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Public Dental Service Västra Götaland

In research, Public Dental Service Västra Götaland stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,480 of 20,462 worldwide), Oral Surgery (#66 of 337 worldwide) and Dentistry (#210 of 771 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry — Dentistry is 93.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,400
of 28,054 · #12,315 all time
Rank in Sweden
#92
of 125
Research works
686
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
53.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Public Dental Service Västra Götaland 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 #2,480 of 20,462 29.1%573
Oral SurgerySubfield #66 of 337 41.7%143
DentistryField #210 of 771 31.5%344
MedicineField #5,673 of 17,978 28.0%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Public Dental Service Västra Götaland 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 Public Dental Service Västra Götaland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 93.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 28.0 works93×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.91× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 93.10× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.52× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 93.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Public Dental Service Västra Götaland?

Ranked on the composite score, Ulf Lekholm, S Palmqvist and Krister Nilner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Public Dental Service Västra Götaland.

  1. 1 Ulf Lekholm Sweden · #89,676 worldwide 535 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 S Palmqvist Sweden · #429,813 worldwide 83 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Krister Nilner Sweden · #614,356 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Public Dental Service Västra Götaland

Which keywords describe research at Public Dental Service Västra Götaland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Dental Caries, Risk Factors, Prevention, Global Burden, Social Determinants and Fluoride.

▲ 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. Quality of Life14▲ 15×11 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 4.8×23 topics
  3. Dental Caries9▲ 151×2 topics
  4. Risk Factors6▲ 9.1×6 topics
  5. Prevention6▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Global Burden6▲ 17×6 topics
  7. Social Determinants6▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Fluoride5▲ 164×2 topics
  9. Oral Health5▲ 145×1 topic
  10. Remineralization5▲ 203×1 topic
  11. Psychological Factors4▲ 33×5 topics
  12. Oral Microbiome4▲ 113×1 topic
  13. Periodontal Diseases4▲ 113×1 topic
  14. Bone Regeneration4▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Molecular Signaling3▲ 275×1 topic
  16. Tooth Development3▲ 275×1 topic
  17. Orthodontic Tooth Movement3▲ 143×1 topic
  18. Orthognathic Surgery3▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Dental Implants3▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Peri-implant Diseases3▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Clinical Trials3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  23. Dental Materials3▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Periodontal Disease3▲ 71×2 topics
  25. Restorative Dentistry3▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Cone-Beam CT2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Dental Imaging2▲ 78×1 topic
  28. Biomaterials2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Management2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  30. Bruxism2▲ 127×1 topic
  31. Temporomandibular Disorders2▲ 127×1 topic
  32. Virtual Reality2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  33. Dental Anxiety2▲ 134×1 topic
  34. Infection Control2▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Local Anesthetics2▲ 134×1 topic
  36. Mineral Trioxide Aggregate2▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Root Canal Irrigants2▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Dental Practice2▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Orthopedic Surgery2▲ 48×2 topics
  40. Transmission Routes2▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Public Dental Service Västra Götaland publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, dental development and anomalies and Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.

Dental Health and Care U…5Dental Health and Care Utilization: 5 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…4Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 4 fractional worksdental development and a…3dental development and anomalies: 3 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…3Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 3 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 3 fractional worksDental Radiography and I…2Dental Radiography and Imaging: 2 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 2 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 2 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 2 fractional works
PeriodonticsMolecular BiologyOrthodonticsOral Surgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 5 works
  2. 2 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 4 works
  3. 3 dental development and anomalies Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 3 works
  5. 5 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 3 works
  7. 7 Dental Radiography and Imaging Oral Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 2 works
  9. 9 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Public Dental Service Västra Götaland's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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