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Swedish Forest Agency

In research, Swedish Forest Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,811 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,791
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#174
of 259
Research works
280
▲ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Swedish Forest Agency

What is Swedish Forest Agency known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #12,811 of 17,446 11.0%195

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Forest 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Swedish Forest Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Swedish Forest Agency is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (42%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (19%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 58.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 41.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 9.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 26.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish ForestAgency26fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences10%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1141.7%
    2. Engineering311.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.1%
    4. Computer Science00.7%
    5. Chemistry00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences519.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology13.7%
    1. Arts and Humanities13.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.2%
    3. Social Sciences12.7%
    1. Medicine14.2%
    2. Veterinary01.1%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 4.00× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.40× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.40×11 works
  2. Veterinary7.84×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.00×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.68×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.96×1 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.33×1 works
  8. Engineering0.76×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.54×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.41×0 works
  12. Medicine0.22×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.21×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Forest Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Karl‐Erik Eriksson, Bert Pettersson and Krister Lindström lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Forest Agency.

  1. 1 Karl‐Erik Eriksson Sweden · #286,226 worldwide 6.3k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Bert Pettersson Sweden · #699,053 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Krister Lindström Sweden · #1,530,397 worldwide 878 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Gunnar Isacsson Sweden · #1,633,424 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Christer Kalén Sweden · #1,792,187 worldwide 492 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Karl Erik Almin Sweden · #3,384,373 worldwide 907 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Bo S. Westerlind Sweden · #3,564,363 worldwide 520 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Alf de Ruvo Sweden · #3,880,204 worldwide 362 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Ernst L. Back Sweden · #4,537,396 worldwide 560 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Carl Magnus Svahn Sweden · #5,014,367 worldwide 323 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Forest Agency

What are the most cited papers from Swedish Forest Agency?

The most cited paper from Swedish Forest Agency is "The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils" (Nicolas Fanin, Paul Kardol, Mark Farrell et al., 2018), with 500 citations. Next come "Tree growth and soil acidification in response to 30 years of experimental nitrogen loading on boreal forest" (483) and "Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi" (431).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ratio of Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacterial PLFA markers as an indicator of carbon availability in organic soils Nicolas Fanin, Paul Kardol, Mark Farrell et al. · Soil Biology and Biochemistry Open access 20 Oct 2018 500
2 Tree growth and soil acidification in response to 30 years of experimental nitrogen loading on boreal forest Peter Högberg, Houbao Fan, Maud E. Quist et al. · Global Change Biology 17 Jan 2006 483
3 Environment and host as large-scale controls of ectomycorrhizal fungi Sietse van der Linde et al. · Nature Open access Jun 2018 431
4 Why do males emerge before females? Christer Wiklund, Torbj�rn Fagerstr�m · Oecologia 1977 411
5 Host-Pathogen Interactions Arthur R. Ayers, Jürgen Ebel, Barbara S. Valent et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access May 1976 363
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Forest Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Biomass Estimation, Forest Management, Ecosystem Resilience, Aboveground Biomass, Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity Offsets.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.2×23 topics
  2. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 33×6 topics
  3. Biomass Estimation2▲ 51×3 topics
  4. Sustainability2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  5. Forest Management2▲ 116×2 topics
  6. Aboveground Biomass2▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 43×3 topics
  8. Biodiversity Offsets2▲ 699×1 topic
  9. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Ecosystem Services2▲ 15×6 topics
  11. Epidemiology2▲ 1.45×14 topics
  12. No Net Loss2▲ 699×1 topic
  13. Remote Sensing1▲ 4.1×8 topics
  14. Biodiversity1▲ 6.1×6 topics
  15. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Dead Wood1▲ 270×1 topic
  17. Forest Carbon Sequestration1▲ 223×1 topic
  18. Saproxylic Beetles1▲ 270×1 topic
  19. Archaeology1▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Global Change1▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Hydrology1▲ 34×3 topics
  22. Invasive Species1▲ 9.5×6 topics
  23. Soil Properties1▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Machine Learning1▲ 1.19×4 topics
  25. Scandinavia1▲ 276×1 topic
  26. Viking Age1▲ 276×1 topic

Which research topics does Swedish Forest Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Environmental Conservation and Management, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies and Historical and Archaeological Studies.

Environmental Conservati…2Environmental Conservation and Management: 2 fractional worksForest Management and Po…1Forest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodi…1Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…1Historical and Archaeological Studies: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 1 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…1Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 1 fractional worksTree Root and Stability Studies: 1 fractional worksTunneling and Rock Mechanics: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceHistory6 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 1 works
  4. 4 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 1 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Tunneling and Rock Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Forest Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% 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 Forest Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Swedish Forest Agency0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish Forest Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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