Question 1

What is Lund University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Lund University stands highest in Social Sciences (#109 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#134 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#136 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Public Administration is 6.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Lund University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Lund University ranks #176 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#228 all time), and #4 of 107 in Sweden.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Lund University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Paul W. Franks, Niklas Mattsson and Anders Björklund lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lund University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Lund University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Lund University is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "PGC-1α-responsive genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation are coordinately downregulated in human diabetes" (10,808).

Question 5

Which research topics does Lund University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Educational Sciences, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Combustion and flame dynamics.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Lund University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Globalization, Inflammation, Neoliberalism, Oxidative Stress, Human Rights and Sustainability.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Lund University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Lund University is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (11%).

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Lund University's?

Accepted Answer

Utrecht University has the research profile closest to Lund University's (similarity 0.81 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Neuroscience, followed by University of Wisconsin–Madison and University of Cambridge.

Question 9

Is Lund University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.