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Stockholm University

In research, Stockholm University stands highest in Social Sciences (#32 of 5,988 worldwide), Social Sciences (#63 of 9,585 worldwide) and Education (#34 of 1,930 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Atmospheric Science and Linguistics and Language (Public Administration is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#180
of 22,385 · #201 all time
Rank in Sweden
#5
of 107
Research works
49k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
35.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.34×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Stockholm University

What is Stockholm University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesField #32 of 5,988 16.5%1,708 #60
Social SciencesDomain #63 of 9,585 15.6%3,193 #94
EducationSubfield #34 of 1,930 18.1%333 #62
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #46 of 2,526 16.3%522 #69
Environmental ScienceField #69 of 3,334 14.9%657 #59
Physical SciencesDomain #255 of 10,670 13.9%2,495 #217
Life SciencesDomain #156 of 6,403 14.9%725 #254
Arts and HumanitiesField #50 of 1,896 16.3%558 #62
Health SciencesDomain #318 of 9,902 12.6%643 #415
Business, Management and AccountingField #88 of 2,581 14.7%221 #97

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stockholm University 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#60 #32
  2. Social Sciences#94 #63
  3. Education#62 #34
  4. Sociology and Political Science#69 #46
  5. Environmental Science#59 #69
  6. Physical Sciences#217 #255
  7. Life Sciences#254 #156
  8. Arts and Humanities#62 #50
  9. Health Sciences#415 #318
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#97 #88
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Stockholm University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Stockholm University is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (10%), Arts and Humanities (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,554 fractional works · 44.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,901 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 584 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEducation: 363 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 297 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGender Studies: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 626 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 125 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 506 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 130 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 106 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 243 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 188 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 91 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,844 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 779 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 235 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 146 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 99 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 412 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 179 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 412 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 146 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 111 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 357 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 204 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOceanography: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 283 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Science: 184 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 107 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 175 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 170 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 832 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 391 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 236 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 247 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 70 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 147 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 727 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMedicine: 467 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 115 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 237 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 191 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKStockholmUniversity7,957fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences45%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,55444.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,90123.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities6267.9%
    3. Psychology5066.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2433.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1882.4%
    6. Decision Sciences911.1%
    1. Environmental Science7799.8%
    2. Computer Science4125.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy4125.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3574.5%
    5. Engineering2833.6%
    6. Materials Science1842.3%
    7. Mathematics1752.2%
    8. Chemistry1702.1%
    9. Energy490.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering230.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3914.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2473.1%
    3. Neuroscience1471.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology320.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.2%
    1. Medicine4675.9%
    2. Health Professions2373.0%
    3. Nursing140.2%
    4. Veterinary50.1%
    5. Dentistry30.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stockholm University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 29.2 works6.8×
  2. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 204.5 works5.8×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 45.9 works5.0×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 235.3 works3.9×
  5. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 128.7 works3.7×
  6. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 47.6 works3.6×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 247 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 391 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 147 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 170 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 412 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 357 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 49 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 282 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 779 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 184 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.87× its world share, 175 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.33× its world share, 412 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 237 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 467 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.73× its world share, 626 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 242 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 91 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 188 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.09× its world share, 506 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 1,901 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.86×357 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.73×626 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.33×412 works
  4. Psychology2.09×506 works
  5. Environmental Science1.97×779 works
  6. Social Sciences1.89×1,901 works
  7. Mathematics1.87×175 works
  8. Chemistry1.36×170 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.18×91 works
  10. Neuroscience1.14×147 works
  11. Health Professions1.13×237 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×188 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×242 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×391 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.82×23 works
  16. Computer Science0.67×412 works
  17. Energy0.67×49 works
  18. Materials Science0.66×184 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×247 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×15 works
  21. Veterinary0.43×5 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×32 works
  23. Nursing0.37×14 works
  24. Medicine0.31×467 works
  25. Engineering0.24×282 works
  26. Dentistry0.09×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Stockholm University?

Ranked on the quality score, Carl Folke, M. Geisler and F. Scuri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stockholm University.

  1. 1 Carl Folke Sweden · #294 worldwide 182k citations · 488 works
  2. 2 M. Geisler Sweden · #5,245 worldwide 28k citations · 315 works
  3. 3 F. Scuri Sweden · #6,190 worldwide 23k citations · 278 works
  4. 4 Akshay Katre Sweden · #6,776 worldwide 26k citations · 347 works
  5. 5 H. Åkerstedt Sweden · #7,209 worldwide 27k citations · 386 works
  6. 6 M. Jackson Sweden · #7,644 worldwide 25k citations · 236 works
  7. 7 C. Böhm Sweden · #9,502 worldwide 67k citations · 1,239 works
  8. 8 Max Fredrik Troell Sweden · #9,510 worldwide 39k citations · 210 works
  9. 9 Beatrice Crona Sweden · #10,068 worldwide 27k citations · 182 works
  10. 10 Ian T. Cousins Sweden · #10,689 worldwide 34k citations · 326 works
All ranked researchers at Stockholm University

What are the most cited papers from Stockholm University?

