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Södra Älvsborg Hospital

In research, Södra Älvsborg Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,251 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,844 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,493
of 42,892
Rank in Sweden
#198
of 286
Research works
260
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Södra Älvsborg 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 #12,251 of 20,462 21.1%199
MedicineField #10,844 of 17,978 19.6%171

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Södra Älvsborg 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).

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 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 Södra Älvsborg Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans Strid and Maria Bergström lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Södra Älvsborg Hospital.

  1. 1 Hans Strid Sweden · #334,550 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Maria Bergström Sweden · #1,050,075 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Södra Älvsborg Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Södra Älvsborg Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Management, Rehabilitation, Prognosis, Postoperative Complications and Diagnosis.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 4.7×48 topics
  2. Quality of Life3▲ 4.5×19 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.6×11 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 2.3×18 topics
  5. Management2▲ 5.5×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis2▲ 4.2×15 topics
  7. Treatment2▲ 3.2×13 topics
  8. Mental Health2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  9. Rehabilitation2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  10. Prognosis2▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Genetics2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  12. Mortality2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  13. Postoperative Complications2▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Depression1▲ 3.5×7 topics
  15. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.2×8 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 2.5×13 topics
  17. Critical Care1▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 23×4 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders1▲ 4.8×7 topics
  20. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  21. Prevention1▲ 6.3×8 topics
  22. Public Health1▲ 1.77×8 topics
  23. Resilience1▲ 5.4×5 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  25. Guidelines1▲ 5.0×8 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance1▲ 5.1×4 topics
  27. Neuropathology1▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Osteoarthritis1▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Robotic Surgery1▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Hypoparathyroidism1▲ 97×1 topic
  31. Thyroid Surgery1▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Södra Älvsborg Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Hip disorders and treatments, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Thyroid and Parathyroid …1Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 1 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…1Hip disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …1Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…1Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…1Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…0Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPhysiologyGeneticsEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  8. 8 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Södra Älvsborg Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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