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Nordic Africa Institute

In research, Nordic Africa Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,641 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,225
of 28,054 · #28,436 all time
Rank in Sweden
#111
of 125
Research works
414
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Nordic Africa Institute 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 #8,641 of 10,521 16.9%77 #8426

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nordic Africa Institute 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.62× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.48× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nordic Africa Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan Baker, Terje Oestigaard and Linda Nordling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nordic Africa Institute.

  1. 1 Jonathan Baker Sweden · #205,485 worldwide 54 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Terje Oestigaard Sweden · #392,546 worldwide 27 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Linda Nordling Sweden · #502,205 worldwide 59 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Redie Bereketeab Sweden · #920,563 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Nordic Africa Institute

Which keywords describe research at Nordic Africa Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Academic Medicine, Globalization, Medical Research, Physician-Scientist, Nationalism, Climate Change and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Colonialism11▲ 18×9 topics
  2. Climate Change11▲ 3.1×22 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 4.1×21 topics
  4. Academic Medicine8▲ 83×2 topics
  5. Medical Research8▲ 206×1 topic
  6. Physician-Scientist8▲ 206×1 topic
  7. Human Rights7▲ 5.4×11 topics
  8. Nationalism7▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  10. Sustainability6▲ 1.99×16 topics
  11. Economic Growth6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  12. Democracy6▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Economic Development6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  14. Political Economy6▲ 16×7 topics
  15. Governance6▲ 13×8 topics
  16. Healthcare6▲ 3.7×5 topics
  17. History5▲ 5.7×4 topics
  18. Migration5▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Ethical Considerations5▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Global Governance5▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Big Data5▲ 4.0×2 topics
  22. Ethnicity5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  23. Social Justice5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Health Equity5▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Politics4▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Poverty Reduction4▲ 25×4 topics
  27. Higher Education4▲ 5.5×3 topics
  28. Gender4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  29. Social Impact4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  30. Inequality4▲ 12×6 topics
  31. Gender Inequality4▲ 19×5 topics
  32. Social Networks4▲ 10.0×4 topics
  33. Decolonization3▲ 32×4 topics
  34. Ethical Challenges3▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Land Reform3▲ 58×2 topics
  36. Adaptation3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  37. Trade3▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Postcolonialism3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Smallholder Farmers3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Land Tenure3▲ 55×2 topics

Which research topics does Nordic Africa Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Research Impacts, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, African history and culture studies and African cultural and philosophical studies.

Health and Medical Resea…8Health and Medical Research Impacts: 8 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksAfrican history and culture studies: 3 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 2 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 2 fractional worksScience, Research, and Medicine: 2 fractional worksAfrican studies and soci…2African studies and sociopolitical issues: 2 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and G…2Political Conflict and Governance: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics…2Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…2African history and culture analysis: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth InformaticsAnthropologyEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  3. 3 African history and culture studies Anthropology 3 works
  4. 4 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 2 works
  5. 5 International Development and Aid Development 2 works
  6. 6 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 African studies and sociopolitical issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 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 available31.7%not open68.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nordic Africa Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher 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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