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Linköping University Hospital

In research, Linköping University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,767 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,570 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,924
of 22,385 · #5,973 all time
Rank in Sweden
#54
of 107
Research works
4.6k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
152k
32.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Linköping University Hospital

What is Linköping University Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,767 of 9,902 14.0%185 #2320
MedicineField #1,570 of 8,541 14.0%172 #2006

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Linköping 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Linköping University Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Linköping University Hospital is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 224 fractional works · 74.5% of its workMedicine: 207 fractional works · 68.9% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 11.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 15.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLinköpingUniversity…300fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine20768.9%
    2. Health Professions113.8%
    3. Nursing31.1%
    4. Dentistry20.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology258.4%
    2. Neuroscience103.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology82.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology124.1%
    2. Social Sciences51.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering51.7%
    2. Computer Science20.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    4. Chemistry10.4%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Environmental Science00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Linköping University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.0 works7.0×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 34.8 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.15× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 207 worksMedicineNursing: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.58×207 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.80×8 works
  3. Nursing2.35×4 works
  4. Neuroscience2.15×10 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×25 works
  6. Health Professions1.43×11 works
  7. Psychology1.34×12 works
  8. Dentistry1.32×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.74×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.12×4 works
  17. Engineering0.11×5 works
  18. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  24. Environmental Science0.02×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Linköping University Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Jan Gillquist, Olof J. Hallböök and Magnus Odensten lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Linköping University Hospital.

  1. 1 Jan Gillquist Sweden · #981,877 worldwide 16k citations · 278 works
  2. 2 Olof J. Hallböök Sweden · #1,086,092 worldwide 8k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Magnus Odensten Sweden · #1,139,076 worldwide 3.1k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Mikael Behrendtz Sweden · #1,215,347 worldwide 2.5k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 K. G. Henriksson Sweden · #1,284,534 worldwide 4.9k citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Arrigo Capitanio Sweden · #1,290,311 worldwide 2.4k citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Lars Good Sweden · #1,347,771 worldwide 3.4k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Bo Engquist Sweden · #1,427,396 worldwide 2.4k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 P O Nyström Sweden · #1,431,764 worldwide 2.2k citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Gunnar Olaison Sweden · #1,470,289 worldwide 5.4k citations · 101 works
All ranked researchers at Linköping University Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Linköping University Hospital?

The most cited paper from Linköping University Hospital is "Rating Systems in the Evaluation of Knee Ligament Injuries" (Yelverton Tegner, Jack Lysholm, 1985), with 4,635 citations. Next come "Evaluation of knee ligament surgery results with special emphasis on use of a scoring scale" (2,802) and "Niraparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive, Recurrent Ovarian Cancer" (2,495).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rating Systems in the Evaluation of Knee Ligament Injuries Yelverton Tegner, Jack Lysholm · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Sep 1985 4,635
2 Evaluation of knee ligament surgery results with special emphasis on use of a scoring scale Jack Lysholm, Jan Gillquist · The American Journal of Sports Medicine May 1982 2,802
3 Niraparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive, Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Mansoor R. Mirza et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Oct 2016 2,495
4 Effect of angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibition compared with conventional therapy on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in hypertension: the Captopril Prevention Project (CAPPP) randomised trial Lennart Hansson, Lars Hjalmar Lindholm, LEO K. NISKANEN et al. · The Lancet Feb 1999 2,017
5 Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg, Mirja L. Ruutu et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 4 May 2011 1,908
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Linköping University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Treatment and Diabetes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 3.8×96 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 3.5×58 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.2×28 topics
  4. Diagnosis13▲ 4.5×28 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.4×36 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 3.5×30 topics
  7. Guidelines11▲ 7.8×10 topics
  8. Immunotherapy11▲ 5.1×16 topics
  9. Quality of Life11▲ 2.5×34 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.99×32 topics
  11. Management9▲ 3.9×21 topics
  12. Diabetes9▲ 6.0×10 topics
  13. Complications8▲ 5.7×16 topics
  14. Heart Failure8▲ 6.4×13 topics
  15. Genetics8▲ 4.0×14 topics
  16. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.8×18 topics
  17. Obesity8▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Depression7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis7▲ 8.5×9 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis7▲ 4.1×12 topics
  21. Rehabilitation7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.9×16 topics
  23. Echocardiography7▲ 8.0×8 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 4.0×13 topics
  25. Mortality6▲ 3.7×10 topics
  26. Type 1 Diabetes6▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Anxiety6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  28. Surgical Management6▲ 4.9×15 topics
  29. Radiotherapy6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 8.0×6 topics
  31. Inflammatory Bowel Disease5▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Endovascular Repair5▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Elderly Patients5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Autoimmunity4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Chronic Pain4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Glycemic Control4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Shoulder Function4▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Linköping University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes and associated disorders, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Diabetes Management and Research.

Diabetes and associated …3Diabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease3Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …3Diabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…3Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 2 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Linköping University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Linköping University Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Linköping University Hospital0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Linköping University Hospital 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%Linköping University Hospital12.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2021.

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