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Swedish Defence Research Agency

In research, Swedish Defence Research Agency stands highest in Engineering (#4,712 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,770 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,001
of 28,054 · #2,550 all time
Rank in Sweden
#79
of 125
Research works
3.5k
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
80k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Swedish Defence Research Agency 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
EngineeringField #4,712 of 6,636 16.9%83 #847
Physical SciencesDomain #9,770 of 12,888 13.4%188 #1700

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Defence Research Agency 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 Swedish Defence Research Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 26.3 works8.8×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.25× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.18× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.67× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Defence Research Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Åsa Persson, Hans Hellsten and Christer Fureby lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Defence Research Agency.

  1. 1 Åsa Persson Sweden · #48,550 worldwide 261 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Hans Hellsten Sweden · #117,348 worldwide 252 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Christer Fureby Sweden · #294,187 worldwide 208 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Teodor Sommestad Sweden · #295,153 worldwide 93 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Joakim Schön Sweden · #318,219 worldwide 176 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Ove Steinvall Sweden · #404,609 worldwide 78 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Annika Carlsson‐Kanyama Sweden · #415,105 worldwide 137 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jan Andersson Sweden · #419,437 worldwide 95 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Shia-Hui Peng Sweden · #440,959 worldwide 84 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Joakim Rydell Sweden · #462,267 worldwide 93 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Defence Research Agency

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Defence Research Agency?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wireless Sensor Networks, Health Effects, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Beamforming, Cybersecurity and Wireless Communications.

▲ 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. Deep Learning19▲ 2.2×23 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 1.85×24 topics
  3. Health Effects10▲ 6.3×8 topics
  4. Wireless Sensor Networks9▲ 7.8×6 topics
  5. Neural Networks8▲ 2.1×12 topics
  6. Climate Change8◆ 1.15×21 topics
  7. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.2×18 topics
  8. Signal Processing7▲ 19×4 topics
  9. Beamforming6▲ 22×4 topics
  10. Risk Assessment6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  11. Cybersecurity6▲ 9.3×2 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 3.0×6 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency5▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Security5▲ 2.8×11 topics
  15. MIMO Radar4▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Wireless Communications4▲ 10×4 topics
  17. Game Theory4▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Acoustic Techniques4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Seafloor Mapping4▲ 52×1 topic
  20. Information Security4▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition4▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Channel Modeling4▲ 12×5 topics
  23. IoT Security4▲ 4.8×2 topics
  24. Photon Counting4▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Sensor Fusion4▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Speech Enhancement4▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Cognitive Radar4▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Policy Compliance4▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Security Awareness4▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Waveform Design4▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Ionic Liquids4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  32. Resource Allocation3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  33. Indoor Localization3▲ 29×1 topic
  34. RF-Based Positioning3▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Radionuclides3▲ 33×2 topics
  36. LiDAR3▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Time-of-Flight3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Laser Ranging3▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Single-Photon Detection3▲ 47×1 topic
  40. State Estimation3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Defence Research Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Underwater Acoustics Research, Speech and Audio Processing, Radar Systems and Signal Processing and Information and Cyber Security.

Underwater Acoustics Res…4Underwater Acoustics Research: 4 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…4Speech and Audio Processing: 4 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal Processing: 4 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…4Information and Cyber Security: 4 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Local…3Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 3 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 3 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data…2Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 2 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 2 fractional worksOcular and Laser Science Research: 2 fractional works
OceanographySignal ProcessingAerospace EngineeringInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 4 works
  2. 2 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 works
  3. 3 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 3 works
  7. 7 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Ocular and Laser Science Research Ophthalmology 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 available18.3%not open81.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Defence Research Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% lower 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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