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SKF (Sweden)

In research, SKF (Sweden) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,299 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,873
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#151
of 259
Research works
278
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.6k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
SKF (Sweden)

What is SKF (Sweden) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #13,299 of 17,446 8.0%171

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where SKF (Sweden) 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 SKF (Sweden) work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at SKF (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 60.4% of its workEngineering: 23 fractional works · 34.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 15.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 26.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSKF (Sweden)66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences26%

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. Engineering2334.8%
    2. Computer Science1015.1%
    3. Materials Science45.7%
    4. Environmental Science22.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Energy00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences812.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting34.0%
    3. Psychology23.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.0%
    5. Decision Sciences22.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    1. Medicine57.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.94× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.32× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.62×2 works
  2. Engineering2.32×23 works
  3. Computer Science1.94×10 works
  4. Veterinary1.86×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.64×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.02×2 works
  8. Psychology1.00×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.99×8 works
  10. Neuroscience0.83×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.55×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.45×1 works
  15. Medicine0.39×5 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  18. Energy0.28×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.11×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SKF (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Hung Cuong Nguyen, Lars Kahlman and Sture Persson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SKF (Sweden).

  1. 1 Hung Cuong Nguyen Sweden · #3,645,959 worldwide 64 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Lars Kahlman Sweden · #3,716,890 worldwide 191 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Sture Persson Sweden · #4,120,342 worldwide 242 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Bryan L. Dodson Sweden · #4,281,338 worldwide 273 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Brigitta Renner-Loquenz Sweden · #4,627,930 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at SKF (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from SKF (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from SKF (Sweden) is "On the flexibility of agglomeration based physical space discontinuous Galerkin discretizations" (Francesco Andreasi Bassi, Lorenzo Botti, A. Colombo et al., 2011), with 274 citations. Next come "An integrated method for assessing climate-related risks and adaptation alternatives in urban areas" (148) and "Milling machine spindle analysis using FEM and non-contact spindle excitation and response measurement" (133).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the flexibility of agglomeration based physical space discontinuous Galerkin discretizations Francesco Andreasi Bassi, Lorenzo Botti, A. Colombo et al. · Journal of Computational Physics 10 Sep 2011 274
2 An integrated method for assessing climate-related risks and adaptation alternatives in urban areas Yvonne Andersson‐Sköld, Sofia Thorsson, David P. Rayner et al. · Climate Risk Management Open access 2015 148
3 Milling machine spindle analysis using FEM and non-contact spindle excitation and response measurement Matti Rantatalo, Jan-Olov Aidanpää, Bo Göransson et al. · International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 9 Dec 2006 133
4 Formation mechanisms of white layers induced by hard turning of AISI 52100 steel Seyed Hosseini, Uta Klement, Yiming Yao et al. · Acta Materialia 25 Feb 2015 129
5 Ultrasmooth Submicrometer Carbon Spheres as Lubricant Additives for Friction and Wear Reduction Abdullah A. Alazemi, Vinodkumar Etacheri, Arthur D. Dysart et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17 Feb 2015 125
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Which keywords describe research at SKF (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Vibration Analysis, Precision Medicine, Nonlinear Dynamics, Rolling Contact Fatigue and Cloud Computing.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 6.5×15 topics
  2. Big Data12▲ 19×7 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 11×7 topics
  4. Vibration Analysis4▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Precision Medicine4▲ 11×2 topics
  6. Sustainability4▲ 2.3×7 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  8. Nonlinear Dynamics4▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Rolling Contact Fatigue3▲ 87×2 topics
  10. Cloud Computing3▲ 18×1 topic
  11. Healthcare3▲ 4.4×1 topic
  12. Medical Imaging3▲ 9.6×1 topic
  13. Security3▲ 7.5×1 topic
  14. Gear Dynamics3▲ 148×1 topic
  15. Mesh Stiffness3▲ 148×1 topic
  16. Ethics3▲ 8.7×2 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  18. Surveillance3▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Algorithmic Bias3▲ 47×1 topic
  20. Fairness3▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Surface Roughness2▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Tribological Performance2▲ 63×2 topics
  23. Data Mining2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  24. Friction2▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Friction Reduction2▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Laser Surface Texturing2▲ 114×1 topic
  27. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  28. Microstructure2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. Tool Wear2▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Finite Element Simulation2▲ 74×1 topic
  31. Fretting Wear2▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Consumer Perception1▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Simulation1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Chatbots1▲ 29×1 topic
  35. High-Throughput1▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Human Population1▲ 138×1 topic
  37. Interdependence1▲ 138×1 topic
  38. Interpretable Models1▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Machine Learning Interpretability1▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Materials Informatics1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does SKF (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Big Data and Digital Economy, Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Economy: 3 fractional worksGear and Bearing Dynamic…3Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksTribology and Lubrication Engineering: 2 fractional worksMechanical stress and fatigue analysis: 2 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…1Advanced machining processes and optimization: 1 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 1 fractional works
Health InformaticsInformation SystemsMechanical EngineeringSafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 3 works
  3. 3 Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  5. 5 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SKF (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SKF (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%SKF (Sweden)0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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