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Research in Ås

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Ås, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Vitenparken.

Research institutions
6
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
369k
35.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1960-2026
67 years on the record
Ås

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 Ås?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Norwegian University of Life SciencesUniversity 10,007 #1,502
2VitenparkenArchive 471 #16,220
3Wirescan (Norway)Company 2 not ranked
4HomeControl (Norway)Company 1 not ranked
5Norsk LandbruksrådgivingGovernment institution 1 not ranked
6Biochos (Norway)Company 1 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.

Norwegian University of Life Sciences: 95.5%Vitenparken: 4.5%Wirescan (Norway): 0.0%HomeControl (Norway): 0.0%2 others listed: 0.0%95%largest
Norwegian University of Life Sciences10k · 95.5%Vitenparken471 · 4.5%Wirescan (Norway)2 · 0.0%HomeControl (Norway)1 · 0.0%2 others listed2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Ås work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Ås is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 877 fractional works · 41.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 393 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEcology: 89 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 71 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPollution: 41 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 217 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 63 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 50 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 32 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 713 fractional works · 33.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 376 fractional works · 17.7% of its workPlant Science: 93 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFood Science: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 42 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workForestry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 229 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 68 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 76 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 50 fractional works · 2.3% of its workParasitology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 319 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 150 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 51 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 39 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 215 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 125 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVeterinary: 43 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmall Animals: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEquine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKÅs2,124fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences15%

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. Environmental Science39318.5%
    2. Engineering21710.2%
    3. Computer Science633.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences502.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy492.3%
    6. Energy321.5%
    7. Materials Science261.2%
    8. Chemistry251.2%
    9. Mathematics150.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences37617.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22910.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology763.6%
    4. Neuroscience301.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Social Sciences1507.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance582.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting391.9%
    4. Psychology391.8%
    5. Decision Sciences200.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities140.7%
    1. Medicine1255.9%
    2. Veterinary432.0%
    3. Health Professions271.3%
    4. Nursing190.9%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ås strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ås is most concentrated in Veterinary, Small Animals and Aquatic Science (13.5× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 34.3 works14×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 28.1 works12×
  3. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 31.9 works9.4×
  4. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 38.0 works9.2×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 37.2 works8.4×
  6. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 36.9 works8.3×
← 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: 3.71× its world share, 329 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 195 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 61 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 198 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.71× its world share, 344 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.00× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 111 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 13.54× its world share, 34 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 35 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 136 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary13.54×34 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.71×329 works
  3. Environmental Science3.71×344 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.27×61 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.96×195 works
  6. Nursing1.87×17 works
  7. Energy1.74×30 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×44 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.34×54 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.00×41 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.92×16 works
  12. Neuroscience0.91×28 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.78×5 works
  14. Chemistry0.73×21 works
  15. Engineering0.71×198 works
  16. Psychology0.64×36 works
  17. Mathematics0.63×14 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×35 works
  19. Social Sciences0.58×136 works
  20. Health Professions0.50×24 works
  21. Computer Science0.37×54 works
  22. Materials Science0.34×22 works
  23. Medicine0.31×111 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.24×13 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.11×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Ås?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Aquaculture, Gut Microbiota, Probiotics, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Invasive Species and Biodiversity.

▲ 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 Change208▲ 3.6×92 topics
  2. Sustainability102▲ 1.97×70 topics
  3. Environmental Impact82▲ 2.3×55 topics
  4. Epidemiology76◆ 0.90×89 topics
  5. Aquaculture76▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Renewable Energy73▲ 2.4×33 topics
  7. Biodiversity66▲ 4.0×29 topics
  8. Gut Microbiota65▲ 8.9×7 topics
  9. Probiotics62▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Biodiversity Conservation58▲ 7.3×13 topics
  11. Invasive Species56▲ 6.2×20 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance47▲ 5.6×9 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity43▲ 4.7×18 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services42▲ 5.2×11 topics
  15. Innate Immunity39▲ 5.8×6 topics
  16. Food Security36▲ 3.2×18 topics
  17. Microbial Communities36▲ 3.9×10 topics
  18. Health Effects36▲ 2.8×23 topics
  19. Cytokines35▲ 5.7×4 topics
  20. Stress Response35▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Fish Immunology34▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Viral Diseases34▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Nutrition34▲ 3.6×9 topics
  24. Animal Welfare33▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Global Change33▲ 5.8×6 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation32▲ 6.9×5 topics
  27. Population Genetics31▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Biomass Estimation30▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Population Dynamics29▲ 5.4×11 topics
  30. Omega-3 Fatty Acids29▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Marker-Assisted Selection28▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Fatty Acids28▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Fish Feed27▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Sustainable Feeds27▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Ecosystem Functioning27▲ 6.2×7 topics
  36. Milk Composition24▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Aboveground Biomass24▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Plant Breeding23▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Genome-Wide Association23▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Microbial Community21▲ 12×5 topics

What research is done in Ås?

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 28 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 24 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic t…18Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 18 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…17Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 17 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 15 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 13 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented…13Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 13 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 12 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…11Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 11 fractional works
ImmunologyAquatic ScienceGeneticsSmall Animals6 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 28 works
  2. 2 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 24 works
  3. 3 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 18 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 17 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 15 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  7. 7 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 13 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  9. 9 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 11 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Ås26.2% 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 40.0% in 2017.

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