Top-cited scientists by institution in Sweden

35 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Sweden

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Which institutions in Sweden have the most top 2% scientists?

35 universities and institutes in Sweden have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Karolinska Institutet has the most (329), followed by Uppsala Universitet (244) and The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (173). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Karolinska Institutet	329	133
2	Uppsala Universitet	244	100
3	The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)	173	71
4	Lunds Universitet	170	84
5	Linköpings Universitet	145	66
6	Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet	137	48
7	Chalmers University of Technology	136	47
8	Göteborgs Universitet	129	62
9	Stockholms universitet	115	65
10	Sahlgrenska Akademin	114	41
11	Umeå Universitet	92	33
12	Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset	82	27
13	Luleå University of Technology	52	20
14	Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset	31	9
15	Skånes Universitetssjukhus	31	10
16	Institutionen för Kliniska Vetenskaper, Lund	25	8
17	Institutionen för Kliniska Vetenskaper, Malmö	24	14
18	Örebro Universitet	24	10
19	Karlstads Universitet	18	9
20	Ångströmlaboratoriet	18	7
21	Malmö Universitet	17	7
22	Linnaeus University, Kalmar	15	6
23	Stockholm Resilience Centre	15	13
24	Akademiska Sjukhuset	14	4
25	AstraZeneca Sweden	14	5
26	Naturhistoriska riksmuseet	14	3
27	Handelshögskolan i Stockholm	13	12
28	Kemiska Institutionen	12	4
29	Science for Life Laboratory	12	3
30	Hogskolan i Gavle	11	4
31	Högskolan Kristianstad	10	5
32	Högskolan Väst	10	5
33	Högskolan i Halmstad	10	3
34	Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall	10	3
35	RISE Research Institutes of Sweden AB	10	4

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 221 in Sweden with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.