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Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore

In research, Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,584 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 11.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#29,305
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#216
of 259
Research works
188
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
429
2.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore

What is Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,584 of 14,833 9.6%136

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Arts and Humanities (32%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 54 fractional works · 78.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 34.2% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 22 fractional works · 32.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 21.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 15.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 11.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish Institutefor Language and…70fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences78%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2434.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities2232.2%
    3. Psychology34.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting34.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.6%
    1. Computer Science811.9%
    2. Engineering11.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    1. Health Professions11.8%
    2. Medicine11.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 22.5 works11×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.53× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.15× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities11.15×22 works
  2. Social Sciences2.70×24 works
  3. Psychology1.58×3 works
  4. Computer Science1.53×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.70×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×0 works
  11. Engineering0.12×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  13. Medicine0.06×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore?

Ranked on the quality score, Lauri Honko, Anna Westerberg and Marlene Hugoson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore.

  1. 1 Lauri Honko Sweden · #1,453,027 worldwide 1.1k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Anna Westerberg Sweden · #3,832,382 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Marlene Hugoson Sweden · #3,980,608 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Daniel Solling Sweden · #4,280,451 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Walter Salmen Sweden · #4,343,410 worldwide 342 citations · 128 works
  6. 6 Mathias Strandberg Sweden · #4,483,462 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Christian Thodberg Sweden · #4,701,136 worldwide 22 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Lena Wenner Sweden · #5,063,633 worldwide 17 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Rickard Domeij Sweden · #5,135,596 worldwide 131 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Charlotte Hyltén-Cavallius Sweden · #5,155,907 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore

What are the most cited papers from Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore?

The most cited paper from Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore is "A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility Curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the US" (Espen Bratberg, Jonathan M. Davis, Bhashkar Mazumder et al., 2016), with 116 citations. Next come "Tensions in the epistemic domain and claims of no-knowledge: A study of Swedish medical interaction" (68) and "The 3-D Plasma Distribution Function Analyzers with Time-of-Flight Mass Discrimination for Cluster, FAST, and Equator-S" (58).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Intergenerational Mobility Curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the US Espen Bratberg, Jonathan M. Davis, Bhashkar Mazumder et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Economics 18 Jul 2016 116
2 Tensions in the epistemic domain and claims of no-knowledge: A study of Swedish medical interaction Jan K. Lindström, Susanna Karlsson · Journal of Pragmatics Open access 21 Jul 2016 68
3 The 3-D Plasma Distribution Function Analyzers with Time-of-Flight Mass Discrimination for Cluster, FAST, and Equator-S Eberhard Möbius et al. · Geophysical monograph Book chapter Sep 2011 58
4 Observations of the spatial and temporal structure of field-aligned beam and gyrating ring distributions at the quasi-perpendicular bow shock with Cluster CIS Eberhard Möbius et al. · Annales Geophysicae Open access 30 Sep 2001 46
5 Peers, Neighborhoods, and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy Olof Åslund, Per‐Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson et al. · American Economic Journal Applied Economics Open access Apr 2011 40
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Education, Qualitative Research, Social Sciences, Healthcare, Communication, Ethics and Family Dynamics.

▲ 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. Pedagogy14▲ 39×4 topics
  2. Education14▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Qualitative Research12▲ 20×4 topics
  4. Social Sciences12▲ 114×2 topics
  5. Healthcare11▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Communication10▲ 46×4 topics
  7. Ethics10▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Family Dynamics10▲ 108×1 topic
  9. Phenomenology10▲ 128×1 topic
  10. History6▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Corpus Linguistics5▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Sociolinguistics5▲ 37×4 topics
  13. Linguistics5▲ 42×4 topics
  14. Discourse Analysis4▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Lexicography4▲ 69×2 topics
  16. Ethnicity4▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Cultural History4▲ 42×3 topics
  18. Etymology3▲ 102×2 topics
  19. Historical Phonology3▲ 102×2 topics
  20. Language Contact3▲ 49×3 topics
  21. Language3▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Literature3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  23. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Culture3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  26. Teaching Methods3▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Digital Communication2▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Language Teaching2▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Language Variation2▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Communication Practices2▲ 172×1 topic
  31. Language Evolution2▲ 84×2 topics
  32. Speech Perception2▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Text Linguistics2▲ 172×1 topic
  34. Dictionaries2▲ 100×1 topic
  35. Electronic2▲ 175×1 topic
  36. Indo-European2▲ 140×1 topic
  37. Knowledge Representation2▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Learning2▲ 9.7×1 topic
  39. Methodology2▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Proto-Indo-European2▲ 140×1 topic

Which research topics does Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research in Social Sciences, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Linguistic research and analysis and Lexicography and Language Studies.

Research in Social Scien…10Research in Social Sciences: 10 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 2 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 2 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 2 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 2 fractional works
EducationArtificial IntelligenceLanguage and LinguisticsLinguistics and Language

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 10 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  5. 5 Social and Educational Sciences Education 2 works
  6. 6 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 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 available68.2%not open31.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.1%domestic only71.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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