantitative Methods, Gender Studies and Depression.

▲ 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. Epidemiology248◆ 1.09×123 topics
  2. Machine Learning186◆ 0.99×78 topics
  3. Deep Learning171◆ 0.87×74 topics
  4. Sustainability137◆ 0.98×69 topics
  5. Inflammation126◆ 1.06×80 topics
  6. Quality of Life117▲ 1.42×55 topics
  7. Mental Health116▲ 1.38×38 topics
  8. Education111◆ 1.13×53 topics
  9. Renewable Energy107▲ 1.30×40 topics
  10. Depression100▲ 1.99×21 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease99▲ 1.56×35 topics
  12. Qualitative Research95▲ 1.91×19 topics
  13. Nanocomposites91▲ 1.98×20 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency89▲ 1.65×33 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications86▲ 1.26×31 topics
  16. Treatment82▲ 1.17×45 topics
  17. Big Data78▲ 1.51×24 topics
  18. Anxiety71▲ 2.6×11 topics
  19. Pedagogy67▲ 2.4×13 topics
  20. Special Education67▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Learning64▲ 3.8×7 topics
  22. Discourse Analysis64▲ 4.4×7 topics
  23. Social Sciences64▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering62▲ 1.76×13 topics
  25. Semiconductors60▲ 3.4×5 topics
  26. Two-Dimensional Materials59▲ 4.5×4 topics
  27. Resilience59▲ 2.1×14 topics
  28. Gender Studies58▲ 6.5×8 topics
  29. Methodology56▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Quantitative Methods56▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Heart Failure55▲ 2.2×13 topics
  32. Organic Electronics51▲ 6.0×2 topics
  33. Nanofibers48▲ 3.8×3 topics
  34. Conducting Polymers44▲ 5.5×2 topics
  35. PEDOT:PSS44▲ 6.3×1 topic
  36. Polyaniline44▲ 6.3×1 topic
  37. Field-Effect Transistors43▲ 4.7×4 topics
  38. Light-Emitting Diodes43▲ 4.8×2 topics
  39. Language Development42▲ 6.1×5 topics
  40. Self-Regulation40▲ 3.9×6 topics

Which research topics does Linköping University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Conducting polymers and applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Social and Educational Sciences: 56 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 44 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 30 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 27 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 27 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Materials: 24 fractional worksOrganic Electronics and …22Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics: 22 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…21Digital Mental Health Interventions: 21 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…20Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 20 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …19Semiconductor materials and devices: 19 fractional works
EducationPolymers and PlasticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational SciencesEducation 56 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymers and Plastics 44 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and ApplicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Supply Chain ManagementStrategy and Management 27 works
  5. 5 Sustainability and Climate Change GovernanceGlobal and Planetary Change 27 works
  6. 6 MXene and MAX Phase MaterialsMaterials Chemistry 24 works
  7. 7 Organic Electronics and PhotovoltaicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  8. 8 Digital Mental Health InterventionsApplied Psychology 21 works
  9. 9 Metal and Thin Film MechanicsMechanics of Materials 20 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor materials and devicesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 19 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Linköping University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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.

Other research institutions in Linköping

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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.