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University of Gothenburg

In research, University of Gothenburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#44 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#101 of 10,521 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#13 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Gender Studies — Public Administration is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#295
of 28,054 · #245 all time
Rank in Sweden
#6
of 125
Research works
58k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
36.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is University of Gothenburg 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 SciencesField #44 of 6,365 36.6%1,562 #111
Social SciencesDomain #101 of 10,521 33.6%2,811 #117
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #13 of 1,201 44.0%224 #47
Health SciencesDomain #148 of 11,982 23.6%2,576 #93
MedicineField #157 of 10,443 22.6%2,155 #122
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #72 of 2,578 34.5%504 #96
Life SciencesDomain #283 of 7,800 24.3%989 #131
Physical SciencesDomain #515 of 12,888 24.3%1,639 #532
Gender StudiesSubfield #9 of 201 42.2%102 —
Environmental ScienceField #207 of 3,551 28.7%445 #163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Gothenburg 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#111 #44
  2. Social Sciences#117 #101
  3. Political Science and International Relations#47 #13
  4. Health Sciences#93 #148
  5. Medicine#122 #157
  6. Sociology and Political Science#96 #72
  7. Life Sciences#131 #283
  8. Physical Sciences#532 #515
  9. Environmental Science#163 #207
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 University of Gothenburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 35.3 works8.2×
  2. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 27.0 works4.0×
  3. Gender StudiesSubfield · 101.7 works3.5×
  4. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 134.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 152 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 493 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 100 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 230 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 58 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 373 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 176 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 283 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 445 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 98 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 121 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.16× its world share, 84 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 290 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 2,155 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 42 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 346 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 210 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 174 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 445 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 1,562 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Gothenburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Lötvall, Karl Swedberg and Arvid Carlsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Gothenburg.

  1. 1 Jan Lötvall · #2,040 worldwide 2.1k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Karl Swedberg · #2,048 worldwide 1.6k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Arvid Carlsson · #3,260 worldwide 1.5k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Lars Barregård · #3,278 worldwide 1.9k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Jan Lindhe · #4,435 worldwide 1k citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Tomas Albrektsson · #6,116 worldwide 1k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Max Petzold · #6,951 worldwide 2.8k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Lars Svennerholm · #9,214 worldwide 910 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Barbara Czarniawska · #10,194 worldwide 585 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Roger Säljö · #10,441 worldwide 613 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at University of Gothenburg

Which keywords describe research at University of Gothenburg?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology446▲ 1.41×129 topics
  2. Climate Change305▲ 1.41×96 topics
  3. Inflammation288▲ 1.73×82 topics
  4. Globalization276▲ 1.75×102 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress190▲ 1.45×58 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease186▲ 2.1×39 topics
  7. Mental Health180▲ 1.53×39 topics
  8. Quality of Life172▲ 1.49×54 topics
  9. Public Health168▲ 1.44×51 topics
  10. Education156◆ 1.13×73 topics
  11. Social Media144▲ 1.25×28 topics
  12. Treatment133▲ 1.37×47 topics
  13. Risk Factors130▲ 1.48×36 topics
  14. Biomarkers127▲ 2.3×18 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome122▲ 1.87×23 topics
  16. Genetics122▲ 2.2×24 topics
  17. Depression117▲ 1.67×22 topics
  18. Obesity107▲ 1.77×24 topics
  19. Neoliberalism98▲ 3.4×23 topics
  20. Aging98▲ 2.3×18 topics
  21. Global Burden97▲ 2.2×12 topics
  22. Democracy92▲ 3.2×19 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration92▲ 3.8×11 topics
  24. Neuroinflammation87▲ 3.8×6 topics
  25. Neuroimaging81▲ 3.8×11 topics
  26. Alzheimer's Disease76▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Global Governance68▲ 3.7×17 topics
  28. Social Sciences67▲ 6.0×9 topics
  29. Special Education61▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Public Opinion58▲ 5.8×5 topics
  31. Cognitive Decline56▲ 5.8×2 topics
  32. Methodology55▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Caregiver Burden54▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. Quantitative Methods53▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Cognitive Training52▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Dementia51▲ 6.8×2 topics
  37. Mild Cognitive Impairment51▲ 7.6×1 topic
  38. Vascular Risk Factors51▲ 7.6×1 topic
  39. Amyloid Hypothesis49▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology49▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Gothenburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Social Media and Politics.

Social and Educational Sciences: 53 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 51 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…49Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 49 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics33Social Media and Politics: 33 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 25 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 25 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…25Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 25 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform…24Social Policy and Reform Studies: 24 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…23Early Childhood Education and Development: 23 fractional worksGender Politics and Repr…21Gender Politics and Representation: 21 fractional works
EducationPsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCommunication3 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational SciencesEducation 53 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 51 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 49 works
  4. 4 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 33 works
  5. 5 Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationPolitical Science and International Relations 25 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership StudiesEducation 25 works
  7. 7 Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSociology and Political Science 25 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 24 works
  9. 9 Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducation 23 works
  10. 10 Gender Politics and RepresentationGender Studies 21 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Gothenburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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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.