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Swedish Museum of Natural History

In research, Swedish Museum of Natural History stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,619 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#807 of 1,209 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,550 of 3,409 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Paleontology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Geophysics — Paleontology is 62.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,896
of 28,054 · #4,962 all time
Rank in Sweden
#44
of 125
Research works
2.6k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
88k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Swedish Museum of Natural History 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 #4,619 of 12,888 24.1%159 #3498
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #807 of 1,209 28.5%75 #806
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,550 of 3,409 26.3%69 #1612
Life SciencesDomain #6,087 of 7,800 27.5%107 #5648

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish Museum of Natural History 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,498 #4,619
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#806 #807
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,612 #2,550
  4. Life Sciences#5,648 #6,087
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Swedish Museum of Natural History specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Paleontology takes 62.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PaleontologySubfield · 21.2 works62×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 44.2 works33×
  3. GeophysicsSubfield · 25.6 works26×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 75.1 works17×
  5. EcologySubfield · 25.6 works12×
← 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: 5.10× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.44× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16.94× its world share, 75 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.98× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Museum of Natural History?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter R. Crane, Vivi Vajda and Else Marie Friis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Museum of Natural History.

  1. 1 Peter R. Crane Sweden · #14,042 worldwide 646 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Vivi Vajda Sweden · #27,148 worldwide 618 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Else Marie Friis Sweden · #42,837 worldwide 466 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Martin J. Whitehouse Sweden · #60,491 worldwide 2.4k citations · 198 works
  5. 5 Lars Hedenäs Sweden · #82,314 worldwide 443 citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Stephen McLoughlin Sweden · #98,076 worldwide 412 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Mats Wedin Sweden · #156,794 worldwide 249 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Lars Werdelin Sweden · #219,003 worldwide 238 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Stefan Claesson Sweden · #238,464 worldwide 162 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Love Dalén Sweden · #241,946 worldwide 226 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Museum of Natural History

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Museum of Natural History?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Climate Change, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny, Phylogenetic Analysis, Plate Tectonics and Tectonics.

▲ 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 Change46▲ 6.0×46 topics
  2. Biogeography43▲ 59×20 topics
  3. Biodiversity32▲ 15×23 topics
  4. Invasive Species30▲ 25×19 topics
  5. Molecular Phylogeny29▲ 66×11 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis23▲ 27×16 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics22▲ 50×3 topics
  8. Tectonics18▲ 55×3 topics
  9. Population Dynamics18▲ 25×11 topics
  10. Phylogeny18▲ 42×17 topics
  11. Taxonomy17▲ 47×13 topics
  12. Conservation17▲ 14×14 topics
  13. Thermodynamic Modeling16▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Geochronology15▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Zircon15▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 24×5 topics
  17. DNA Barcoding14▲ 31×8 topics
  18. Global Change13▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 23×7 topics
  20. Evolution12▲ 17×15 topics
  21. Phylogenetics11▲ 87×3 topics
  22. Diversification10▲ 96×2 topics
  23. Mosses10▲ 141×2 topics
  24. Genetic Diversity10▲ 7.8×9 topics
  25. Evolutionary History10▲ 116×2 topics
  26. Ecology9▲ 21×9 topics
  27. Marine Sediments9▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Angiosperm Phylogeny9▲ 124×1 topic
  29. Flowering Plants9▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Biogeochemical Cycling9▲ 93×2 topics
  31. Morphology9▲ 18×7 topics
  32. Paleoproductivity9▲ 110×1 topic
  33. Paleoredox9▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Genetic Structure8▲ 40×4 topics
  35. Holocene8▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Sea Level8▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Species Delimitation8▲ 63×3 topics
  38. Glacial Cycles8▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Paleoclimatology8▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Solar Influence8▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Museum of Natural History publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 15 fractional worksPlant Diversity and Evolution: 9 fractional worksPaleontology and Stratig…9Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils: 9 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…8Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 8 fractional worksGenetic diversity and population structure: 6 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…6Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 6 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 6 fractional worksEvolution and Paleontology Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…5Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 5 fractional works
GeophysicsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 15 works
  2. 2 Plant Diversity and Evolution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  3. 3 Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils Paleontology 9 works
  4. 4 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 8 works
  5. 5 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 6 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  8. 8 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  9. 9 Evolution and Paleontology Studies Paleontology 6 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 5 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.6%domestic only49.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Museum of Natural History's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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