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

44th
Overall percentile
40th
Research percentile
54th
Innovation percentile
37th
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 +2720th910th844th72nd1736th22nd
Arts and Humanities 1060th451st350th43rd852nd15th
Business, Management and Accounting 862nd341st260th45th594th16th
Chemistry 3398th1009th1001st63rd2014th23rd
Computer Science 1035th331st262nd27th709th11th
Energy 2362nd626th593rd56th1262nd21st
Engineering +784th217th163rd21st498th8th
Environmental Science 3323rd922nd876th87th1841st28th
Mathematics 1490th496th417th41st958th15th
Medicine +4739th1360th1253rd104th3019th32nd
Psychology 1514th586th461st61st1227th21st
Social Sciences +960th374th289th41st721st16th

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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  • Health
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  • Companies
  • Non-Profit
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