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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

In research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#34 of 3,409 worldwide), Veterinary (#1 of 49 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#99 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals — Equine is 58.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#966
of 28,054 · #719 all time
Rank in Sweden
#11
of 125
Research works
26k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1M
39.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #34 of 3,409 39.5%934 #25
VeterinaryField #1 of 49 24.3%115 #9
Environmental ScienceField #99 of 3,551 31.1%920 #67
EcologySubfield #29 of 578 33.4%258 #57
Plant ScienceSubfield #74 of 1,395 43.3%344 #63
Health SciencesDomain #703 of 11,982 24.6%353 #663
Life SciencesDomain #567 of 7,800 35.9%1,321 #386
Small AnimalsSubfield #3 of 38 25.0%91 #4
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #7 of 72 32.7%121 #11
Physical SciencesDomain #1,356 of 12,888 29.4%1,259 #1136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#25 #34
  2. Veterinary#9 #1
  3. Environmental Science#67 #99
  4. Ecology#57 #29
  5. Plant Science#63 #74
  6. Health Sciences#663 #703
  7. Life Sciences#386 #567
  8. Small Animals#4 #3
  9. Nature and Landscape Conservation#11 #7
  10. Physical Sciences#1,136 #1,356
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 University of Agricultural Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 58.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 24.2 works58×
  2. VeterinaryField · 115.5 works27×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 91.3 works23×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 121.0 works16×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 105.4 works14×
  6. Insect ScienceSubfield · 104.4 works12×
  7. EcologySubfield · 257.6 works10×
  8. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 62.0 works8.8×
← 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: 6.15× its world share, 934 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.89× its world share, 322 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 70 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 138 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.79× its world share, 920 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 50 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 185 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 26.57× its world share, 116 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 48 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 47 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 114 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 26.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, David A. Wardle, Jan Bengtsson and Riccardo Bommarco lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

  1. 1 David A. Wardle · #8,479 worldwide 1.7k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Jan Bengtsson · #19,692 worldwide 630 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Riccardo Bommarco · #22,875 worldwide 774 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Jens Häggström · #27,472 worldwide 311 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Leif Andersson · #32,229 worldwide 603 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Göran Sandberg · #35,881 worldwide 398 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Roger D. Finlay · #37,778 worldwide 736 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Sara Hallin · #43,110 worldwide 424 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Gunilla Borgefors · #50,818 worldwide 651 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 G. F. Peterken · #53,881 worldwide 314 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity Conservation, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Functioning, Environmental Impact, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change544▲ 6.3×90 topics
  2. Sustainability186▲ 2.4×68 topics
  3. Environmental Impact178▲ 3.3×45 topics
  4. Invasive Species178▲ 13×21 topics
  5. Biodiversity Conservation173▲ 15×14 topics
  6. Biodiversity171▲ 7.2×30 topics
  7. Ecosystem Functioning129▲ 21×7 topics
  8. Ecosystem Services112▲ 9.1×13 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation102▲ 14×5 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity91▲ 6.5×21 topics
  11. Conservation89▲ 6.5×21 topics
  12. Global Change81▲ 9.8×6 topics
  13. Health Effects81▲ 4.2×19 topics
  14. Microbial Communities78▲ 5.7×10 topics
  15. Animal Welfare78▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Global Warming76▲ 5.8×12 topics
  17. Phylogenetic Analysis72▲ 7.4×14 topics
  18. Population Dynamics70▲ 8.6×12 topics
  19. Sustainable Agriculture68▲ 6.7×13 topics
  20. Ecosystem Resilience65▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Soil Carbon Sequestration62▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Biomass Estimation62▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Land Use Change60▲ 6.1×8 topics
  24. Fisheries Sustainability60▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Forest Management58▲ 31×4 topics
  26. Biological Invasions56▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Climate Change Impacts56▲ 15×8 topics
  28. Greenhouse Gas Emissions56▲ 6.5×7 topics
  29. Nutrient Limitation55▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Livestock Production54▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Trophic Cascades54▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Aboveground Biomass52▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Marker-Assisted Selection52▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Plant Breeding51▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Nutrient Cycling51▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Population Genetics50▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Emotional State50▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Stress Indicators50▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Forest Carbon Sequestration48▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Forest Management48▲ 72×1 topic

Which research topics does Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics.

Animal Behavior and Welf…50Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 50 fractional worksForest Management and Po…48Forest Management and Policy: 48 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 48 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 44 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 37 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 36 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 35 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…35Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 35 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 32 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 31 fractional works
Small AnimalsGlobal and Planetary ChangeInsect ScienceSoil Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesSmall Animals 50 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and PolicyGlobal and Planetary Change 48 works
  3. 3 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity StudiesInsect Science 48 works
  4. 4 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsSoil Science 44 works
  5. 5 Forest ecology and managementNature and Landscape Conservation 37 works
  6. 6 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEcology 36 works
  7. 7 Fish Ecology and Management StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 35 works
  8. 8 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetics 35 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 32 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studiesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 31 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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