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%
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Which research institutions are in Aarhus?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aarhus UniversityUniversity | 95,096 | #120 | |
| 2 | Aarhus University HospitalHospital / health system | 22,457 | #1,098 | |
| 3 | Aarhus MunicipalityGovernment institution | 2,491 | #8,217 all time | |
| 4 | Natural History Museum AarhusArchive | 2,128 | #12,168 | |
| 5 | VIA University CollegeUniversity | 1,394 | #13,621 | |
| 6 | Danish Pain Research CenterResearch facility | 1,328 | #15,232 | |
| 7 | Aarhus School of ArchitectureUniversity | 1,079 | #15,840 | |
| 8 | Moesgaard MuseumArchive | 830 | #8,006 | |
| 9 | MarselisborgcentretHospital / health system | 638 | #12,609 all time | |
| 10 | Danish School of Media and JournalismUniversity | 538 | #24,970 | |
| 11 | Knowledge Centre for AgricultureCompany | 488 | #20,902 | |
| 12 | State and University LibraryArchive | 457 | #20,150 all time | |
| 13 | Vestas (Denmark)Company | 295 | #21,739 | |
| 14 | Arla Foods (Denmark)Company | 255 | #22,585 | |
| 15 | Alexandra Institute (Denmark)Company | 211 | #29,366 all time | |
| 16 | VUC AarhusUniversity | 140 | #42,691 all time | |
| 17 | Royal Academy of MusicUniversity | 136 | #26,080 all time | |
| 18 | DNA Diagnostic (Denmark)Company | 130 | #35,180 all time | |
| 19 | Science MuseumsArchive | 114 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in HealthcareUniversity | 97 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Center for Massive Data AlgorithmicsResearch facility | 67 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Terma (Denmark)Company | 51 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Aarhus GeoSoftware (Denmark)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Global Health Literacy AcademyNonprofit | 41 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Unisense (Denmark)Company | 34 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Danish Dairy Research FoundationInstitution | 32 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Cryptomathic (Denmark)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Danish Head and Neck Cancer GroupInstitution | 17 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Energy Consulting Network (Denmark)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Omiics (Denmark)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Muscular Dystrophy FoundationNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Aarhus StadsarkivArchive | 5 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Falck FoundationNonprofit | 5 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Blue Planet Innovation (Denmark)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Danish Movement Disorder SocietyNonprofit | 3 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Capnova (Denmark)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Marimatech (Denmark)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Zebra Media (Denmark)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Ohmatex (Denmark)Company | 0 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Riisfort (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.
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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).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 48.5 works4.5×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 103.7 works4.3×
- VeterinaryField · 106.3 works3.9×
- Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 147.8 works3.4×
- PaleontologySubfield · 76.5 works3.2×
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.
- Animal Welfare
- Archaeology
- ECHR
- Constitutionalism
- Special Education
- Gender Studies
- Interactional Expertise
- Pragmatism
- Ethical Guidelines
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Learning
- Ethics
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Social Sciences
- Oxidative Stress
- Quality of Life
- Qualitative Research
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Education
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Pedagogy
- Human Rights
- Treatment
- Embodiment
- Democracy
- Tacit Knowledge
- Discourse Analysis
- Biodiversity
- Social Science
- Dementia Care
- Technical Decision-making
- Methodology
- Quantitative Methods
- Judicial Review
- European Legal Systems
- Phenomenology
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
- Climate Change887▲ 1.66×115 topics
- Epidemiology761◆ 0.97×132 topics
- Education556▲ 1.63×102 topics
- Globalization493▲ 1.27×132 topics
- Sustainability458◆ 0.95×102 topics
- Machine Learning439▼ 0.68×88 topics
- Inflammation436◆ 1.06×83 topics
- Qualitative Research368▲ 2.1×30 topics
- Pedagogy360▲ 3.7×22 topics
- Quality of Life348▲ 1.22×59 topics
- Human Rights341▲ 1.67×61 topics
- Oxidative Stress340◆ 1.05×63 topics
- Treatment315▲ 1.31×52 topics
- Social Sciences314▲ 11×11 topics
- Embodiment302▲ 8.2×7 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease293▲ 1.33×37 topics
- Democracy290▲ 4.1×23 topics
- Ethics272▲ 2.8×47 topics
- Tacit Knowledge266▲ 28×3 topics
- Learning252▲ 4.3×12 topics
- Discourse Analysis247▲ 4.9×7 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome243▲ 1.50×23 topics
- Biodiversity242▲ 1.63×33 topics
- Ethical Guidelines237▲ 22×3 topics
- Social Science236▲ 32×7 topics
- Pragmatism233▲ 47×3 topics
- Dementia Care228▲ 94×2 topics
- Interactional Expertise228▲ 102×1 topic
- Technical Decision-making228▲ 102×1 topic
- Gender Studies221▲ 7.2×10 topics
- Methodology219▲ 23×5 topics
- Special Education217▲ 19×4 topics
- Quantitative Methods212▲ 74×1 topic
- Constitutionalism187▲ 9.8×4 topics
- Judicial Review175▲ 9.7×4 topics
- ECHR173▲ 22×1 topic
- European Legal Systems173▲ 22×1 topic
- Archaeology143▲ 5.4×11 topics
- Phenomenology133▲ 6.3×5 topics
- Animal Welfare122▲ 7.0×4 topics
What research is done in Aarhus?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 228 works
- 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 212 works
- 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 173 works
- 4 Research in Social Sciences Education 92 works
- 5 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 78 works
- 6 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 67 works
- 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 62 works
- 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 54 works
- 9 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 51 works
- 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 50 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.