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Research in Aarhus

Science Explorer records 40 research institutions in Aarhus, Denmark. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital and Moesgaard Museum.

Research institutions
40
11 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
131k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Aarhus?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Aarhus UniversityUniversity 95,096 #120
2Aarhus University HospitalHospital / health system 22,457 #1,098
3Aarhus MunicipalityGovernment institution 2,491 #8,217 all time
4Natural History Museum AarhusArchive 2,128 #12,168
5VIA University CollegeUniversity 1,394 #13,621
6Danish Pain Research CenterResearch facility 1,328 #15,232
7Aarhus School of ArchitectureUniversity 1,079 #15,840
8Moesgaard MuseumArchive 830 #8,006
9MarselisborgcentretHospital / health system 638 #12,609 all time
10Danish School of Media and JournalismUniversity 538 #24,970
11Knowledge Centre for AgricultureCompany 488 #20,902
12State and University LibraryArchive 457 #20,150 all time
13Vestas (Denmark)Company 295 #21,739
14Arla Foods (Denmark)Company 255 #22,585
15Alexandra Institute (Denmark)Company 211 #29,366 all time
16VUC AarhusUniversity 140 #42,691 all time
17Royal Academy of MusicUniversity 136 #26,080 all time
18DNA Diagnostic (Denmark)Company 130 #35,180 all time
19Science MuseumsArchive 114 not ranked
20Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in HealthcareUniversity 97 not ranked
21Center for Massive Data AlgorithmicsResearch facility 67 not ranked
22Terma (Denmark)Company 51 not ranked
23Aarhus GeoSoftware (Denmark)Company 45 not ranked
24Global Health Literacy AcademyNonprofit 41 not ranked
25Unisense (Denmark)Company 34 not ranked
26Danish Dairy Research FoundationInstitution 32 not ranked
27Cryptomathic (Denmark)Company 23 not ranked
28Danish Head and Neck Cancer GroupInstitution 17 not ranked
29Energy Consulting Network (Denmark)Company 10 not ranked
30Omiics (Denmark)Company 9 not ranked
31Muscular Dystrophy FoundationNonprofit 6 not ranked
32Aarhus StadsarkivArchive 5 not ranked
33Falck FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
34Blue Planet Innovation (Denmark)Company 4 not ranked
35Danish Movement Disorder SocietyNonprofit 3 not ranked
36Capnova (Denmark)Company 2 not ranked
37Marimatech (Denmark)Company 2 not ranked
38Zebra Media (Denmark)Company 1 not ranked
39Ohmatex (Denmark)Company 0 not ranked
40Riisfort (Denmark)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Aarhus University: 72.8%Aarhus University Hospital: 17.2%Aarhus Municipality: 1.9%Natural History Museum Aarhus: 1.6%34 others listed: 6.5%73%largest
Aarhus University95k · 72.8%Aarhus University Hospital22k · 17.2%Aarhus Municipality2,491 · 1.9%Natural History Museum Aarhus2,128 · 1.6%34 others listed8,487 · 6.5%

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

What is Aarhus strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aarhus is most concentrated in Public Administration, Small Animals and Veterinary (4.5× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 48.5 works4.5×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 103.7 works4.3×
  3. VeterinaryField · 106.3 works3.9×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 147.8 works3.4×
  5. PaleontologySubfield · 76.5 works3.2×
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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.

Which keywords describe research in Aarhus?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Social Sciences, Embodiment, Tacit Knowledge, Pedagogy, Education, Ethical Guidelines and Social Science.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change887▲ 1.66×115 topics
  2. Epidemiology761◆ 0.97×132 topics
  3. Education556▲ 1.63×102 topics
  4. Globalization493▲ 1.27×132 topics
  5. Sustainability458◆ 0.95×102 topics
  6. Machine Learning439▼ 0.68×88 topics
  7. Inflammation436◆ 1.06×83 topics
  8. Qualitative Research368▲ 2.1×30 topics
  9. Pedagogy360▲ 3.7×22 topics
  10. Quality of Life348▲ 1.22×59 topics
  11. Human Rights341▲ 1.67×61 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress340◆ 1.05×63 topics
  13. Treatment315▲ 1.31×52 topics
  14. Social Sciences314▲ 11×11 topics
  15. Embodiment302▲ 8.2×7 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease293▲ 1.33×37 topics
  17. Democracy290▲ 4.1×23 topics
  18. Ethics272▲ 2.8×47 topics
  19. Tacit Knowledge266▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Learning252▲ 4.3×12 topics
  21. Discourse Analysis247▲ 4.9×7 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome243▲ 1.50×23 topics
  23. Biodiversity242▲ 1.63×33 topics
  24. Ethical Guidelines237▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Social Science236▲ 32×7 topics
  26. Pragmatism233▲ 47×3 topics
  27. Dementia Care228▲ 94×2 topics
  28. Interactional Expertise228▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Technical Decision-making228▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Gender Studies221▲ 7.2×10 topics
  31. Methodology219▲ 23×5 topics
  32. Special Education217▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Quantitative Methods212▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Constitutionalism187▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Judicial Review175▲ 9.7×4 topics
  36. ECHR173▲ 22×1 topic
  37. European Legal Systems173▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Archaeology143▲ 5.4×11 topics
  39. Phenomenology133▲ 6.3×5 topics
  40. Animal Welfare122▲ 7.0×4 topics

What research is done in Aarhus?

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 228 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 212 works
  3. 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 173 works
  4. 4 Research in Social Sciences Education 92 works
  5. 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 78 works
  6. 6 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 67 works
  7. 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 62 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 54 works
  9. 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 51 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 50 works

Research output over time

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