
Publishing patterns at the University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg is characterized by global perspectives and attracts leading researchers from all over the world. This is reflected in the publishing patterns at the University, which are characterized by a wide range of subjects and international collaboration. Here you will find information on how much our researchers publish and co-publish with international researchers.
Sustainability research
The University of Gothenburg conducts prominent research in areas such as environmental issues, energy, antibiotic resistance, transports, aquaculture, and various aspects of human consumption and resource distribution. Environmental research is conducted in a large number of subject areas and data from Web of Science and Gothenburg University Publications (GUP) shows that during the years 2017-2022, researchers from the University of Gothenburg published hundreds of studies per year in the area.

Number of publications
2017: 825
2018: 816
2019: 901
2020: 900
2021: 1074
2022: 1087
Co-publication with international researchers
Collaboration is part of the university's social responsibility and is based on the task of creating, developing, utilizing, and disseminating knowledge. This is reflected in the number of publications from researchers at the University of Gothenburg that are written in collaboration with international researchers.
The picture shows that the number of international co-publications has increased during the period 2017-2022.

Number of international co-publications
2017: 1926
2018: 2050
2019: 2180
2020: 2428
2021: 2682
2022: 2670
Publications per year
The number of publications per year varies greatly between different faculties and depends to a large extent on the size of the faculty. There is also a connection between the number of publications and the publication types used.
The information is taken from the publication database GUP. The number of publications per faculty is shown below.

2017: 745
2018: 763
2019: 735
2020: 607
2021: 664
2022: 522
2017: 1146
2018: 1285
2019: 1010
2020: 943
2021: 913
2022: 722
2017: 244
2018: 227
2019: 257
2020: 256
2021: 273
2022: 210
2017: 412
2018: 383
2019: 347
2020: 258
2021: 207
2022: 204
2017: 1080
2018: 1026
2019: 1031
2020: 1072
2021: 1176
2022: 1086
2017: 2704
2018: 2894
2019: 3192
2020: 3174
2021: 3538
2022: 3250
2017: 1454
2018: 1369
2019: 1242
2020: 1171
2021: 1171
2022: 1034
2017: 826
2018: 805
2019: 837
2020: 552
2021: 619
2022: 550
Forms of publications
The University's mission to disseminate research is reflected in the increased number of publications published with Open Access. Figures from the Web of Science database show that in the last five years, researchers at the University of Gothenburg are publishing an ever greater number of studies with open access.

About publishing patterns at the University of Gothenburg
The information on this page has been produced by the Publishing and Bibliometric Services team at the Gothenburg University Library. The team supplies bibliometric information to decision-makers on various levels at the University of Gothenburg.
More information about bibliometric information at the University of Gothenburg.
Forms of publication
Traditional publication
2017: 1387
2018: 1245
2019: 1054
2020: 846
2021: 766
2022: 821
Open Access publication
2017: 2139
2018: 2500
2019: 2799
2020: 3356
2021: 3915
2022: 3978
Number of publications with open access
2017: 61%
2018: 67%
2019: 73%
2020: 80%
2021: 84%
2022: 83%