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Nobel Foundation

In research, Nobel Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,763 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,588
of 22,385 · #3,991 all time
Rank in Sweden
#68
of 107
Research works
1.1k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Nobel Foundation

What is Nobel Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,763 of 9,585 7.9%87 #5411

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nobel Foundation 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Nobel Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Nobel Foundation is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 99 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 23.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 16.7% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 22.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 15.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workForestry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHorticulture: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNobel Foundation198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences50%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4623.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3316.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting126.0%
    4. Psychology31.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.8%
    1. Environmental Science199.7%
    2. Engineering136.8%
    3. Computer Science42.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.7%
    5. Materials Science20.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2311.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine2110.7%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 2.40× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.96× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.78× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.86× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.78×33 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.40×23 works
  3. Environmental Science1.96×19 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.86×12 works
  5. Social Sciences1.85×46 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.63×3 works
  7. Veterinary1.24×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.09×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.83×2 works
  10. Nursing0.71×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×2 works
  12. Medicine0.56×21 works
  13. Psychology0.56×3 works
  14. Health Professions0.51×3 works
  15. Engineering0.45×13 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.27×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.23×2 works
  19. Energy0.22×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nobel Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Bo Rangert, Matts Andersson and Hugo Theorell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nobel Foundation.

  1. 1 Bo Rangert Sweden · #215,084 worldwide 6.6k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Matts Andersson Sweden · #520,403 worldwide 1.9k citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Hugo Theorell Sweden · #839,384 worldwide 12k citations · 336 works
  4. 4 Ingegärd Johansson Sweden · #1,392,092 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Walter Wittenberger Sweden · #1,607,129 worldwide 141 citations · 622 works
  6. 6 Jan Hall Sweden · #1,702,865 worldwide 1.6k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Åke Åkeson Sweden · #1,725,485 worldwide 4.9k citations · 134 works
  8. 8 Erik Rudberg Sweden · #3,037,739 worldwide 476 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Wilhelm Forsling Sweden · #3,151,172 worldwide 339 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Frank Douglas Miles Sweden · #3,174,696 worldwide 669 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Nobel Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Nobel Foundation?

The most cited paper from Nobel Foundation is "Physiological functions of thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase" (Elias S.J. Arnér, Arne Holmgren, 2000), with 2,553 citations. Next come "Excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) based fluorescence sensors and imaging agents" (1,569) and "From Selenium to Selenoproteins: Synthesis, Identity, and Their Role in Human Health" (1,344).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Physiological functions of thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase Elias S.J. Arnér, Arne Holmgren · European Journal of Biochemistry Open access Oct 2000 2,553
2 Excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) based fluorescence sensors and imaging agents Adam C. Sedgwick, Luling Wu, Hai‐Hao Han et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2018 1,569
3 From Selenium to Selenoproteins: Synthesis, Identity, and Their Role in Human Health Laura V. Papp, Jun Lu, Arne Holmgren et al. · Antioxidants and Redox Signaling 18 May 2007 1,344
4 Generalized Potential of Adult Neural Stem Cells Diana L. Clarke, Clas B. Johansson, Johannes H. Wilbertz et al. · Science 2 Jun 2000 1,076
5 Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based small-molecule sensors and imaging agents Luling Wu, Chusen Huang, Ben P. Emery et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2020 1,031
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nobel Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Late Antiquity, Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Middle Ages, Philosophy, Smallholder Farmers, Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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-now 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. Late Antiquity11▲ 106×2 topics
  2. Climate Change9▲ 1.60×20 topics
  3. Education8▲ 2.3×22 topics
  4. Ancient Rome8▲ 120×1 topic
  5. Greek Literature8▲ 120×1 topic
  6. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.2×17 topics
  7. Middle Ages6▲ 147×2 topics
  8. History6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  9. Identity6▲ 4.2×9 topics
  10. Philosophy6▲ 6.9×9 topics
  11. Biodiversity Conservation6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  12. Smallholder Farmers5▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Ethics5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  14. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  15. Cultural History5▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Agroforestry4▲ 34×4 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  18. Urban Development4▲ 6.2×3 topics
  19. E-commerce4▲ 3.7×2 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  21. Leadership4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Church History4▲ 45×3 topics
  23. Bildung4▲ 59×3 topics
  24. Sociology4▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Organizational Culture4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Imperialism4▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Social Dynamics3▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Medieval Literature3▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Religious Practices3▲ 40×1 topic
  30. SMEs3▲ 5.2×1 topic
  31. UMKM3▲ 6.3×1 topic
  32. Ceremonial3▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Organizational Commitment3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  34. Rome3▲ 135×1 topic
  35. Employee Performance3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Technology Adoption3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  37. Leadership Style3▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Climate Resilience3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Metaphysics3▲ 34×3 topics
  40. Psychoanalysis3▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Nobel Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, SMEs Development and Digital Marketing and Historical and Religious Studies of Rome.

Classical Antiquity Stud…8Classical Antiquity Studies: 8 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 3 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…3SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Religious…3Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 3 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 3 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…2German Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksAfrican Botany and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Social Critique: 2 fractional works
AnthropologyClassicsDemographyHistory6 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 8 works
  2. 2 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 3 works
  3. 3 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 3 works
  4. 4 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 3 works
  5. 5 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 3 works
  6. 6 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  8. 8 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 works
  10. 10 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 2 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nobel Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nobel Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Nobel Foundation0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nobel Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Nobel Foundation8.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2007.

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