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Sahlgrenska University Hospital

In research, Sahlgrenska University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#323 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#416 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,180 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Psychiatry and Mental health is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,867
of 28,054 · #1,327 all time
Rank in Sweden
#15
of 125
Research works
19k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
749k
39.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Sahlgrenska University Hospital 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
MedicineField #323 of 10,443 22.4%1,271 #179
Health SciencesDomain #416 of 11,982 22.6%1,362 #219
Life SciencesDomain #1,180 of 7,800 22.1%267 #828
SurgerySubfield #282 of 1,816 20.8%192 #89
PhysiologySubfield #172 of 548 28.9%71 #160
EpidemiologySubfield #328 of 976 23.8%93 #280
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #83 of 243 29.3%61 #181
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #284 of 738 20.0%101 #63
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #460 of 1,144 19.0%104 #246
Social SciencesDomain #4,718 of 10,521 23.5%107 #4276

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sahlgrenska University 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#179 #323
  2. Health Sciences#219 #416
  3. Life Sciences#828 #1,180
  4. Surgery#89 #282
  5. Physiology#160 #172
  6. Epidemiology#280 #328
  7. Psychiatry and Mental health#181 #83
  8. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#63 #284
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#246 #460
  10. Social Sciences#4,276 #4,718
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Sahlgrenska University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 60.6 works6.7×
  2. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 27.5 works5.9×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 101.0 works5.3×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 51.1 works5.2×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 47.3 works4.5×
  6. SurgerySubfield · 191.8 works4.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 154 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.09× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.14× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 1,271 worksMedicineNursing: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 59 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sahlgrenska University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans Wedel, Elmir Ömerovic and Anders Jeppsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sahlgrenska University Hospital.

  1. 1 Hans Wedel Sweden · #4,070 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Elmir Ömerovic Sweden · #7,635 worldwide 1k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Anders Jeppsson Sweden · #8,101 worldwide 1k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Lars Wilhelmsen Sweden · #9,454 worldwide 912 citations · 109 works
  5. 5 Magnus Fall Sweden · #13,369 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Lars Lundell Sweden · #16,311 worldwide 428 citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Lars Sjöström Sweden · #17,675 worldwide 702 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Gösta Tibblin Sweden · #17,717 worldwide 494 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Lars Werkö Sweden · #19,926 worldwide 455 citations · 131 works
  10. 10 Olov Wiklund Sweden · #23,566 worldwide 573 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sahlgrenska University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Biomarkers, Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology214▲ 3.0×118 topics
  2. Inflammation113▲ 3.0×81 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease77▲ 3.8×36 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress77▲ 2.6×57 topics
  5. Quality of Life68▲ 2.6×50 topics
  6. Treatment62▲ 2.8×44 topics
  7. Immunotherapy59▲ 4.5×19 topics
  8. Risk Factors57▲ 2.9×33 topics
  9. Biomarkers56▲ 4.5×18 topics
  10. Diagnosis51▲ 3.0×35 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome48▲ 3.2×22 topics
  12. Management47▲ 3.3×26 topics
  13. Genetics47▲ 3.6×19 topics
  14. Guidelines46▲ 5.4×13 topics
  15. Global Burden45▲ 4.6×12 topics
  16. Depression44▲ 2.8×20 topics
  17. Neurodegeneration44▲ 8.0×11 topics
  18. Heart Failure43▲ 5.5×13 topics
  19. Complications42▲ 4.6×17 topics
  20. Neuroinflammation42▲ 8.1×6 topics
  21. Chemotherapy41▲ 3.2×23 topics
  22. Aging41▲ 4.2×18 topics
  23. Mortality41▲ 3.9×13 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines40▲ 4.0×14 topics
  25. Obesity40▲ 2.9×22 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations38▲ 4.9×22 topics
  27. Radiotherapy38▲ 5.5×13 topics
  28. Clinical Trials37▲ 3.0×18 topics
  29. Neuroimaging36▲ 7.2×11 topics
  30. Rehabilitation33▲ 4.6×13 topics
  31. Alzheimer's Disease31▲ 6.0×8 topics
  32. Survival Analysis31▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction31▲ 7.2×7 topics
  34. Surgery30▲ 4.7×10 topics
  35. Therapeutic Strategies26▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Cognitive Decline25▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Caregiver Burden24▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Cognitive Training23▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Dementia23▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Mild Cognitive Impairment23▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Sahlgrenska University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Epilepsy research and treatment.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 23 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 23 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 12 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 11 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 11 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…10Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 10 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …9Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 9 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 23 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 23 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  5. 5 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 11 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 works
  7. 7 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  8. 8 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 10 works
  9. 9 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 9 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 9 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sahlgrenska University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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