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Umeå University

In research, Umeå University stands highest in Social Sciences (#424 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#296 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#593 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction and Gender Studies — Human-Computer Interaction is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#847
of 28,054 · #478 all time
Rank in Sweden
#10
of 125
Research works
40k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5M
36.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Umeå University 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
Social SciencesDomain #424 of 10,521 32.9%1,494 #357
Social SciencesField #296 of 6,365 36.7%797 #359
Health SciencesDomain #593 of 11,982 21.7%1,534 #244
MedicineField #672 of 10,443 20.0%1,229 #323
Life SciencesDomain #724 of 7,800 24.1%643 #322
Physical SciencesDomain #1,198 of 12,888 22.0%1,203 #683
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #243 of 2,578 40.1%255 #328
EducationSubfield #218 of 1,892 34.1%184 #225
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #519 of 3,579 21.9%360 #300
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #136 of 916 31.2%151 #169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Umeå University 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. Social Sciences#357 #424
  2. Social Sciences#359 #296
  3. Health Sciences#244 #593
  4. Medicine#323 #672
  5. Life Sciences#322 #724
  6. Physical Sciences#683 #1,198
  7. Sociology and Political Science#328 #243
  8. Education#225 #218
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#300 #519
  10. General Health Professions#169 #136
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 Umeå University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 32.3 works3.2×
  2. Gender StudiesSubfield · 50.9 works2.9×
← 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: 0.47× its world share, 110 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 360 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 119 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 32 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 383 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 252 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 250 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 63 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.02× its world share, 59 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.27× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 243 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 1,229 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.07× its world share, 150 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 106 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 61 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 75 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.04× its world share, 304 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 797 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Umeå University?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Sjöstróm, Svante Wold and Lars Lindholm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Umeå University.

  1. 1 Michael Sjöstróm Sweden · #1,759 worldwide 2.2k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Svante Wold Sweden · #4,655 worldwide 2k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Lars Lindholm Sweden · #4,692 worldwide 1k citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Paul Geladi Sweden · #8,041 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Christer Nilsson Sweden · #10,920 worldwide 1k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Gösta Samuelson Sweden · #12,526 worldwide 513 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Kjell Asplund Sweden · #18,329 worldwide 301 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Rolf Adolfsson Sweden · #23,067 worldwide 617 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Roland S. Johansson Sweden · #24,450 worldwide 707 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Roger Henriksson Sweden · #26,732 worldwide 569 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Umeå University

Which keywords describe research at Umeå University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Climate Change and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology297▲ 1.54×123 topics
  2. Climate Change152▲ 1.16×82 topics
  3. Inflammation140▲ 1.38×80 topics
  4. Machine Learning136▼ 0.86×69 topics
  5. Mental Health128▲ 1.80×34 topics
  6. Public Health124▲ 1.75×52 topics
  7. Quality of Life120▲ 1.71×51 topics
  8. Globalization115▲ 1.21×76 topics
  9. Deep Learning113▼ 0.68×68 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease110▲ 2.0×36 topics
  11. Risk Factors100▲ 1.86×35 topics
  12. Education96◆ 1.15×54 topics
  13. Treatment91▲ 1.54×48 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress85◆ 1.06×55 topics
  15. Depression84▲ 1.95×22 topics
  16. Social Media82▲ 1.18×31 topics
  17. Qualitative Research79▲ 1.87×21 topics
  18. Diagnosis74▲ 1.64×38 topics
  19. Global Burden74▲ 2.8×12 topics
  20. Genetics63▲ 1.85×24 topics
  21. Management62▲ 1.62×30 topics
  22. Well-being61▲ 3.2×13 topics
  23. Health Effects58▲ 1.99×21 topics
  24. Mortality58▲ 2.0×13 topics
  25. Anxiety53▲ 2.3×11 topics
  26. Pedagogy52▲ 2.2×16 topics
  27. Ethics51▲ 2.2×27 topics
  28. Social Sciences46▲ 6.7×8 topics
  29. Health Disparities45▲ 3.5×9 topics
  30. Surveillance43▲ 3.3×5 topics
  31. Discourse Analysis42▲ 3.4×7 topics
  32. Learning41▲ 2.8×8 topics
  33. Mortality Risk40▲ 3.4×6 topics
  34. Special Education39▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Gender Studies38▲ 5.0×7 topics
  36. Methodology36▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Quantitative Methods35▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Academic Achievement34▲ 4.2×9 topics
  39. COPD27▲ 8.3×1 topic
  40. spirometry27▲ 8.3×1 topic

Which research topics does Umeå University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Social and Educational S…35Social and Educational Sciences: 35 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…27Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 27 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…22Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 22 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…22Asthma and respiratory diseases: 22 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 21 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 19 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…17Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 17 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 16 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 15 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…15Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 15 fractional works
EducationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSafety ResearchPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 35 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 22 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 22 works
  5. 5 Health disparities and outcomes Health 21 works
  6. 6 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 19 works
  7. 7 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 16 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 15 works
  10. 10 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 15 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.0%domestic only77.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Umeå University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.