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Linköping University Hospital

In research, Linköping University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,257 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,399 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,838
of 28,054 · #6,249 all time
Rank in Sweden
#63
of 125
Research works
4.6k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
152k
32.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Linköping 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 #4,257 of 10,443 16.7%172 #1551
Health SciencesDomain #5,399 of 11,982 17.0%185 #1860

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Linköping University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.1 works5.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.77× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.15× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 10 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.

Who are the top researchers at Linköping University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Olav Axelson, Jan Gillquist and Lars Ödkvist lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Linköping University Hospital.

  1. 1 Olav Axelson Sweden · #64,279 worldwide 242 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Jan Gillquist Sweden · #76,698 worldwide 226 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Lars Ödkvist Sweden · #151,417 worldwide 139 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Hans‐Göran Tiselius Sweden · #191,060 worldwide 82 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Bengt Wranne Sweden · #214,369 worldwide 89 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Lita Tibbling Sweden · #242,549 worldwide 63 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Jack Lysholm Sweden · #263,828 worldwide 557 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Dag Hydén Sweden · #277,653 worldwide 55 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Niels Erik Nielsen Sweden · #283,965 worldwide 119 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Orvar Finnström Sweden · #302,263 worldwide 82 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Linköping University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Linköping University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.8×94 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 3.3×53 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 5.2×26 topics
  4. Treatment11▲ 3.6×33 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 4.5×27 topics
  6. Guidelines10▲ 8.9×10 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 3.6×28 topics
  8. Quality of Life10▲ 2.7×33 topics
  9. Immunotherapy9▲ 5.3×16 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 1.99×26 topics
  11. Diabetes8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  12. Management8▲ 3.9×20 topics
  13. Complications8▲ 6.0×16 topics
  14. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.2×18 topics
  15. Heart Failure7▲ 6.8×13 topics
  16. Genetics7▲ 4.0×14 topics
  17. Depression7▲ 3.1×15 topics
  18. Obesity6▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis6▲ 8.8×9 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis6▲ 4.1×11 topics
  21. Echocardiography6▲ 8.5×8 topics
  22. Mortality6▲ 3.8×10 topics
  23. Surgical Management6▲ 5.3×15 topics
  24. Anxiety5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  25. Rehabilitation5▲ 5.5×7 topics
  26. Type 1 Diabetes5▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.9×13 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 8.7×6 topics
  29. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.1×10 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.4×14 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Endovascular Repair4▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Glycemic Control4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Autoimmunity4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Elderly Patients4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Catheter Ablation4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Linköping University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diabetes and associated disorders, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Diabetes Management and Research and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Diabetes and associated …3Diabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…2Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Linköping University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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