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Research in Aalborg

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Aalborg, Denmark. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Aalborg University, University College of Northern Denmark and North Denmark Region.

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
66k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
17.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Aalborg

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aalborg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Aalborg UniversityUniversity 64,584 #394
2University College of Northern DenmarkUniversity 637 #7,426
3North Denmark RegionGovernment institution 319 #16,545
4Mech-SenseResearch facility 175 #31,102 all time
5Aalborg Portland (Denmark)Company 94 not ranked
6Nordic Transport DevelopmentCompany 66 not ranked
72.-0 LCA Consultants (Denmark)Company 62 not ranked
8Steno Diabetes Center North JutlandHospital / health system 62 not ranked
9Hugin Expert (Denmark)Company 58 not ranked
10AnyBody Technology (Denmark)Company 34 not ranked
11Obel Family FoundationInstitution 16 not ranked
12Judex (Denmark)Company 8 not ranked
13C4Pain (Denmark)Company 4 not ranked
14Tekkva Consult (Denmark)Company 3 not ranked
15Seluxit (Denmark)Company 2 not ranked
16Logimatic (Denmark)Company 2 not ranked
17Spar Nord FondenInstitution 1 not ranked
18Svend Andersen FondenInstitution 1 not ranked
19Borean InnovationInstitution 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Aalborg University: 97.7%University College of Northern Denmark: 1.0%North Denmark Region: 0.5%Mech-Sense: 0.3%14 others listed: 0.6%98%largest
Aalborg University65k · 97.7%University College of Northern Denmark637 · 1.0%North Denmark Region319 · 0.5%Mech-Sense175 · 0.3%14 others listed413 · 0.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Aalborg work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Aalborg is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (15%).

Physical Sciences: 5,406 fractional works · 40.5% of its workEngineering: 3,093 fractional works · 23.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,215 fractional works · 9.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 397 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 266 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 221 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 182 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 171 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 154 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 108 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,117 fractional works · 8.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 330 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 164 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 151 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 132 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 112 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 533 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 86 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 175 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,970 fractional works · 29.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,948 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 575 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 530 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 272 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 749 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 407 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 134 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 95 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 531 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 158 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 107 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 94 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 312 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 235 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 148 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 195 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 113 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,118 fractional works · 23.4% of its workMedicine: 2,628 fractional works · 19.7% of its workSurgery: 304 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 226 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 185 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 165 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 150 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 146 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 144 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 115 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 92 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 86 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 66 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 229 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 422 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 253 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 855 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 354 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 164 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 101 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 263 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 165 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 156 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 37 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAalborg13kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3,09323.2%
    2. Computer Science1,1178.4%
    3. Environmental Science5334.0%
    4. Energy1921.4%
    5. Materials Science1751.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy970.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences800.6%
    8. Mathematics610.5%
    9. Chemistry390.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering200.2%
  2. Social Sciences3,97029.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,94814.6%
    2. Psychology7495.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting5314.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities3122.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2351.8%
    6. Decision Sciences1951.5%
  3. Health Sciences3,11823.4%
    1. Medicine2,62819.7%
    2. Health Professions4223.2%
    3. Nursing410.3%
    4. Dentistry190.1%
    5. Veterinary70.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3542.7%
    2. Neuroscience2632.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1561.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology710.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aalborg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aalborg is most concentrated in Public Administration, Energy Engineering and Power Technology and Architecture (8.7× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 57.2 works8.7×
  2. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 81.9 works6.2×
  3. ArchitectureSubfield · 25.6 works5.3×
  4. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 102.0 works4.0×
  5. Social PsychologySubfield · 385.0 works3.6×
  6. MusicSubfield · 29.6 works3.0×
  7. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 25.0 works2.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 142 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 310 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 240 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 1,030 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.59× its world share, 179 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 2,907 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 481 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 157 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 57 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 90 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 384 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 2,315 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 37 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 286 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 503 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 182 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 225 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.86× its world share, 695 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1,828 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology1.86×695 works
  2. Energy1.59×179 works
  3. Engineering1.58×2,907 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.53×182 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×503 works
  6. Neuroscience1.21×240 works
  7. Health Professions1.19×384 works
  8. Social Sciences1.18×1,828 works
  9. Computer Science1.08×1,030 works
  10. Medicine0.98×2,315 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×225 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.81×286 works
  13. Environmental Science0.79×481 works
  14. Nursing0.61×37 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×62 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×310 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.43×18 works
  18. Mathematics0.39×57 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×74 works
  20. Materials Science0.37×157 works
  21. Veterinary0.34×6 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.33×90 works
  23. Dentistry0.31×19 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×142 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×9 works
  26. Chemistry0.18×34 works

Which keywords describe research in Aalborg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Renewable Energy, Embodiment, Social Sciences, Tacit Knowledge, Education and Smart Grid Applications.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Renewable Energy535▲ 2.8×47 topics
  2. Epidemiology526◆ 0.99×128 topics
  3. Power Electronics475▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Sustainability465▲ 1.42×96 topics
  5. Deep Learning438◆ 0.95×78 topics
  6. Education432▲ 1.88×96 topics
  7. Renewable Energy Integration400▲ 9.1×6 topics
  8. Machine Learning384▼ 0.86×87 topics
  9. Globalization333▲ 1.27×114 topics
  10. Qualitative Research293▲ 2.6×24 topics
  11. Environmental Impact282▲ 1.24×58 topics
  12. Pedagogy263▲ 3.9×22 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency260▲ 2.1×41 topics
  14. Embodiment250▲ 10.0×7 topics
  15. Social Sciences244▲ 13×12 topics
  16. Smart Grid234▲ 4.9×9 topics
  17. Tacit Knowledge220▲ 35×3 topics
  18. Smart Grid Applications201▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Pragmatism198▲ 60×4 topics
  20. Social Science198▲ 40×5 topics
  21. Ethical Guidelines198▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Thermal Management195▲ 4.5×8 topics
  23. Dementia Care193▲ 120×2 topics
  24. Energy Storage Systems193▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Interactional Expertise193▲ 134×1 topic
  26. Technical Decision-making193▲ 134×1 topic
  27. Decentralized Control192▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Energy Storage191▲ 2.2×13 topics
  29. Learning180▲ 4.6×10 topics
  30. Discourse Analysis179▲ 5.5×8 topics
  31. Distributed Power Generation179▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Microgrid Control179▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Gender Studies173▲ 8.5×10 topics
  34. Model Predictive Control170▲ 5.0×6 topics
  35. Special Education168▲ 21×5 topics
  36. Methodology167▲ 26×4 topics
  37. Quantitative Methods164▲ 93×2 topics
  38. Electric Vehicles160▲ 4.1×4 topics
  39. Chronic Pain136▲ 4.7×5 topics
  40. Distributed Generation95▲ 8.8×3 topics

What research is done in Aalborg?

Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 190 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Optimization: 171 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…164Social and Educational Sciences: 164 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…93Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 93 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 81 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 80 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…80European and International Law Studies: 80 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 80 fractional worksMultilevel Inverters and Converters: 72 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 68 fractional works
Social PsychologyControl and Systems EngineeringEducationAutomotive Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 190 works
  2. 2 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 171 works
  3. 3 Social and Educational Sciences Education 164 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 93 works
  5. 5 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 81 works
  6. 6 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 80 works
  7. 7 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 80 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 80 works
  9. 9 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 72 works
  10. 10 Research in Social Sciences Education 68 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Aalborg19.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.4% in 2009.

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