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RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,594
of 22,385 · #26,358 all time
Rank in Sweden
#100
of 107
Research works
159
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)

Which fields of science does RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) is in Health Sciences, 46% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Physics and Astronomy (28%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 34 fractional works · 49.3% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 48.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 26.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 45.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 27.5% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 25.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRaySearchLaboratories…69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences1%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3348.2%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy1927.5%
    2. Engineering79.6%
    3. Computer Science35.1%
    4. Mathematics11.9%
    5. Environmental Science11.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.1%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences00.5%
    2. Psychology00.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 2.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 33.1 works2.5×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 33.8 works2.1×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.37× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 33 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy12.37×19 works
  2. Medicine2.51×33 works
  3. Mathematics1.58×1 works
  4. Computer Science0.65×4 works
  5. Engineering0.64×7 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×2 works
  7. Dentistry0.50×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.46×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  13. Psychology0.13×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Erik Engwall, Rasmus Bokrantz and Björn Hårdemark lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden).

  1. 1 Erik Engwall Sweden · #417,792 worldwide 1.9k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Rasmus Bokrantz Sweden · #1,142,256 worldwide 907 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Björn Hårdemark Sweden · #1,163,817 worldwide 2k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Rasmus Nilsson Sweden · #1,330,695 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 H. Rehbinder Sweden · #1,336,611 worldwide 1.4k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Albin Fredriksson Sweden · #1,364,933 worldwide 1.6k citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Otte Marthin Sweden · #1,398,482 worldwide 135 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Fredrik Löfman Sweden · #1,412,311 worldwide 743 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Viktor Wase Sweden · #1,480,526 worldwide 130 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Lars Glimelius Sweden · #1,788,657 worldwide 372 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) is "MRI/linac integration" (JAN J. W. LAGENDIJK, Bas W. Raaymakers, Alexander J. E. Raaijmakers et al., 2007), with 513 citations. Next come "Minimax optimization for handling range and setup uncertainties in proton therapy" (468) and "Artificial intelligence and machine learning for medical imaging: A technology review" (450).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MRI/linac integration JAN J. W. LAGENDIJK, Bas W. Raaymakers, Alexander J. E. Raaijmakers et al. · Radiotherapy and Oncology Dec 2007 513
2 Minimax optimization for handling range and setup uncertainties in proton therapy Albin Fredriksson, Anders L. Forsgren, Björn Hårdemark · Medical Physics Mar 2011 468
3 Artificial intelligence and machine learning for medical imaging: A technology review Ana María Barragán Montero, Umair Javaid, Gilmer Valdés et al. · Physica Medica Open access Mar 2021 450
4 Evaluation of Current Methods for Detection of Staphylococci with Reduced Susceptibility to Glycopeptides Timothy Rutland Walsh, Anne Bolmström, Anette Qwärnström et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access Jul 2001 321
5 The ANACONDA algorithm for deformable image registration in radiotherapy Ola Weistrand, Stina Svensson · Medical Physics 16 Dec 2014 284
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dosimetry, Monte Carlo Simulation, Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Radiotherapy Physics, Clinical Applications, Particle Therapy, Proton Therapy and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Dosimetry16▲ 319×2 topics
  2. Monte Carlo Simulation15▲ 111×2 topics
  3. Image-Guided Radiotherapy15▲ 520×1 topic
  4. Radiotherapy Physics15▲ 520×1 topic
  5. Clinical Applications14▲ 325×2 topics
  6. Particle Therapy14▲ 821×1 topic
  7. Proton Therapy14▲ 821×1 topic
  8. Radiotherapy5▲ 18×7 topics
  9. Medical Imaging3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  10. Cancer Treatment3▲ 19×4 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress3▲ 2.5×3 topics
  12. Radiation Therapy2▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Reconstruction2▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Imaging2▲ 13×1 topic
  15. PET/CT2▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Prostate Cancer2▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy2▲ 352×1 topic
  18. Carboranes2▲ 352×1 topic
  19. Chemical Synthesis2▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Gleason Grading2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Screening2▲ 31×1 topic
  22. Genomic Instability2▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Bystander Effects2▲ 151×1 topic
  24. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  25. Radiation2▲ 151×1 topic
  26. Quantitative Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Texture Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Fault Tolerance2▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Feature Extraction2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  30. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 66×1 topic
  31. Precision Medicine2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  32. Radiomics2▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Tumor Heterogeneity2▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Radiation Effects1▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Soft Errors1▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Survival1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Perfusion Imaging1▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Radiography1▲ 43×2 topics
  40. Tomography1▲ 8.5×2 topics

Which research topics does RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and Boron Compounds in Chemistry.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…15Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 15 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Do…14Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 14 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksBoron Compounds in Chemistry: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional worksRadiation Effects in Electronics: 1 fractional worksCoenzyme Q10 studies and effects: 1 fractional works
RadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 15 works
  2. 2 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Boron Compounds in Chemistry Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 works
  9. 9 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Coenzyme Q10 studies and effects Molecular Biology 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.5%domestic only43.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% higher 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 RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden)0.00041% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of RaySearch Laboratories (Sweden) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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