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Malmö University

In research, Malmö University stands highest in Health Sciences (#677 of 11,982 worldwide), Health Professions (#164 of 1,928 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,145 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oral Surgery and Dentistry — Oral Surgery is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,632
of 28,054 · #1,850 all time
Rank in Sweden
#21
of 125
Research works
10k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
311k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Malmö 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
Health SciencesDomain #677 of 11,982 23.8%447 #490
Health ProfessionsField #164 of 1,928 25.6%107 #209
Social SciencesDomain #1,145 of 10,521 31.5%754 #986
Social SciencesField #772 of 6,365 33.8%485 #722
MedicineField #2,072 of 10,443 21.3%265 #762
EducationSubfield #409 of 1,892 35.7%114 #462
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #597 of 2,578 34.4%182 #587
PsychologyField #844 of 2,181 28.3%113 #923
Physical SciencesDomain #5,774 of 12,888 18.8%252 #3321
Computer ScienceField #2,268 of 4,667 26.4%85 #1703

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Malmö 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. Health Sciences#490 #677
  2. Health Professions#209 #164
  3. Social Sciences#986 #1,145
  4. Social Sciences#722 #772
  5. Medicine#762 #2,072
  6. Education#462 #409
  7. Sociology and Political Science#587 #597
  8. Psychology#923 #844
  9. Physical Sciences#3,321 #5,774
  10. Computer Science#1,703 #2,268
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 Malmö University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oral Surgery takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Oral SurgerySubfield · 26.6 works9.0×
  2. DentistryField · 63.7 works8.5×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.53× its world share, 64 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.63× its world share, 107 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.56× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.41× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 485 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Malmö University?

Ranked on the composite score, Björn Johnson, Thomas List and Bruno Ramos Chrcanovic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Malmö University.

  1. 1 Björn Johnson Sweden · #23,916 worldwide 488 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Thomas List Sweden · #56,975 worldwide 198 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Bruno Ramos Chrcanovic Sweden · #122,407 worldwide 184 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Björn Söderfeldt Sweden · #159,828 worldwide 115 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Maria Nilner Sweden · #207,932 worldwide 104 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Pieter Bevelander Sweden · #209,507 worldwide 79 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Jüri Kurol Sweden · #212,585 worldwide 113 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 I. M. Nilsson Sweden · #217,751 worldwide 199 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 K Hæger Sweden · #242,145 worldwide 72 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Sara Johnsdotter Sweden · #266,185 worldwide 46 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Malmö University

Which keywords describe research at Malmö University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Mental Health, Identity, Neoliberalism, Quality of Life, Education, Epidemiology and Reflective Practice.

▲ 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. Globalization81▲ 2.7×64 topics
  2. Epidemiology77▲ 1.27×93 topics
  3. Mental Health67▲ 3.0×37 topics
  4. Education59▲ 2.2×46 topics
  5. Quality of Life56▲ 2.5×46 topics
  6. Identity45▲ 4.0×33 topics
  7. Public Health39▲ 1.76×33 topics
  8. Qualitative Research38▲ 2.8×16 topics
  9. Neoliberalism36▲ 6.5×15 topics
  10. Risk Factors35▲ 2.1×32 topics
  11. Social Media34▲ 1.54×22 topics
  12. Gender31▲ 3.7×26 topics
  13. Pedagogy30▲ 4.0×14 topics
  14. Reflective Practice27▲ 9.4×7 topics
  15. Social Justice25▲ 2.8×24 topics
  16. Health Disparities24▲ 5.9×8 topics
  17. Youth Engagement22▲ 6.4×5 topics
  18. Trauma21▲ 6.9×9 topics
  19. Professional Development21▲ 6.8×12 topics
  20. Technology Integration20▲ 4.3×9 topics
  21. Health Promotion20▲ 4.2×13 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations20▲ 3.8×14 topics
  23. Politics20▲ 4.8×11 topics
  24. Neighborhood Effects19▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Dental Caries18▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Developmental Trajectories17▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Citizenship17▲ 9.2×5 topics
  28. Cosmopolitanism17▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Immigration17▲ 9.7×4 topics
  30. Income Inequality16▲ 7.4×3 topics
  31. Gender Studies16▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Special Education16▲ 18×5 topics
  33. Gender Dynamics16▲ 9.6×3 topics
  34. Psychological Adjustment16▲ 7.0×4 topics
  35. Cultural Competence15▲ 7.8×7 topics
  36. Social Sciences15▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Acculturation14▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Participatory Design14▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Citizenship Education14▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Immigrant14▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Malmö University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Migration, Health and Trauma, Crime Patterns and Interventions and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

Social and Educational S…14Social and Educational Sciences: 14 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…12Migration, Health and Trauma: 12 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 12 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 10 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 10 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 10 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Ne…10Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 10 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 10 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 9 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceOral Surgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 14 works
  2. 2 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  4. 4 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 11 works
  5. 5 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  6. 6 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 10 works
  7. 7 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 10 works
  8. 8 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 10 works
  9. 9 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 10 works
  10. 10 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Malmö University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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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.