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Education research in Sweden

Stockholm University ranks first in Sweden for Education research in 2022-now (#34 worldwide), followed by University of Gothenburg and Umeå University.

Sweden's world rank
#8
of 112 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
3.3k
Top-10% rate
14.4%
Ranked institutions
14

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Education in Sweden?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Stockholm UniversityStockholm #3453.418.1%333
2University of GothenburgGothenburg #5447.314.6%305
3Umeå UniversityUmeå #16232.814.9%188
4Lund UniversityLund #19130.613.9%211
5Uppsala UniversityUppsala #21928.813.5%233
6Linköping UniversityLinköping #25226.913.5%193
7Karolinska InstitutetStockholm #42919.918.1%62
8KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyStockholm #51117.622.1%62
9Örebro UniversityÖrebro #51617.415.0%77
10IQ SamhällsbyggnadStockholm #62115.06.8%220
11Malmö UniversityMalmo #65114.417.9%114
12Linnaeus UniversityVaxjo #65214.311.3%168
13Karlstad UniversityKarlstad #70213.417.3%111
14Göteborgs StadsGothenburg #1,4234.010.9%65

Institutions in Sweden above the floor of 40 fractional works in Education, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Education researchers in Sweden?

Robert Thornberg, Ference Marton and Niklas Gericke rank highest among researchers based in Sweden, on their papers in Education that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Robert Thornberg#82,642 worldwide overall32.3 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ference Marton#187,961 worldwide overall18.7 of 65 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Niklas Gericke#270,131 worldwide overall23.1 of 70 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Christopher Gillberg#107,706 worldwide overall16.9 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Rodrigo Lozano#26,009 worldwide overall14.2 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Stefan Hrastinski#238,631 worldwide overall16.1 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jan‐Eric Gustafsson#197,207 worldwide overall16.6 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Sven Bölte#49,266 worldwide overall13.0 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Kajsa Yang Hansen#92,142 worldwide overall12.3 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson#486,292 worldwide overall21.4 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Emma Sorbring#55,861 worldwide overall11.5 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Suha M. Al‐Hassan#30,780 worldwide overall8.5 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Stefan Samuelsson#1,297,709 worldwide overall10.8 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Bitte Modin#525,318 worldwide overall9.3 of 24 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Stefan Johansson#292,827 worldwide overall8.7 of 20 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Sweden on their work in Education alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Sweden compares with other countries in Education