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Swedish Defence University

In research, Swedish Defence University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,816 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,318 of 5,988 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#293 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science (Gender Studies is 18.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,914
of 22,385 · #7,274 all time
Rank in Sweden
#38
of 107
Research works
1.6k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Swedish Defence University

What is Swedish Defence 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 SciencesDomain #1,816 of 9,585 20.3%254 #3210
Social SciencesField #1,318 of 5,988 22.6%189 #1871
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #293 of 1,187 31.3%68 #520
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #662 of 2,526 22.9%71 #1485

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Defence 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#3,210 #1,816
  2. Social Sciences#1,871 #1,318
  3. Political Science and International Relations#520 #293
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,485 #662
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 Swedish Defence University work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Swedish Defence University is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (60%), Psychology (8%), Arts and Humanities (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 294 fractional works · 81.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 217 fractional works · 59.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 81 fractional works · 22.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 79 fractional works · 21.8% of its workGender Studies: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish DefenceUniversity362fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences81%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences21759.9%
    2. Psychology287.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities174.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting154.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.0%
    6. Decision Sciences61.8%
    1. Engineering174.6%
    2. Computer Science133.5%
    3. Environmental Science113.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    5. Energy10.2%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine102.8%
    2. Health Professions82.3%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience30.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Swedish Defence University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Gender Studies takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 24.2 works18×
  2. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 78.8 works15×
  3. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 80.6 works6.2×
  4. Social SciencesField · 217.1 works4.7×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.74× its world share, 217 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.74×217 works
  2. Psychology2.57×28 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.83×6 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.59×17 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×11 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×15 works
  7. Health Professions0.86×8 works
  8. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.60×11 works
  10. Neuroscience0.52×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.45×13 works
  12. Engineering0.30×16 works
  13. Energy0.23×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.20×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  16. Nursing0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.14×10 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×2 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Defence University?

Ranked on the quality score, ERIC K. STERN, Jenny Hedström and Charlotte Wagnsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Defence University.

  1. 1 ERIC K. STERN Sweden · #486,403 worldwide 3.9k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Jenny Hedström Sweden · #658,195 worldwide 676 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Charlotte Wagnsson Sweden · #758,119 worldwide 678 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Linus Hagström Sweden · #808,060 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Niklas Karlén Sweden · #1,233,362 worldwide 260 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Linnéa Gelot Sweden · #1,277,875 worldwide 304 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Arita Holmberg Sweden · #1,401,620 worldwide 376 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Sebastian Larsson Sweden · #1,547,992 worldwide 241 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Julia Zulver Sweden · #1,578,878 worldwide 287 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Tom Lundborg Sweden · #1,648,284 worldwide 508 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Defence University

What are the most cited papers from Swedish Defence University?

The most cited paper from Swedish Defence University is "The politics of crisis management : public leadership under pressure" (Arjen Boin, Paul ‘t Hart, ERIC K. STERN et al., 2005), with 736 citations. Next come "Histochemical and biochemical changes in human skeletal muscle with age in sedentary males, age 22–65 years" (499) and "Daily transformational leadership: A source of inspiration for follower performance?" (303).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The politics of crisis management : public leadership under pressure Arjen Boin, Paul ‘t Hart, ERIC K. STERN et al. 2005 736
2 Histochemical and biochemical changes in human skeletal muscle with age in sedentary males, age 22–65 years Lars Larsson, Bertil Sjödin, Jan Karlsson · Acta Physiologica Scandinavica May 1978 499
3 Daily transformational leadership: A source of inspiration for follower performance? Arnold B. Bakker, Jørn Hetland, Olav Kjellevold Olsen et al. · European Management Journal Open access 20 Apr 2022 303
4 The Logic of Policy Change after Crisis: Proximity and Subsystem Interaction Daniel Nohrstedt, Christopher M. Weible · Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Jul 2010 294
5 Decision-making style: habit, style or both? Peter Thunholm · Personality and Individual Differences 30 Jun 2003 293
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Defence University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: International Law, International Relations, Peacebuilding, Global Governance, Human Rights, Globalization, Diplomacy and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. International Law33▲ 29×13 topics
  2. International Relations31▲ 35×17 topics
  3. Globalization30▲ 4.2×37 topics
  4. Peacebuilding28▲ 112×5 topics
  5. Global Governance27▲ 31×13 topics
  6. Human Rights25▲ 6.6×26 topics
  7. Diplomacy17▲ 52×6 topics
  8. Neoliberalism17▲ 13×12 topics
  9. War Crimes16▲ 100×2 topics
  10. Information Warfare16▲ 129×2 topics
  11. Ethics15▲ 8.2×10 topics
  12. Security15▲ 6.2×5 topics
  13. Gender Inequality14▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Conflict14▲ 23×8 topics
  15. Feminist Perspectives14▲ 138×2 topics
  16. Gender-based Violence14▲ 66×3 topics
  17. Military Masculinity13▲ 265×1 topic
  18. Sexual Violence13▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Risk Management13▲ 7.6×6 topics
  20. Geopolitics13▲ 23×7 topics
  21. Resilience13▲ 7.1×9 topics
  22. Colonialism12▲ 7.2×18 topics
  23. Leadership12▲ 6.8×11 topics
  24. Local Turn12▲ 218×1 topic
  25. Resilience Governance12▲ 218×1 topic
  26. Power12▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Hegemony12▲ 125×2 topics
  28. Soft Power11▲ 78×2 topics
  29. International Institutions11▲ 152×1 topic
  30. Norms11▲ 84×1 topic
  31. Gender10▲ 5.4×13 topics
  32. Security Council10▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Counterinsurgency9▲ 248×2 topics
  34. Democracy9▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Vulnerability9▲ 11×8 topics
  36. Humanitarian Intervention9▲ 73×2 topics
  37. Hybrid Warfare9▲ 147×1 topic
  38. Russia9▲ 61×1 topic
  39. National Security9▲ 45×4 topics
  40. Transitional Justice8▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Defence University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender, Security, and Conflict, Peacebuilding and International Security, International Relations and Foreign Policy and European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies.

Gender, Security, and Co…13Gender, Security, and Conflict: 13 fractional worksPeacebuilding and Intern…12Peacebuilding and International Security: 12 fractional worksInternational Relations …11International Relations and Foreign Policy: 11 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geo…9European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 9 fractional worksMilitary History and Strategy: 8 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 7 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber …7Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 7 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 6 fractional worksDefense, Military, and Policy Studies: 6 fractional worksGlobal Security and Publ…6Global Security and Public Health: 6 fractional works
Gender StudiesSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and Econometrics

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

  1. 1 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 13 works
  2. 2 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  3. 3 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  4. 4 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  5. 5 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  6. 6 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  7. 7 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  10. 10 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 6 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Defence University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Swedish Defence University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Swedish Defence University0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish Defence 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%30%Swedish Defence University18.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.4% in 2019.

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