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Stockholm South General Hospital

In research, Stockholm South General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,070 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,713 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,317
of 28,054 · #5,900 all time
Rank in Sweden
#50
of 125
Research works
3.1k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Stockholm South General 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 #2,070 of 10,443 23.0%276 #1525
Health SciencesDomain #2,713 of 11,982 23.2%306 #1604

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stockholm South General 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).

What does Stockholm South General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.5 works7.0×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 276 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.34× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stockholm South General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ove Törring, E Skog and Christer Svensén lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stockholm South General Hospital.

  1. 1 Ove Törring Sweden · #107,455 worldwide 188 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 E Skog Sweden · #162,290 worldwide 64 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Christer Svensén Sweden · #308,008 worldwide 85 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Göran Bredberg Sweden · #404,601 worldwide 101 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Ritva Pirskanen Sweden · #409,582 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Sven Röjdmark Sweden · #465,154 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 B Mossberg Sweden · #479,049 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 L Thorén Sweden · #499,771 worldwide 31 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Jan Samuelsson Sweden · #583,891 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Lars Sundblad Sweden · #615,982 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Stockholm South General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Stockholm South General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Heart Failure, Inflammation 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 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. Epidemiology53▲ 3.6×88 topics
  2. Inflammation23▲ 3.0×54 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 4.9×31 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 5.1×27 topics
  5. Complications17▲ 9.3×15 topics
  6. Treatment17▲ 3.8×32 topics
  7. Quality of Life17▲ 3.2×31 topics
  8. Guidelines17▲ 9.7×12 topics
  9. Mortality17▲ 7.7×11 topics
  10. Heart Failure16▲ 10×13 topics
  11. Management16▲ 5.3×21 topics
  12. Risk Factors15▲ 3.8×24 topics
  13. Public Health13▲ 2.5×29 topics
  14. Genetics12▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Obesity10▲ 3.5×17 topics
  16. Resuscitation10▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.8×13 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction9▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Surgery9▲ 6.8×8 topics
  21. Critical Care9▲ 10×8 topics
  22. Echocardiography8▲ 8.2×8 topics
  23. Health Outcomes8▲ 7.9×6 topics
  24. Rehabilitation8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  25. Immunology8▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Prevention8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  27. Quality Improvement8▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  29. Breast Cancer7▲ 7.9×9 topics
  30. Sepsis7▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Chronic Pain7▲ 8.2×5 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Preterm Infants6▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Repair6▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Glycemic Control6▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Survival Rates6▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Hypothermia6▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Asthma6▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Stockholm South General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hernia repair and management, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Hernia repair and manage…6Hernia repair and management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…5Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…5Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 3 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
SurgeryEmergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 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 available33.0%not open67.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stockholm South General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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