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Research in Akureyri

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Akureyri, Iceland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Akureyri.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
16.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Akureyri

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 Akureyri?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AkureyriUniversity 865 #10,102
2Icelandic Tourism Research CentreResearch facility 187 #25,930 all time
3Akureyri HospitalHospital / health system 147 #23,322 all time
4Stefansson Arctic InstituteInstitution 37 not ranked
5Arctic PortalInstitution 3 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.

University of Akureyri: 69.8%Icelandic Tourism Research Centre: 15.1%Akureyri Hospital: 11.9%Stefansson Arctic Institute: 3.0%1 other listed: 0.2%70%largest
University of Akureyri865 · 69.8%Icelandic Tourism Research Centre187 · 15.1%Akureyri Hospital147 · 11.9%Stefansson Arctic Institute37 · 3.0%1 other listed3 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Akureyri work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research in Akureyri is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Psychology (12%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 189 fractional works · 51.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 98 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 35 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEducation: 24 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 12.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 24 fractional works · 6.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 20.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 42 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 62 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 20 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAkureyri370fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences51%

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. Social Sciences9826.6%
    2. Psychology4512.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities246.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance123.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting92.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Environmental Science4211.2%
    2. Engineering112.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.5%
    4. Computer Science61.5%
    5. Materials Science41.0%
    6. Energy20.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine3910.5%
    2. Health Professions205.4%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences195.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology164.3%
    3. Neuroscience82.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Akureyri?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Mental Health, Globalization, Sustainability, International Relations, Arctic, Governance and Geopolitics.

▲ 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. Climate Change40▲ 4.0×49 topics
  2. Sustainability21▲ 2.4×32 topics
  3. Mental Health21▲ 3.9×25 topics
  4. Globalization20▲ 2.7×36 topics
  5. Epidemiology14◆ 0.95×46 topics
  6. Education12▲ 1.87×16 topics
  7. International Relations11▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Arctic11▲ 26×4 topics
  9. Resilience11▲ 5.9×13 topics
  10. Governance10▲ 8.7×4 topics
  11. Geopolitics10▲ 19×5 topics
  12. Environmental Impact10▲ 1.58×20 topics
  13. Ethics9▲ 4.9×11 topics
  14. Shipping9▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Healthcare9▲ 2.1×10 topics
  16. Food Security9▲ 4.4×6 topics
  17. Northern Sea Route9▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Oil and Gas9▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Qualitative Research8▲ 2.5×7 topics
  20. Biodiversity8▲ 2.8×17 topics
  21. Pedagogy7▲ 3.7×7 topics
  22. Child Development7▲ 4.5×6 topics
  23. Vulnerability6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  24. Phenomenology6▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Neoliberalism6▲ 4.3×8 topics
  26. Social Sciences6▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Aquaculture6▲ 5.9×5 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  29. Health Consequences6▲ 5.3×3 topics
  30. Ecological Knowledge5▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Traditional Knowledge5▲ 33×2 topics
  32. COVID-19 Impact5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  33. Arctic Indigenous Peoples5▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Family Dynamics5▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Marine Environment5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  36. Nutrition Transition5▲ 42×1 topic
  37. Work Environment5▲ 76×1 topic
  38. Enzymatic Hydrolysis5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Trophic Cascades4▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Akureyri?

Arctic and Russian Polic…8Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 8 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 5 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 4 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 4 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 3 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 3 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…3Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 3 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 3 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 2 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma2Child Abuse and Trauma: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationGeneral Health ProfessionsGlobal and Planetary Change4 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 5 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 3 works
  8. 8 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 3 works
  9. 9 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Akureyri13.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.5% in 2012.

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