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Stockholm Resilience Centre

In research, Stockholm Resilience Centre stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,210 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,151 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 26.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,628
of 28,054 · #6,764 all time
Rank in Sweden
#52
of 125
Research works
646
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
73.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
45.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Stockholm Resilience Centre 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,210 of 3,551 44.3%66 #522
Physical SciencesDomain #7,151 of 12,888 42.8%81 #5515

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stockholm Resilience Centre 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 Stockholm Resilience Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 26.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 29.5 works26×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 65.7 works9.0×
← 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: 2.32× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.97× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stockholm Resilience Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Sarah Cornell, Ingo Fetzer and Henrik Österblom lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stockholm Resilience Centre.

  1. 1 Sarah Cornell Sweden · #42,892 worldwide 666 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Ingo Fetzer Sweden · #69,660 worldwide 492 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Henrik Österblom Sweden · #70,563 worldwide 448 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Uno Svedin Sweden · #77,761 worldwide 188 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Victor Galaz Sweden · #84,609 worldwide 372 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Per Olsson Sweden · #86,430 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Tim M. Daw Sweden · #98,496 worldwide 514 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Jennie Barron Sweden · #106,060 worldwide 354 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Maja Schlüter‬ Sweden · #108,664 worldwide 453 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Laura Pereira Sweden · #131,476 worldwide 254 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Stockholm Resilience Centre

Which keywords describe research at Stockholm Resilience Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Impact, Social-Ecological Systems, Ecosystem Services, Land Use Change and Global Impact.

▲ 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. Climate Change36▲ 9.2×59 topics
  2. Sustainability30▲ 8.4×46 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation17▲ 30×11 topics
  4. Environmental Impact16▲ 6.5×22 topics
  5. Social-Ecological Systems13▲ 67×3 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services11▲ 20×8 topics
  7. Land Use Change11▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Renewable Energy11▲ 5.0×11 topics
  9. Global Impact10▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Resilience9▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Climate Change Adaptation8▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Urbanization8▲ 13×7 topics
  13. Environmental Policy8▲ 26×5 topics
  14. Global Warming8▲ 13×13 topics
  15. Biodiversity8▲ 6.8×16 topics
  16. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 18×6 topics
  17. Adaptive Governance7▲ 214×1 topic
  18. Sustainability Transitions7▲ 194×1 topic
  19. Human-Nature Interactions6▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Spatial Dynamics6▲ 44×1 topic
  21. Vulnerability5▲ 16×7 topics
  22. System Dynamics5▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 22×5 topics
  24. Health Effects4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  25. Smallholder Farmers4▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Sustainable Agriculture4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Household Behavior4▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Modeling4▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Social Networks4▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Supply Chain4▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Sustainable Development Goals4▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Adaptation4▲ 9.3×8 topics
  33. Food Waste4▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Waste Reduction4▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Food Systems4▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Spatial Patterns4▲ 27×4 topics
  37. Stakeholder Engagement4▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Sustainable Diets4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Complex Systems4▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Decision Making4▲ 8.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Stockholm Resilience Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact.

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 7 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 6 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 4 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 4 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 4 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 4 fractional worksEcosystem dynamics and r…3Ecosystem dynamics and resilience: 3 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Manag…3Coastal and Marine Management: 3 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…3Urban Green Space and Health: 3 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations…2Agricultural Innovations and Practices: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeFood ScienceEcologyManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  3. 3 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 4 works
  4. 4 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 4 works
  7. 7 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  9. 9 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available70.5%not open29.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.3%domestic only33.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stockholm Resilience Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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