Research in Bergen
Science Explorer records 103 research institutions in Bergen, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Bergen, Haukeland University Hospital and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research.
- Research institutions
- 103 11 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 67k ▲ 28% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 24.2% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Bergen?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of BergenUniversity | 39,434 | #504 | |
| 2 | Haukeland University HospitalHospital / health system | 7,981 | #3,015 | |
| 3 | Norwegian School of EconomicsUniversity | 3,940 | #6,447 | |
| 4 | Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchResearch facility | 3,472 | #4,231 | |
| 5 | Western Norway University of Applied SciencesUniversity | 3,043 | #3,782 | |
| 6 | NORCE Research ASResearch facility | 1,656 | #3,328 | |
| 7 | Uni Research (Norway)Company | 1,281 | #19,375 | |
| 8 | Directorate of FisheriesGovernment institution | 1,074 | #10,375 all time | |
| 9 | Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchResearch facility | 1,034 | #3,079 | |
| 10 | Chr. Michelsen InstituteNonprofit | 1,023 | #19,798 | |
| 11 | Feed Control (Norway)Company | 994 | #16,691 | |
| 12 | NLA University CollegeUniversity | 440 | #17,799 | |
| 13 | Norwegian Armed ForcesGovernment institution | 275 | #24,546 all time | |
| 14 | Haraldsplass Diakonale SykehusHospital / health system | 212 | #32,106 all time | |
| 15 | Senter for KrisepsykologiInstitution | 191 | #39,404 all time | |
| 16 | Bergen KommuneGovernment institution | 125 | #33,482 all time | |
| 17 | Norwegian Institute of Emotion-focused TherapyUniversity | 121 | #42,542 all time | |
| 18 | Ewos Innovation (Norway)Company | 92 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Grieg Seafood (Norway)Company | 87 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Bevital (Norway)Company | 77 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Norwegian Centre for Research DataInstitution | 75 | not ranked | |
| 22 | GexCon (Norway)Company | 60 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Pharmaq (Norway)Company | 58 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Lerøy (Norway)Company | 55 | not ranked | |
| 25 | BerGenBio (Norway)Company | 51 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Bergen School of ArchitectureUniversity | 35 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Betanien University CollegeUniversity | 29 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Hordaland County CouncilGovernment institution | 28 | not ranked | |
| 29 | StormGeo (Norway)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Prototech (Norway)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 31 | ClampOn (Norway)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Mowi (Norway)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Dolphin Geophysical (Norway)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Odfjell Drilling (Norway)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Consortium of European Social Science Data ArchivesInstitution | 17 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Bergenshalvøens Kommunale Kraftselskap (Norway)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Aanderaa (Norway)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Benchmark Holdings (Norway)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 39 | The Kavli TrustInstitution | 13 | not ranked | |
| 40 | REN (Norway)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Vaxxinova (Norway)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Akademika (Norway)Institution | 13 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Epsis (Norway)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Biosense Laboratories (Norway)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Head Energy (Norway)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Rocksource (Norway)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Stiftelsen BergensklinikkeneInstitution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Metas (Norway)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Vizrt (Norway)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Nui (Norway)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 51 | NewSchoolUniversity | 8 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Spiro Medical (Norway)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Offshore Sensing (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Fjell KommuneGovernment institution | 6 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Visual Solutions (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Norwegian Hydropower (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Bergen Teknologioverføring (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Fluenta (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Falck Nutec (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Bergen Kommune Byrådsavd for Helse og OmsorgGovernment institution | 4 | 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 Bergen strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Bergen is most concentrated in Public Administration, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (6.3× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 37.3 works6.3×
- OceanographySubfield · 175.0 works5.7×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 229.7 works4.7×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 106.4 works4.1×
- MusicSubfield · 32.3 works3.6×
- Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 71.8 works3.6×
- PhysiologySubfield · 21.5 works3.5×
- Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 294.2 works3.5×
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 Bergen?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Epidemiology, Ocean Circulation, Mental Health, Aquaculture, Global Warming and Globalization.
- Technical Decision-making
- European Legal Systems
- Dementia Care
- Flow Regulation
- Judicial Review
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Social Science
- Marine Fisheries
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Embodiment
- Data Assimilation
- Democracy
- Ocean Circulation
- Human Rights
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Global Warming
- Public Health
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Education
- Depression
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Invasive Species
- Aquaculture
- Resilience
- Arctic
- Trophic Cascades
- Ecosystem Management
- Tacit Knowledge
- Constitutionalism
- Ethical Guidelines
- Conservation Challenges
- Pragmatism
- ECHR
- Interactional Expertise
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 Change782▲ 2.6×104 topics
- Epidemiology470◆ 1.08×134 topics
- Globalization293▲ 1.36×119 topics
- Mental Health292▲ 1.81×46 topics
- Machine Learning254▼ 0.71×85 topics
- Inflammation243◆ 1.06×81 topics
- Sustainability235◆ 0.88×91 topics
- Public Health200▲ 1.26×60 topics
- Education198◆ 1.05×89 topics
- Global Warming170▲ 3.8×15 topics
- Depression170▲ 1.76×25 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease168▲ 1.38×38 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability158▲ 16×2 topics
- Human Rights158▲ 1.40×63 topics
- Invasive Species158▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Ocean Circulation157▲ 11×3 topics
- Aquaculture154▲ 5.4×8 topics
- Democracy146▲ 3.7×21 topics
- Resilience128▲ 2.4×17 topics
- Data Assimilation119▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Arctic106▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Embodiment99▲ 4.9×7 topics
- Trophic Cascades92▲ 8.9×2 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation91▲ 3.7×5 topics
- Ecosystem Management87▲ 13×1 topic
- Marine Fisheries87▲ 19×1 topic
- Tacit Knowledge85▲ 16×3 topics
- Social Science76▲ 19×7 topics
- Constitutionalism76▲ 7.2×5 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity74▲ 11×2 topics
- Ethical Guidelines73▲ 12×4 topics
- Judicial Review72▲ 7.2×5 topics
- Conservation Challenges71▲ 14×1 topic
- Flow Regulation71▲ 14×1 topic
- Pragmatism71▲ 26×3 topics
- Dementia Care70▲ 52×2 topics
- ECHR69▲ 16×1 topic
- European Legal Systems69▲ 16×1 topic
- Interactional Expertise67▲ 55×1 topic
- Technical Decision-making67▲ 55×1 topic
What research is done in Bergen?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 87 works
- 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 71 works
- 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 69 works
- 4 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 67 works
- 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 56 works
- 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 51 works
- 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 51 works
- 8 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 50 works
- 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 50 works
- 10 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 48 works
Research output over time
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