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Swedish Institute

In research, Swedish Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,704 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,474
of 22,385 · #4,906 all time
Rank in Sweden
#74
of 107
Research works
4.5k
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
186k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Swedish Institute

What is Swedish Institute 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 #4,704 of 9,585 15.9%81 #5947

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

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Swedish Institute is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Medicine (9%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 88 fractional works · 69.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 45.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish Institute127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences69%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5845.4%
    2. Psychology108.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance96.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting64.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities53.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine129.1%
    2. Health Professions107.6%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Environmental Science43.0%
    2. Engineering42.8%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Materials Science10.6%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Neuroscience42.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.87× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.31× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.19× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.68× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.59×58 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.19×9 works
  3. Health Professions2.87×10 works
  4. Psychology2.68×10 works
  5. Neuroscience1.74×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.41×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.31×5 works
  8. Environmental Science0.61×4 works
  9. Energy0.57×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.54×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.51×1 works
  12. Medicine0.48×12 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.40×0 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.26×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×0 works
  18. Engineering0.19×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  22. Nursing0.13×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Heléne Norder, Adam Dunkels and Thomas Åkerlund lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Institute.

  1. 1 Heléne Norder Sweden · #635,332 worldwide 12k citations · 203 works
  2. 2 Adam Dunkels Sweden · #1,081,031 worldwide 10k citations · 156 works
  3. 3 Thomas Åkerlund Sweden · #1,115,570 worldwide 3.2k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Birgitta Henriques‐Normark Sweden · #1,373,418 worldwide 3.6k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Friederike Ziegler Sweden · #1,540,955 worldwide 2.6k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Sirkka Vene Sweden · #1,665,639 worldwide 4.1k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Rune Lagneborg Sweden · #2,317,487 worldwide 2.2k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Florian Wartha Sweden · #2,345,096 worldwide 2.3k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Marianne Lebbad Sweden · #2,561,263 worldwide 3.7k citations · 93 works
  10. 10 Sven Löfdahl Sweden · #2,680,495 worldwide 5k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Institute

What are the most cited papers from Swedish Institute?

The most cited paper from Swedish Institute is "Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance" (Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al., 2011), with 14,554 citations. Next come "A calculus of mobile processes, I" (2,867) and "Contiki - a lightweight and flexible operating system for tiny networked sensors" (2,684).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection Open access 7 May 2011 14,554
2 A calculus of mobile processes, I Robin Milner, Joachim Parrow, David S. Walker · Information and Computation Open access Sep 1992 2,867
3 Contiki - a lightweight and flexible operating system for tiny networked sensors Adam Dunkels, Björn Grönvall, Thiemo Voigt Conference paper 28 Dec 2004 2,684
4 A Diarylquinoline Drug Active on the ATP Synthase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Koen Andries, Peter Verhasselt, Jérôme Guillemont et al. · Science Open access 9 Dec 2004 2,187
5 A calculus of mobile processes, II Robin Milner, Joachim Parrow, David S. Walker · Information and Computation Open access Sep 1992 1,703
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Income Inequality, Social Policy, Mental Health, Labor Market, Gender Inequality, Social Support and Political Economy.

▲ 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. Globalization12▲ 4.9×21 topics
  2. Mental Health9▲ 5.1×20 topics
  3. Income Inequality8▲ 46×5 topics
  4. Social Policy8▲ 71×4 topics
  5. Labor Market7▲ 21×7 topics
  6. Gender Inequality6▲ 34×4 topics
  7. Education6▲ 2.7×8 topics
  8. Political Economy6▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Social Support6▲ 8.6×11 topics
  10. Public Opinion6▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.9×15 topics
  12. Institutional Change5▲ 118×1 topic
  13. Welfare State5▲ 52×1 topic
  14. Gender Roles5▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Health Outcomes4▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Unemployment4▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Health Disparities4▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Corporate Governance4▲ 4.4×6 topics
  19. Labor Force Participation4▲ 71×2 topics
  20. Economic Development4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  21. Inequality4▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Parenting4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Economic Crisis3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Health3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  25. Neighborhood Effects3▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Job Insecurity3▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Leadership3▲ 5.2×4 topics
  29. Precarious Employment3▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Inclusion3▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Job Satisfaction3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  32. Fertility3▲ 27×3 topics
  33. Income Tax3▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Intersectionality3▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Academic Achievement3▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Divorce3▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Family Structure3▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Immigration3▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Student Achievement3▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Work-Life Balance3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social Policy and Reform Studies, Employment and Welfare Studies, Family Dynamics and Relationships and Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics.

Social Policy and Reform Studies: 5 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Relationships: 3 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 2 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 2 fractional worksIntergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies: 2 fractional worksGender Diversity and Ine…2Gender Diversity and Inequality: 2 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…2Migration and Labor Dynamics: 2 fractional worksIntergenerational Family…2Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…2Health disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeneral Health ProfessionsDemographyGender Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 3 works
  4. 4 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Health disparities and outcomes Health 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower 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 Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Swedish Institute0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish Institute 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 Institute12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.6% in 2019.

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