The most cited paper from Stockholm University is "MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space" (Fredrik Ronquist, Maxim Teslenko, Paul van der Mark et al., 2012), with 28,705 citations. Next come "The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital" (22,491) and "GROMACS: Fast, flexible, and free" (19,617).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space Fredrik Ronquist, Maxim Teslenko, Paul van der Mark et al. · Systematic Biology Open access 22 Feb 2012 28,705
2 The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital Robert Costanza, Ralph C. d’Arge, R.S. de Groot et al. · Nature May 1997 22,491
3 GROMACS: Fast, flexible, and free David van der Spoel, Erik R. Lindahl, Berk Hess et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry 6 Oct 2005 19,617
4 Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae S. Perlmutter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Jun 1999 18,225
5 Psychophysical bases of perceived exertion Gunnar A. V. Borg · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise May 1982 16,661
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stockholm University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Discourse Analysis, Education, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Special Education and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Climate Change573▲ 2.6×101 topics
  2. Globalization363▲ 2.3×109 topics
  3. Education241▲ 1.76×86 topics
  4. Sustainability216◆ 1.11×87 topics
  5. Mental Health206▲ 1.81×38 topics
  6. Qualitative Research138▲ 2.0×23 topics
  7. Human Rights134▲ 1.65×63 topics
  8. Global Warming133▲ 3.9×15 topics
  9. Pedagogy131▲ 3.3×20 topics
  10. Remote Sensing131▲ 1.35×33 topics
  11. Identity124▲ 2.1×61 topics
  12. Discourse Analysis123▲ 6.4×8 topics
  13. Ethics122▲ 3.0×44 topics
  14. Health Effects108▲ 2.2×22 topics
  15. Social Sciences108▲ 9.4×9 topics
  16. Biodiversity108▲ 1.77×31 topics
  17. Learning104▲ 4.4×7 topics
  18. Neoliberalism102▲ 3.6×23 topics
  19. Gender Studies100▲ 8.3×11 topics
  20. Special Education99▲ 21×5 topics
  21. Gender99▲ 2.3×46 topics
  22. Methodology90▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Quantitative Methods90▲ 85×1 topic
  24. Ocean Circulation88▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Social Interaction83▲ 2.7×10 topics
  26. Labor Market83▲ 3.7×15 topics
  27. Greenhouse Gas Emissions81▲ 3.7×8 topics
  28. Health Disparities74▲ 3.6×9 topics
  29. Multilingualism71▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Hydrology64▲ 6.3×4 topics
  31. Language Policy63▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Hydrological Cycle62▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Arctic60▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Bilingual Education58▲ 6.4×3 topics
  35. Cosmopolitanism58▲ 6.7×8 topics
  36. Public Opinion58▲ 6.0×7 topics
  37. Extreme Events53▲ 7.3×2 topics
  38. Social Policy53▲ 7.4×6 topics
  39. Unemployment53▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. Paleoclimatology51▲ 7.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Stockholm University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Educational Sciences, Climate variability and models, Employment and Welfare Studies and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Social and Educational S…90Social and Educational Sciences: 90 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 42 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…40Employment and Welfare Studies: 40 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…40Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 40 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 32 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 30 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…30Early Childhood Education and Development: 30 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 29 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 29 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…28Historical and Archaeological Studies: 28 fractional works
EducationGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeneral Health ProfessionsAtmospheric Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 90 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 42 works
  3. 3 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 40 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 40 works
  5. 5 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 30 works
  7. 7 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 30 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 29 works
  9. 9 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 29 works
  10. 10 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 28 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stockholm University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Stockholm University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Stockholm University0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stockholm University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Stockholm University14.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2016.

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Which institutions have research most like Stockholm University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Vienna has the research profile closest to Stockholm University's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of ViennaAustria · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.91 Compare
  2. 2 University of VictoriaCanada · Both strong in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology 0.89 Compare
  3. 3 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics and Astronomy 0.86 Compare
  4. 4 Australian National UniversityAustralia · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Social Sciences 0.86 Compare
  5. 5 University of FribourgSwitzerland · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Psychology, Mathematics 0.84 Compare

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