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National Board of Health and Welfare

In research, National Board of Health and Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,653 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#3,485 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,266 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,004
of 42,892
Rank in Sweden
#76
of 286
Research works
1.1k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is National Board of Health and Welfare known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,653 of 20,462 30.4%561
MedicineField #3,485 of 17,978 30.1%429
Social SciencesDomain #5,266 of 16,945 31.2%193
Physical SciencesDomain #9,303 of 21,541 21.4%175
Life SciencesDomain #9,272 of 14,347 16.9%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Board of Health and Welfare 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).

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.63× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Board of Health and Welfare?

Ranked on the composite score, Åsa Kilbom, B Westerholm and Olof Vesterberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Board of Health and Welfare.

  1. 1 Åsa Kilbom Sweden · #118,404 worldwide 139 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 B Westerholm Sweden · #181,962 worldwide 198 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Olof Vesterberg Sweden · #511,649 worldwide 132 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Lennart Strandberg Sweden · #594,730 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Björn Lindström Sweden · #740,821 worldwide 41 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at National Board of Health and Welfare

Which keywords describe research at National Board of Health and Welfare?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Epidemiology, Risk Assessment, Public Health, Oxidative Stress, Ethical Considerations, Mental Health and Accident Prevention.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology90▲ 2.1×93 topics
  2. Public Health55▲ 3.8×38 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress55▲ 2.8×40 topics
  4. Health Effects49▲ 7.5×19 topics
  5. Risk Assessment45▲ 7.0×11 topics
  6. Inflammation40▲ 1.59×47 topics
  7. Mental Health40▲ 3.4×25 topics
  8. Quality of Life35▲ 2.4×31 topics
  9. Risk Factors34▲ 3.0×29 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.8×29 topics
  11. Ethical Considerations28▲ 7.9×12 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome27▲ 2.9×15 topics
  13. Clinical Trials27▲ 4.0×18 topics
  14. Accident Prevention25▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Safety Culture25▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Biomonitoring24▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Global Burden24▲ 4.2×11 topics
  18. Risk Perception24▲ 11×5 topics
  19. DNA Damage23▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Environmental Monitoring22▲ 6.6×6 topics
  21. Organizational Culture20▲ 6.9×3 topics
  22. Health Disparities20▲ 9.3×7 topics
  23. Occupational Safety19▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Safety Climate18▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Comet Assay18▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Genotoxicity Testing18▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Volatile Organic Compounds18▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Workplace Safety18▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Construction Safety18▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Safety Management18▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Health Outcomes16▲ 6.5×7 topics
  32. Chronic Disease16▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Liquid Chromatography15▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Health Equity15▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Mortality Risk15▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Visual Fatigue14▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Health Impact14▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Contact Allergy14▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Skin Sensitization14▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Developmental Trajectories14▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does National Board of Health and Welfare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Organ Donation and Transplantation, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy and COVID-19 and healthcare impacts.

Organ Donation and Trans…1Organ Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …0COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 0 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…0Biomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksOrgan and Tissue Transplantation Research: 0 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 0 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthOncologySurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 0 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  7. 7 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research Transplantation 0 works
  9. 9 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 0 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Board of Health and Welfare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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