Research in Copenhagen
Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Copenhagen, Denmark. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Natural History Museum of Denmark.
- Research institutions
- 1 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 330 ▼ 45% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 27.7% 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 Copenhagen?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural History Museum of DenmarkArchive | 330 | #25,062 |
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.
What is Copenhagen strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Copenhagen is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (71.8× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 20.2 works72×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 27.2 works9.5×
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 Copenhagen?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogeny, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomy, Evolution, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Morphology.
- Systematics
- Ecosystem Services
- Microbiota
- Rays
- Migration
- Marine Ecosystems
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Molecular Phylogenetics
- Cryptic Species
- Ecology
- beetles
- Speciation
- Coleoptera
- Amber Fossils
- Cretaceous
- Conservation
- Morphology
- Biodiversity
- Climate Change
- Biogeography
- Phylogeny
- DNA Barcoding
- Taxonomy
- Evolution
- Invasive Species
- Molecular Phylogeny
- Phylogenetics
- Insect Evolution
- Diversification
- Biological Control
- Population Dynamics
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- Lepidoptera
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Global Change
- Fisheries
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Sharks
- Neotropical Region
- Environmental Ethics
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
- Phylogeny16▲ 181×14 topics
- Biogeography12▲ 75×18 topics
- DNA Barcoding12▲ 119×9 topics
- Climate Change12▲ 7.1×29 topics
- Taxonomy11▲ 145×11 topics
- Biodiversity11▲ 25×17 topics
- Evolution11▲ 74×9 topics
- Morphology10▲ 94×6 topics
- Invasive Species10▲ 38×17 topics
- Conservation8▲ 30×15 topics
- Molecular Phylogeny8▲ 83×8 topics
- Cretaceous7▲ 532×2 topics
- Phylogenetics6▲ 233×2 topics
- Amber Fossils6▲ 1108×1 topic
- Insect Evolution6▲ 1108×1 topic
- Coleoptera5▲ 451×2 topics
- Diversification5▲ 226×2 topics
- Speciation5▲ 221×2 topics
- Biological Control5▲ 57×6 topics
- beetles5▲ 665×1 topic
- Population Dynamics5▲ 33×11 topics
- Ecology4▲ 44×7 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 23×12 topics
- Cryptic Species4▲ 250×2 topics
- Lepidoptera3▲ 271×1 topic
- Molecular Phylogenetics3▲ 271×1 topic
- Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 12×6 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 20×5 topics
- Global Change2▲ 16×5 topics
- Marine Ecosystems2▲ 78×2 topics
- Fisheries2▲ 101×2 topics
- Migration2▲ 12×2 topics
- Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 19×6 topics
- Rays2▲ 183×1 topic
- Sharks2▲ 183×1 topic
- Microbiota2▲ 16×3 topics
- Neotropical Region2▲ 214×2 topics
- Ecosystem Services2▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Environmental Ethics2▲ 51×4 topics
- Systematics2▲ 176×2 topics
What research is done in Copenhagen?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
- 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
- 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 3 works
- 4 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
- 5 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
- 6 Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography Paleontology 2 works
- 7 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
- 8 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works
- 9 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
- 10 Environmental Philosophy and Ethics Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.