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Vattenfall (Sweden)

In research, Vattenfall (Sweden) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,222 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,743 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,513
of 22,385 · #10,149 all time
Rank in Sweden
#85
of 107
Research works
613
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.8k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Vattenfall (Sweden)

What is Vattenfall (Sweden) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,222 of 10,670 7.0%87 #3213
EngineeringField #3,743 of 5,901 5.7%62 #2500

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vattenfall (Sweden) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Vattenfall (Sweden) work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Vattenfall (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Environmental Science (13%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 92 fractional works · 89.3% of its workEngineering: 65 fractional works · 63.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 17.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVattenfall(Sweden)103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6563.0%
    2. Environmental Science1413.3%
    3. Computer Science44.1%
    4. Materials Science32.9%
    5. Energy22.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences32.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    3. Decision Sciences11.2%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.20× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.69× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.20×65 works
  2. Environmental Science2.69×14 works
  3. Energy2.24×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.28×1 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.92×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.88×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.84×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.69×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.52×4 works
  12. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.29×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.23×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  17. Psychology0.16×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Vattenfall (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Marie Anheden, Jan‐Åke Dahlberg and Håkan Kassman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vattenfall (Sweden).

  1. 1 Marie Anheden Sweden · #1,426,135 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Jan‐Åke Dahlberg Sweden · #1,769,904 worldwide 627 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Håkan Kassman Sweden · #1,806,901 worldwide 713 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Magnus Berg Sweden · #1,898,916 worldwide 608 citations · 55 works
  5. 5 Pamela Henderson Sweden · #1,995,764 worldwide 900 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Anna Helgesson Sweden · #2,062,251 worldwide 482 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 David Aldvén Sweden · #2,308,007 worldwide 468 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Jesper Runge Kristoffersen Sweden · #2,343,267 worldwide 317 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Mats Henriksson Sweden · #2,344,784 worldwide 433 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Viktoria Neimane Sweden · #2,373,739 worldwide 454 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Vattenfall (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from Vattenfall (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from Vattenfall (Sweden) is "Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants" (Linwei Wu et al., 2019), with 936 citations. Next come "Selection of appropriate biogas upgrading technology-a review of biogas cleaning, upgrading and utilisation" (919) and "The 15-Country Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk among Radiation Workers in the Nuclear Industry: Estimates of Radiation-Related Cancer Risks" (681).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants Linwei Wu et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access145 authors 13 May 2019 936
2 Selection of appropriate biogas upgrading technology-a review of biogas cleaning, upgrading and utilisation Qie Sun, Hailong Li, Jinying Yan et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 4 Jul 2015 919
3 The 15-Country Collaborative Study of Cancer Risk among Radiation Workers in the Nuclear Industry: Estimates of Radiation-Related Cancer Risks Elisabeth Cardis et al. · Radiation Research 27 Mar 2007 681
4 Risk of cancer after low doses of ionising radiation: retrospective cohort study in 15 countries Elisabeth Cardis et al. · BMJ Open access 29 Jun 2005 606
5 Dynamis CO2 quality recommendations Erika de Visser, Chris A. Hendriks, Maria Barrio et al. · International journal of greenhouse gas control 24 Jul 2008 532
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vattenfall (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Numerical Simulation, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Power Electronics, Large Eddy Simulation, Renewable Energy Integration and Turbulent Flow.

▲ 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-now 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. Renewable Energy14▲ 9.6×20 topics
  2. Smart Grid9▲ 24×7 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 2.1×20 topics
  4. Fluid-Structure Interaction5▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Numerical Simulation5▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Power Electronics5▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Large Eddy Simulation5▲ 148×2 topics
  8. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Turbulent Flow5▲ 37×3 topics
  10. Sediment Transport4▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Free-Surface Flows4▲ 85×2 topics
  12. Modeling4▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 32×3 topics
  14. Energy Management4▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Heat Transfer4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  16. Control Systems4▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Game Theory4▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Smart Grid Applications4▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Two-Phase Flow4▲ 48×2 topics
  20. Demand Response4▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Electricity Markets4▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Cavitation3▲ 112×1 topic
  23. Hydropower3▲ 119×1 topic
  24. Vibration Analysis3▲ 12×6 topics
  25. Hydraulic Engineering3▲ 206×1 topic
  26. Model Predictive Control3▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Scale Effects3▲ 218×1 topic
  28. Decentralized Control3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Fluvial Processes3▲ 105×1 topic
  30. Geomorphological Effects3▲ 81×2 topics
  31. Riparian Vegetation3▲ 105×1 topic
  32. River Restoration3▲ 69×2 topics
  33. Simulation3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Distributed Power Generation3▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Energy Storage Systems3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Microgrid Control3▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Power System3▲ 32×4 topics
  38. Actuators3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Hydrological Modeling3▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Control2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Vattenfall (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps, Hydraulic flow and structures and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…4Smart Grid Energy Management: 4 fractional worksCavitation Phenomena in …3Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps: 3 fractional worksHydraulic flow and struc…3Hydraulic flow and structures: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…3Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 3 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 3 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 2 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Fo…2Energy Load and Power Forecasting: 2 fractional worksSmart Grid Security and Resilience: 2 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 2 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Ther…2Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsCivil and Structural EngineeringEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Security and Resilience Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available27.9%not open72.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vattenfall (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vattenfall (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Vattenfall (Sweden)0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vattenfall (Sweden) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Vattenfall (Sweden)5.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2015.

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