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Linnaeus University

In research, Linnaeus University stands highest in Social Sciences (#181 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#400 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,623 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies — Gender Studies is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,892
of 28,054 · #2,509 all time
Rank in Sweden
#16
of 125
Research works
7.6k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
120k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Linnaeus 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 SciencesField #181 of 6,365 28.5%593 #407
Social SciencesDomain #400 of 10,521 26.8%1,060 #623
Health SciencesDomain #1,623 of 11,982 25.9%265 #1980
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #453 of 2,578 30.4%182 #526
Physical SciencesDomain #2,742 of 12,888 20.1%610 #3111
EducationSubfield #553 of 1,892 23.4%168 #592
MedicineField #3,312 of 10,443 24.2%163 #3539
Health ProfessionsField #613 of 1,928 28.6%92 #1053
PsychologyField #773 of 2,181 20.8%155 #1081
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #434 of 1,201 29.8%79 #647

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Linnaeus 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#407 #181
  2. Social Sciences#623 #400
  3. Health Sciences#1,980 #1,623
  4. Sociology and Political Science#526 #453
  5. Physical Sciences#3,111 #2,742
  6. Education#592 #553
  7. Medicine#3,539 #3,312
  8. Health Professions#1,053 #613
  9. Psychology#1,081 #773
  10. Political Science and International Relations#647 #434
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 Linnaeus University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 35.8 works4.8×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 145 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 166 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 131 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.19× its world share, 54 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 151 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 84 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.49× its world share, 155 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 593 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Linnaeus University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jesper Andersson, Stefan Gößling and Joep Perk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Linnaeus University.

  1. 1 Jesper Andersson Sweden · #8,098 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Stefan Gößling Sweden · #9,392 worldwide 784 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Joep Perk Sweden · #27,944 worldwide 497 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Cornelius Holtorf Sweden · #47,153 worldwide 195 citations · 89 works
  5. 5 Stefan Gössling Sweden · #117,868 worldwide 260 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Jarone Pinhassi Sweden · #151,853 worldwide 238 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Edna Granéli Sweden · #171,097 worldwide 275 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Kristoffer Holt Sweden · #177,521 worldwide 149 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Staffan Andersson Sweden · #219,669 worldwide 81 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Dagmar Brunow Sweden · #225,694 worldwide 18 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Linnaeus University

Which keywords describe research at Linnaeus University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Discourse Analysis, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Qualitative Research, Special Education, Learning and Methodology.

▲ 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. Education112▲ 3.2×55 topics
  2. Globalization93▲ 2.3×79 topics
  3. Qualitative Research83▲ 4.7×20 topics
  4. Climate Change74▲ 1.35×76 topics
  5. Pedagogy74▲ 7.3×14 topics
  6. Discourse Analysis71▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Social Sciences70▲ 24×6 topics
  8. Sustainability66▲ 1.33×63 topics
  9. Special Education65▲ 55×4 topics
  10. Learning64▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Methodology63▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Gender Studies62▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Quantitative Methods61▲ 207×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning57▼ 0.85×64 topics
  15. Mental Health53▲ 1.78×32 topics
  16. Social Media52▲ 1.78×30 topics
  17. Identity42▲ 2.8×35 topics
  18. Gender38▲ 3.4×31 topics
  19. Human Rights37▲ 1.78×36 topics
  20. Democracy32▲ 4.4×15 topics
  21. Entanglement32▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Neoliberalism30▲ 4.1×18 topics
  23. Literature30▲ 2.7×26 topics
  24. Social Capital29▲ 2.7×14 topics
  25. Social Justice29▲ 2.4×25 topics
  26. Quantum Information28▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis28▲ 2.3×14 topics
  28. Reflective Practice27▲ 7.1×7 topics
  29. Bell Inequality26▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Decoherence26▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Technology Integration24▲ 3.9×8 topics
  32. Digital Divide22▲ 4.1×9 topics
  33. Professional Development21▲ 5.1×10 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development20▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Professional Learning Communities19▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Cultural Competence18▲ 6.9×7 topics
  37. Narrative17▲ 5.3×9 topics
  38. Public Opinion16▲ 6.2×5 topics
  39. Student Achievement14▲ 8.4×7 topics
  40. Education Policy14▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does Linnaeus University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Wood Treatment and Properties and Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.

Social and Educational S…61Social and Educational Sciences: 61 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 26 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 14 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 14 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 10 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 9 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 9 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 9 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 9 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 9 fractional works
EducationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBuilding and ConstructionPolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 61 works
  2. 2 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26 works
  3. 3 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 14 works
  4. 4 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 14 works
  5. 5 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 9 works
  7. 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 9 works
  8. 8 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 9 works
  9. 9 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 9 works
  10. 10 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 9 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 available62.3%not open37.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Linnaeus University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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