Publishing patterns at the University of Gothenburg

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 2016-2021, researchers from the University of Gothenburg published hundreds of studies per year in the area.

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 2016-2021.

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. 

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.