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Karlstad UniversityUniversity

Sweden

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Foundation: 1999

Mission: Information not localized

Vision: Our students and staff develop knowledge and skills for individual enrichment and to contribute to a sustainable society. Our creative academic environments are characterised by curiosity, courage and persistence. By taking a critical approach, we safeguard the scholarly and artistic foundations of our operations. Karlstad University is characterised by welcoming proximity and trust. We always promote democratic values, equality and diversity

History: www.kau.se

43rd
Overall percentile
41st
Research percentile
54th
Innovation percentile
34th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeEU-27NORDIC COUNTRIESOECDSweden
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +3198th995th960th79th1910th22nd
Arts and Humanities 1087th462nd364th48th869th16th
Business, Management and Accounting 1081st401st328th47th716th16th
Chemistry 3370th1084th1058th62nd2011th23rd
Computer Science 1131st345th283rd29th751st11th
Energy 2014th587th525th52nd1096th20th
Engineering +1327th437th341st39th863rd14th
Environmental Science 2858th847th773rd78th1588th24th
Mathematics 1664th554th474th45th1047th19th
Medicine +4863rd1428th1298th96th3083rd30th
Physics and Astronomy 3407th887th925th56th1829th23rd
Psychology 1406th560th441st56th1155th19th
Social Sciences +968th372nd285th40th713th15th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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