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Research in Hafnarfjordur

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Marine and Freshwater Research Institute.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
504
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
28.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Hafnarfjordur

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 Hafnarfjordur?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Marine and Freshwater Research InstituteResearch facility 504 #21,713

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.

Which fields of science does Hafnarfjordur work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research in Hafnarfjordur is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (58%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 72.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 57.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 18.5% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 18.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 14.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.4% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 20.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.1% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHafnarfjordur89fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5157.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences910.4%
    3. Engineering22.5%
    4. Computer Science10.6%
    5. Mathematics00.5%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1112.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology77.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences22.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    4. Psychology00.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine33.2%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Hafnarfjordur strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Hafnarfjordur is most concentrated in Environmental Science (11.8× the world share in Environmental Science).

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 43.5 works12×
← 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 25 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: 2.64× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.42× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 11.80× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science11.80×44 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.42×8 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.64×9 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.24×5 works
  5. Mathematics0.51×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  7. Nursing0.23×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  9. Medicine0.18×2 works
  10. Engineering0.16×2 works
  11. Psychology0.16×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.15×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Hafnarfjordur?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Trophic Cascades, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Management and Fish Population Dynamics.

▲ 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 Change34▲ 14×27 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability19▲ 248×2 topics
  3. Conservation13▲ 33×8 topics
  4. Population Dynamics11▲ 49×6 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades11▲ 136×2 topics
  6. Invasive Species11▲ 29×8 topics
  7. Ecosystem Management11▲ 203×2 topics
  8. Fish Population Dynamics11▲ 293×1 topic
  9. Marine Fisheries11▲ 293×1 topic
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity10▲ 178×2 topics
  11. Conservation Challenges8▲ 208×1 topic
  12. Flow Regulation8▲ 208×1 topic
  13. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Aquaculture8▲ 37×6 topics
  15. Sustainability6▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Environmental Impact6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  17. Biodiversity5▲ 8.0×13 topics
  18. Acoustic Communication5▲ 114×2 topics
  19. Biogeography5▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Food Security5▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Marine Environment5▲ 39×3 topics
  22. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 71×2 topics
  23. Anthropogenic Noise5▲ 196×1 topic
  24. Fisheries5▲ 124×2 topics
  25. Marine Ecosystems5▲ 100×2 topics
  26. Marine Mammals5▲ 196×1 topic
  27. Genetic Diversity5▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Services5▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Bivalve Molluscs4▲ 170×1 topic
  30. Oyster Reefs4▲ 170×1 topic
  31. Phylogeny4▲ 28×5 topics
  32. Ecosystem Functioning4▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Ecology4▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Ocean Acidification4▲ 54×3 topics
  35. Morphology4▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Rays4▲ 176×1 topic
  38. Sharks4▲ 176×1 topic
  39. Benthic Communities3▲ 60×2 topics
  40. Marine Biodiversity3▲ 60×2 topics

What research is done in Hafnarfjordur?

Marine and fisheries res…9Marine and fisheries research: 9 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 8 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 4 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 4 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 3 fractional worksIchthyology and Marine B…2Ichthyology and Marine Biology: 2 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 2 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 2 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationEcologyAquatic Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  5. 5 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 3 works
  6. 6 Ichthyology and Marine Biology Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  7. 7 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 2 works
  8. 8 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 2 works

Research output over time

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