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Mälardalen University

In research, Mälardalen University stands highest in Computer Science (#539 of 4,667 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,427 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,365 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Software, Hardware and Architecture and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Software is 46.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,379
of 28,054 · #2,877 all time
Rank in Sweden
#19
of 125
Research works
5.3k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
94k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Mälardalen 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
Computer ScienceField #539 of 4,667 21.9%241 #375
Health SciencesDomain #1,427 of 11,982 29.8%119 #2390
Social SciencesDomain #1,365 of 10,521 34.7%335 #1549
Physical SciencesDomain #2,358 of 12,888 23.8%590 #2353
EngineeringField #1,433 of 6,636 27.6%231 #1833
Social SciencesField #1,853 of 6,365 34.9%145 #1670
MedicineField #5,046 of 10,443 25.2%65 #7886
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,569 of 2,578 37.5%68 #1405

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mälardalen 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. Computer Science#375 #539
  2. Health Sciences#2,390 #1,427
  3. Social Sciences#1,549 #1,365
  4. Physical Sciences#2,353 #2,358
  5. Engineering#1,833 #1,433
  6. Social Sciences#1,670 #1,853
  7. Medicine#7,886 #5,046
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#1,405 #1,569
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 Mälardalen University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Software takes 46.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 31.7 works46×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 20.2 works17×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 45.4 works8.3×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.92× its world share, 241 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.63× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.45× its world share, 231 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.41× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 50 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.99× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.71× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mälardalen University?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Pettersson, Jinyue Yan and Hailong Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mälardalen University.

  1. 1 Paul Pettersson Sweden · #27,267 worldwide 500 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Jinyue Yan Sweden · #132,056 worldwide 1.4k citations · 181 works
  3. 3 Hailong Li Sweden · #138,832 worldwide 692 citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Lars Hallén Sweden · #158,642 worldwide 153 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Andreas Ermedahl Sweden · #170,630 worldwide 490 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Peter Söderbaum Sweden · #239,817 worldwide 90 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Ivica Crnković Sweden · #248,783 worldwide 287 citations · 83 works
  8. 8 Saad Mubeen Sweden · #249,705 worldwide 157 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Eva Thorin Sweden · #250,192 worldwide 321 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Christer Norström Sweden · #268,413 worldwide 89 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Mälardalen University

Which keywords describe research at Mälardalen University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems, Supply Chain Management, Renewable Energy and Digital Twin.

▲ 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. Machine Learning69▲ 1.98×58 topics
  2. Deep Learning63▲ 1.73×57 topics
  3. Sustainability58▲ 2.2×44 topics
  4. Big Data39▲ 4.0×14 topics
  5. Renewable Energy38▲ 2.5×29 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management33▲ 3.4×13 topics
  7. Internet of Things28▲ 3.0×12 topics
  8. Education27▲ 1.48×29 topics
  9. Cyber-Physical Systems27▲ 9.6×6 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency26▲ 2.6×25 topics
  11. Neural Networks24▲ 1.48×21 topics
  12. Qualitative Research22▲ 2.4×12 topics
  13. Digital Twin20▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Cloud Manufacturing20▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Smart Manufacturing20▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Anomaly Detection18▲ 5.8×4 topics
  17. Pedagogy18▲ 3.4×9 topics
  18. Distributed Systems16▲ 9.3×5 topics
  19. Model-Based Development16▲ 84×2 topics
  20. Special Education16▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Requirements Engineering16▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Embedded Systems15▲ 33×5 topics
  23. IoT Security15▲ 4.3×3 topics
  24. Smart Grid15▲ 3.6×6 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis14▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Social Sciences14▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Gender Studies13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Methodology12▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Quantitative Methods12▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Metamodeling12▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Reflective Practice12▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Resource Allocation12▲ 6.2×6 topics
  33. Software Development12▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Automated Testing11▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Open Source Software11▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Software Fault Localization11▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Model Checking11▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Domain-Specific Languages11▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Model-Driven Engineering11▲ 102×1 topic
  40. Industrial Automation10▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Mälardalen University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Social and Educational Sciences, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques and Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques.

Digital Transformation i…20Digital Transformation in Industry: 20 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…12Social and Educational Sciences: 12 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 11 fractional worksModel-Driven Software Engineering Techniques: 11 fractional worksReal-Time Systems Schedu…10Real-Time Systems Scheduling: 10 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 10 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 9 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…9Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Software Engineering Methodologies: 8 fractional worksFormal Methods in Verification: 8 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEducationSoftwareHardware and Architecture3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 12 works
  3. 3 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 11 works
  4. 4 Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques Software 11 works
  5. 5 Real-Time Systems Scheduling Hardware and Architecture 10 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 10 works
  7. 7 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 9 works
  8. 8 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  10. 10 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mälardalen University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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.

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.