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Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

In research, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,307 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,514 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 47.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,508
of 28,054 · #3,187 all time
Rank in Sweden
#46
of 125
Research works
1.2k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,307 of 12,888 23.4%120 #2036
Environmental ScienceField #2,514 of 3,551 21.8%68 #1035

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 47.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 26.8 works47×
  2. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.4 works35×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 38.5 works19×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 67.8 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: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.07× its world share, 38 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 10.62× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Berg, Colin Jones and Grigory Nikulin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.

  1. 1 Peter Berg Sweden · #56,804 worldwide 421 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Colin Jones Sweden · #57,882 worldwide 554 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Grigory Nikulin Sweden · #72,900 worldwide 478 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Patrick Samuelsson Sweden · #183,941 worldwide 427 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 H. E. Markus Meier Sweden · #185,675 worldwide 402 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Joakim Langner Sweden · #203,044 worldwide 169 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Sten Bergström Sweden · #284,840 worldwide 190 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Magnuz Engardt Sweden · #296,003 worldwide 229 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Torben Koenigk Sweden · #297,410 worldwide 193 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Berit Arheimer Sweden · #320,259 worldwide 253 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Hydrological Modeling, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Cycle, Extreme Events and Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change57▲ 16×50 topics
  2. Remote Sensing22▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Global Warming22▲ 43×11 topics
  4. Hydrological Modeling19▲ 62×5 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation18▲ 110×3 topics
  6. Hydrological Cycle16▲ 134×2 topics
  7. Extreme Events13▲ 120×2 topics
  8. Greenhouse Gas Emissions13▲ 38×6 topics
  9. Climate Modeling13▲ 141×1 topic
  10. Precipitation Extremes13▲ 141×1 topic
  11. Data Assimilation12▲ 62×4 topics
  12. Water Resources11▲ 36×7 topics
  13. Boundary Layer11▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Air Quality10▲ 43×5 topics
  15. Probabilistic Forecasting9▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Sediment Transport9▲ 44×4 topics
  17. Ensemble Kalman Filter9▲ 69×2 topics
  18. Land Use Change9▲ 23×5 topics
  19. Convective Parameterization9▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Mesoscale Modeling9▲ 125×1 topic
  21. Model Evaluation8▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Satellite Observations8▲ 64×3 topics
  23. Global Hydrology8▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Uncertainty Assessment8▲ 92×1 topic
  25. Water Quality7▲ 14×8 topics
  26. Hydrology7▲ 45×4 topics
  27. Sea Level Rise7▲ 44×3 topics
  28. Risk Perception6▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Flood Risk6▲ 54×2 topics
  30. Satellite Imagery6▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Flood Inundation Modeling5▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Surface Water Mapping5▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Forecasting5▲ 20×5 topics
  34. Drought5▲ 39×3 topics
  35. Evapotranspiration5▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Particulate Matter5▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Atmospheric Aerosols4▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Black Carbon4▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Arctic4▲ 29×4 topics
  40. Eutrophication4▲ 30×3 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Climate variability and …13Climate variability and models: 13 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 9 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…4Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 4 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 4 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 3 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceWater Science and TechnologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 9 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 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 available64.1%not open35.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.1%domestic only60.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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