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Norrköping Hospital

In research, Norrköping Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,741 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,152 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,469
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#137
of 259
Research works
271
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
27.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Norrköping Hospital

What is Norrköping Hospital 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 #7,741 of 16,688 9.6%172
MedicineField #7,152 of 14,558 9.1%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norrköping Hospital 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 Norrköping Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Norrköping Hospital is in Health Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Psychology (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 58.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 50.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorrköpingHospital23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences17%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1250.3%
    2. Health Professions15.7%
    3. Veterinary01.2%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Engineering16.0%
    2. Environmental Science15.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences02.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.7%
    5. Materials Science01.4%
    6. Computer Science01.2%
    7. Mathematics00.8%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Psychology27.5%
    2. Social Sciences27.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.1%
    2. Neuroscience12.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.62× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.71×0 works
  2. Medicine2.62×12 works
  3. Psychology2.47×2 works
  4. Health Professions2.18×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.55×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.28×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.01×1 works
  8. Nursing0.97×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.77×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.64×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.57×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.42×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×0 works
  16. Engineering0.40×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×0 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.34×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.33×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norrköping Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, J Lindhagen, K. Johansson and A. Fletcher Hall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norrköping Hospital.

  1. 1 J Lindhagen Sweden · #967,246 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 K. Johansson Sweden · #2,046,247 worldwide 967 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 A. Fletcher Hall Sweden · #2,458,468 worldwide 446 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Rune G. Blomberg Sweden · #2,562,753 worldwide 667 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Lars Stenhammar Sweden · #3,979,584 worldwide 3.8k citations · 144 works
All ranked researchers at Norrköping Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Norrköping Hospital?

The most cited paper from Norrköping Hospital is "Appendectomy versus Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Appendicitis. A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial" (Johan Styrud, Staffan Eriksson, Ingemar Nilsson et al., 2006), with 539 citations. Next come "Ionic thermoelectric supercapacitors" (480) and "Local recurrence following total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer" (377).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Appendectomy versus Antibiotic Treatment in Acute Appendicitis. A Prospective Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Johan Styrud, Staffan Eriksson, Ingemar Nilsson et al. · World Journal of Surgery 27 Apr 2006 539
2 Ionic thermoelectric supercapacitors Dan Zhao, H. Wang, Zahid Ullah Khan et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 2016 480
3 Local recurrence following total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer Gunnar Arbman, Erik Nilsson, Olof J. Hallböök et al. · British journal of surgery Mar 1996 377
4 Epidemic of coeliac disease in Swedish children Anneli Ivarsson, Lars Åke Persson, L. Nyström et al. · Acta Paediatrica 2000 357
5 Celiac Disease Revealed in 3% of Swedish 12‐year‐olds Born During an Epidemic Anna Myléus, Anneli Ivarsson, Charlotta Webb et al. · Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition 16 Jul 2009 306
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Norrköping Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Maternal and Perinatal H…0Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…0Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…0Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…0Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus …0Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 0 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 0 fractional worksPregnancy-related medical research: 0 fractional works
Obstetrics and GynecologyCognitive NeuroscienceRehabilitationSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  3. 3 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 0 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy-related medical research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norrköping Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Norrköping Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000084% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Norrköping Hospital0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Norrköping Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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