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Nobel Foundation

In research, Nobel Foundation stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,885 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,657
of 28,054 · #5,266 all time
Rank in Sweden
#123
of 125
Research works
1.1k
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Nobel Foundation 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,885 of 10,521 6.5%87 #11274

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Nobel Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 33.1 works8.6×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 8.57× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nobel Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, José Saramago, Hugo Theorell and Claudio Alberto Tognonato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nobel Foundation.

  1. 1 José Saramago Sweden · #136,685 worldwide 30 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Hugo Theorell Sweden · #215,852 worldwide 183 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Claudio Alberto Tognonato Sweden · #401,390 worldwide 2 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Wolfgang Weimer Sweden · #936,812 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Nobel Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Nobel Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Late Antiquity, Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Middle Ages, Philosophy, History, Identity and Ethics.

▲ 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. Late Antiquity11▲ 150×2 topics
  2. Ancient Rome8▲ 169×1 topic
  3. Greek Literature8▲ 169×1 topic
  4. Middle Ages6▲ 213×2 topics
  5. History6▲ 6.6×11 topics
  6. Identity6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  7. Philosophy6▲ 10×9 topics
  8. Education5▲ 2.4×16 topics
  9. Ethics5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  10. Cultural History5▲ 29×3 topics
  11. Urban Development4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  12. Social Media4▲ 2.2×4 topics
  13. Church History4▲ 65×3 topics
  14. Gender4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  15. Bildung4▲ 84×3 topics
  16. Literature4▲ 5.0×7 topics
  17. Imperialism4▲ 33×4 topics
  18. Job Satisfaction3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Religion3▲ 5.4×5 topics
  20. Social Dynamics3▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Medieval Literature3▲ 130×1 topic
  22. Religious Practices3▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Sociology3▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Ceremonial3▲ 118×1 topic
  25. Digital Marketing3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  26. Rome3▲ 195×1 topic
  27. E-commerce3▲ 3.9×2 topics
  28. Leadership3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  29. Indonesia3▲ 4.7×1 topic
  30. SMEs3▲ 6.4×1 topic
  31. Metaphysics3▲ 48×3 topics
  32. Psychoanalysis3▲ 26×3 topics
  33. Ancient Magic3▲ 127×1 topic
  34. Gnosticism3▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Organizational Commitment3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Society2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  37. Transformational Leadership2▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Aesthetics2▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Class Struggle2▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Art2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Nobel Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Classical Antiquity Studies, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies, Historical and Religious Studies of Rome and SMEs Development and Digital Marketing.

Classical Antiquity Stud…8Classical Antiquity Studies: 8 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…3Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 3 fractional worksHistorical and Religious…3Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 3 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 3 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 3 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…2German Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Social Critique: 2 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 2 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Architectural Studies: 1 fractional works
AnthropologyClassicsHistoryDemography5 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 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 3 works
  4. 4 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 3 works
  5. 5 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 3 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Historical and Architectural Studies Archeology 1 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nobel Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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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