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Swedish Geotechnical Institute

In research, Swedish Geotechnical Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,151 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#25,248
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#182
of 259
Research works
193
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%

What is Swedish Geotechnical Institute 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 #6,151 of 17,446 8.8%175

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Geotechnical Institute 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 Geotechnical Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Swedish Geotechnical Institute is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (39%), Engineering (34%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 88.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 39.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 34.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 15.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedishGeotechnical…33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1339.2%
    2. Engineering1134.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences410.8%
    4. Energy01.5%
    5. Materials Science01.4%
    6. Chemistry00.8%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences25.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Health Professions00.7%
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: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.91× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.90× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science7.90×13 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.91×4 works
  3. Engineering2.27×11 works
  4. Energy1.66×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.70×1 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.49×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.45×2 works
  10. Materials Science0.41×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  15. Psychology0.07×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Geotechnical Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Christel Carlsson, Anja Enell and Helen Åhnberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Geotechnical Institute.

  1. 1 Christel Carlsson Sweden · #1,868,398 worldwide 286 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Anja Enell Sweden · #2,055,447 worldwide 845 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Helen Åhnberg Sweden · #2,126,545 worldwide 499 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Lisa Van Well Sweden · #2,450,371 worldwide 337 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 David Bendz Sweden · #2,577,639 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Maria Arm Sweden · #2,649,776 worldwide 410 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jan Hartlén Sweden · #2,883,454 worldwide 383 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Pascal Suèr Sweden · #2,988,770 worldwide 567 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Karin Lundström Sweden · #3,102,557 worldwide 103 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Elvin Ottosson Sweden · #3,178,640 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Geotechnical Institute

What are the most cited papers from Swedish Geotechnical Institute?

The most cited paper from Swedish Geotechnical Institute is "Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutically active compounds in the environment, a case study: Höje River in Sweden" (David Bendz, Nicklas Paxéus, Timothy R. Ginn et al., 2005), with 788 citations. Next come "Mobilisation of heavy metals by deicing salts in a roadside environment" (339) and "Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to an organic soil horizon – Effect of cation composition and pH" (291).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutically active compounds in the environment, a case study: Höje River in Sweden David Bendz, Nicklas Paxéus, Timothy R. Ginn et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials 22 Apr 2005 788
2 Mobilisation of heavy metals by deicing salts in a roadside environment Mattias Bäckström, Stefan Karlsson, Lars Bäckman et al. · Water Research 17 Dec 2003 339
3 Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to an organic soil horizon – Effect of cation composition and pH Hugo Campos-Pereira, Malin Ullberg, Dan Berggren Kleja et al. · Chemosphere Open access 3 May 2018 291
4 Stability of Clay at Vertical Opening Bengt B. Broms, Hans Bennermark · Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division 1967 264
5 Chromium(III) Complexation to Natural Organic Matter: Mechanisms and Modeling Jon Petter Gustafsson, Ingmar Persson, Aidin Geranmayeh Oromieh et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 14 Jan 2014 218
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Which keywords describe research at Swedish Geotechnical Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Risk Assessment, Health Effects, GIS-based Modeling, Global Distribution, Hazard, Landslide and Toxicity.

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

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  2. Risk Assessment3▲ 13×3 topics
  3. GIS-based Modeling3▲ 97×2 topics
  4. Health Effects3▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Global Distribution3▲ 119×2 topics
  6. Hazard3▲ 115×1 topic
  7. Landslide3▲ 115×1 topic
  8. Climate Change2▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Toxicity2▲ 17×7 topics
  10. Wastewater Treatment2▲ 27×5 topics
  11. Sustainability2▲ 2.4×7 topics
  12. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.1×11 topics
  13. Perfluoroalkyl Substances2▲ 265×1 topic
  14. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds2▲ 265×1 topic
  15. Bioaccumulation1▲ 45×3 topics
  16. Liquefaction1▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Remediation1▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Tunnel1▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Sea-Level Rise1▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Soil Properties1▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Construction1▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Contamination1▲ 38×3 topics
  23. Environmental Exposure1▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts1▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Pollution1▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Soil Reinforcement1▲ 49×2 topics
  28. BIM1▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Ecosystem-Based Management1▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Heavy Metals1▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Liquefaction Resistance1▲ 101×1 topic
  32. Marine Spatial Planning1▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Particle Shape Effects1▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Prefabrication1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Rheological Properties1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Geotechnical Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Landslides and related hazards, Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, BIM and Construction Integration and Coastal and Marine Management.

  1. 1 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  2. 2 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  7. 7 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 1 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Geotechnical Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Geotechnical Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000088% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Swedish Geotechnical Institute0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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