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Stockholm University

In research, Stockholm University stands highest in Social Sciences (#65 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#110 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#198 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Linguistics and Language and Language and Linguistics — Public Administration is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#260
of 28,054 · #192 all time
Rank in Sweden
#4
of 125
Research works
48k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7M
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Stockholm University 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
Social SciencesField #65 of 6,365 34.0%1,667 #102
Social SciencesDomain #110 of 10,521 30.6%3,112 #119
Physical SciencesDomain #198 of 12,888 26.5%2,225 #191
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #91 of 2,578 35.8%501 #79
EducationSubfield #73 of 1,892 34.9%331 #124
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #47 of 1,201 32.5%261 #59
Arts and HumanitiesField #89 of 1,998 25.1%554 #104
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #19 of 390 34.5%104 #26
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #16 of 303 28.1%120 #34
Environmental ScienceField #203 of 3,551 30.2%489 #73

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#102 #65
  2. Social Sciences#119 #110
  3. Physical Sciences#191 #198
  4. Sociology and Political Science#79 #91
  5. Education#124 #73
  6. Political Science and International Relations#59 #47
  7. Arts and Humanities#104 #89
  8. Literature and Literary Theory#26 #19
  9. Language and Linguistics#34 #16
  10. Environmental Science#73 #203
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Stockholm University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 26.7 works7.5×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 40.8 works5.4×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 119.9 works4.2×
  4. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 42.5 works3.9×
  5. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 40.8 works3.9×
  6. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 130.8 works3.8×
  7. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 107.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 183 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 314 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 125 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.50× its world share, 154 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.73× its world share, 371 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 211 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 43 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 489 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 166 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.00× its world share, 154 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.59× its world share, 378 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 194 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 360 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.92× its world share, 554 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 214 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 76 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 166 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 435 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1,667 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stockholm University?

Ranked on the composite score, Carl Folke, Lars E.O. Svensson and Peter Perlmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stockholm University.

  1. 1 Carl Folke Sweden · #745 worldwide 3.2k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Lars E.O. Svensson Sweden · #3,633 worldwide 1.3k citations · 106 works
  3. 3 Peter Perlmann Sweden · #4,863 worldwide 1.3k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Gunnar Myrdal Sweden · #7,545 worldwide 776 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Torsten Persson Sweden · #8,725 worldwide 850 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Matthew MacLeod Sweden · #10,324 worldwide 752 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Garry Peterson Sweden · #11,627 worldwide 1.8k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Harald Cramér Sweden · #13,977 worldwide 451 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Barbara Wohlfarth Sweden · #14,272 worldwide 908 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Ulf Hannerz Sweden · #16,352 worldwide 246 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Stockholm University

Which keywords describe research at Stockholm University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Climate Change, Discourse Analysis, Education, Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Special Education and Pedagogy.

▲ 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 Change343▲ 1.94×96 topics
  2. Globalization315▲ 2.4×101 topics
  3. Education222▲ 1.97×81 topics
  4. Mental Health172▲ 1.78×37 topics
  5. Sustainability157◆ 0.98×84 topics
  6. Qualitative Research128▲ 2.2×23 topics
  7. Pedagogy123▲ 3.8×20 topics
  8. Discourse Analysis118▲ 7.1×8 topics
  9. Human Rights118▲ 1.75×58 topics
  10. Social Media110▲ 1.17×33 topics
  11. Identity109▲ 2.3×53 topics
  12. Social Sciences104▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Ethics103▲ 3.3×36 topics
  14. Learning99▲ 5.1×7 topics
  15. Gender Studies97▲ 9.6×11 topics
  16. Special Education95▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Gender90▲ 2.5×42 topics
  18. Neoliberalism88▲ 3.7×22 topics
  19. Methodology87▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Quantitative Methods87▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Religion80▲ 2.6×29 topics
  22. Health Effects80▲ 2.0×21 topics
  23. Social Support80▲ 2.2×18 topics
  24. Social Interaction79▲ 3.0×10 topics
  25. Global Warming78▲ 2.9×15 topics
  26. Nationalism78▲ 2.6×27 topics
  27. Labor Market73▲ 3.7×15 topics
  28. Multilingualism64▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Health Disparities62▲ 3.6×9 topics
  30. Language Policy56▲ 6.1×4 topics
  31. Income Inequality55▲ 5.9×6 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics55▲ 4.4×9 topics
  33. Academic Achievement54▲ 4.9×10 topics
  34. Emotion54▲ 4.0×12 topics
  35. Cosmopolitanism53▲ 7.4×6 topics
  36. Public Opinion53▲ 6.4×7 topics
  37. Bilingual Education52▲ 6.8×3 topics
  38. Social Policy50▲ 8.0×6 topics
  39. Ocean Circulation46▲ 5.4×3 topics
  40. Unemployment46▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Stockholm University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Employment and Welfare Studies, Social Policy and Reform Studies and Historical and Archaeological Studies.

Social and Educational S…87Social and Educational Sciences: 87 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 34 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 30 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 27 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 27 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 26 fractional worksMultilingual Education a…25Multilingual Education and Policy: 25 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 25 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 24 fractional worksLanguage, Discourse, Com…22Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies: 22 fractional works
EducationGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International RelationsHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 87 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 34 works
  3. 3 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 30 works
  4. 4 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 27 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 27 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 26 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 25 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 25 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 24 works
  10. 10 Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies Language and Linguistics 22 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stockholm University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Stockholm

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.