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

Number of publications
2016: 656
2017: 834
2018: 817
2019: 907
2020: 922
2021: 1048
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.

Number of international co-publications
2016: 1726
2017: 1981
2018: 2095
2019: 2286
2020: 2551
2021: 2689
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.

2016: 826
2017: 741
2018: 764
2019: 748
2020: 608
2021: 600
2016: 1039
2017: 1141
2018: 1280
2019: 1003
2020: 931
2021: 805
2016: 230
2017: 245
2018: 228
2019: 258
2020: 254
2021: 236
2016: 404
2017: 411
2018: 381
2019: 341
2020: 243
2021: 116
2016: 1124
2017: 1076
2018: 1025
2019: 1043
2020: 1090
2021: 1038
2016: 2707
2017: 2701
2018: 2895
2019: 3241
2020: 3146
2021: 3204
2016: 1352
2017: 1451
2018: 1369
2019: 1244
2020: 1155
2021: 1060
2016: 737
2017: 827
2018: 797
2019: 833
2020: 550
2021: 566
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
2016: 1763
2017: 1968
2018: 1818
2019: 1854
2020: 1365
2021: 1331
Open Access publication
2016: 1942
2017: 2340
2018: 2761
2019: 3392
2020: 3944
2021: 3983
Number of publications with open access
2016: 52%
2017: 54%
2018: 60%
2019: 65%
2020: 74%
2021: 75%