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Swedish National Forensic Centre

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World rank, all time
#21,786
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#162
of 259
Research works
221
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Swedish National Forensic Centre

Which fields of science does Swedish National Forensic Centre work in?

In all years, 41% of research at Swedish National Forensic Centre is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 21 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 24.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workToxicology: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 21.7% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 19.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish NationalForensic Centre221fractional works, all years
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2511.3%
    2. Computer Science229.9%
    3. Chemistry219.7%
    4. Environmental Science104.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy42.0%
    6. Materials Science31.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Mathematics10.4%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3415.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics114.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.3%
    4. Neuroscience21.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine4319.6%
    2. Nursing31.1%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences188.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities73.2%
    3. Psychology21.0%
    4. Decision Sciences20.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.36× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics9.16×1 works
  2. Dentistry3.91×0 works
  3. Computer Science3.36×5 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.62×0 works
  5. Mathematics2.15×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.14×2 works
  7. Energy2.07×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.07×1 works
  9. Environmental Science1.35×1 works
  10. Social Sciences1.26×3 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.15×1 works
  12. Chemistry1.01×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.60×0 works
  14. Psychology0.59×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.43×0 works
  16. Engineering0.35×1 works
  17. Medicine0.34×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.22×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish National Forensic Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Jan Andrasko, Ronny Hedell and Jan Schuberth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish National Forensic Centre.

  1. 1 Jan Andrasko Sweden · #2,075,230 worldwide 1.5k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Ronny Hedell Sweden · #2,373,019 worldwide 280 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Jan Schuberth Sweden · #3,224,711 worldwide 508 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 A.C. Maehly Sweden · #3,434,944 worldwide 9.6k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Andreas C. Maehly Sweden · #3,461,346 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Lars Erik Strömberg Sweden · #3,831,636 worldwide 899 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Jonas Malmborg Sweden · #3,874,884 worldwide 342 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Rune Andréasson Sweden · #5,209,850 worldwide 63 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish National Forensic Centre

What are the most cited papers from Swedish National Forensic Centre?

The most cited paper from Swedish National Forensic Centre is "PCR inhibition in qPCR, dPCR and MPS—mechanisms and solutions" (Maja Sidstedt, Peter Rådström, Johannes Hedman, 2020), with 401 citations. Next come "Inhibition mechanisms of hemoglobin, immunoglobulin G, and whole blood in digital and real-time PCR" (241) and "Computer-Aided Headspace Gas Chromatography Applied to Blood-Alcohol Analysis: Importance of Online Process Control" (188).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PCR inhibition in qPCR, dPCR and MPS—mechanisms and solutions Maja Sidstedt, Peter Rådström, Johannes Hedman · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Open access 12 Feb 2020 401
2 Inhibition mechanisms of hemoglobin, immunoglobulin G, and whole blood in digital and real-time PCR Maja Sidstedt, Johannes Hedman, Erica L. Romsos et al. · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Open access 4 Mar 2018 241
3 Computer-Aided Headspace Gas Chromatography Applied to Blood-Alcohol Analysis: Importance of Online Process Control Alan Wayne Jones, Jutta Schuberth · Journal of Forensic Sciences Sep 1989 188
4 Overcoming Inhibition in Real-Time Diagnostic PCR Johannes Hedman, Peter Rådström · Methods in molecular biology Book chapter 13 Sep 2012 168
5 Humic substances cause fluorescence inhibition in real-time polymerase chain reaction Maja Sidstedt, Linda Jansson, Elin Nilsson et al. · Analytical Biochemistry Open access 11 Jul 2015 155
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish National Forensic Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mass Spectrometry, Genomic Analysis, Ancient DNA, Human Evolution, Forensic Genetics, Population History, Metabolism and Data Analysis.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mass Spectrometry20▲ 42×6 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis16▲ 24×4 topics
  3. Ancient DNA14▲ 113×3 topics
  4. Human Evolution14▲ 272×2 topics
  5. Forensic Genetics14▲ 399×1 topic
  6. Population History14▲ 399×1 topic
  7. Inflammation13▲ 2.6×14 topics
  8. Metabolism13▲ 8.9×8 topics
  9. Data Analysis12▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Method Validation12▲ 69×3 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.8×11 topics
  12. Forensic Toxicology10▲ 155×2 topics
  13. Liquid Chromatography10▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Designer Drugs9▲ 206×1 topic
  15. Drug Analysis9▲ 206×1 topic
  16. Cancer Risk9▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Amino Acids9▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Chiral Separation8▲ 32×1 topic
  19. Gas Chromatography8▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Mortality Risk8▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Health8▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Alcohol8▲ 111×1 topic
  23. Liver Disease8▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Volatile Organic Compounds8▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Lung Cancer8▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Breath Analysis8▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Electronic Nose8▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Neurological Disorders8▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Chemical Imaging7▲ 85×2 topics
  30. Fingermark Residue7▲ 549×1 topic
  31. Fluorescent Materials7▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Digital Forensics7▲ 97×2 topics
  33. Proteomics6▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Normalization6▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Precision Medicine6▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Quantitative6▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Real-Time PCR6▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Electrospray6▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Ionization6▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Metabolic Disorders6▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Swedish National Forensic Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic and Genetic Research, Digital and Cyber Forensics, Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Forensic and Genetic Research: 2 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 1 fractional worksForensic Fingerprint Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Media Forensic Detection: 0 fractional worksBangladesh Politics, Society, and Development: 0 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 0 fractional worksChemical Reactions and Isotopes: 0 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 0 fractional works
GeneticsInformation SystemsSafety ResearchHealth Informatics6 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Forensic Fingerprint Detection Methods Safety Research 1 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  5. 5 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Media Forensic Detection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  7. 7 Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  9. 9 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
  10. 10 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 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 available16.9%not open83.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish National Forensic Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower 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 National Forensic Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Swedish National Forensic Centre0.000079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish National Forensic Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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