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Research in Kongsberg

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Kongsberg, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of South-Eastern Norway.

Research institutions
10
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.5k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
69k
12.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kongsberg

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 Kongsberg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of South-Eastern NorwayUniversity 5,741 #1,482
2Kongsberg Innovasjon (Norway)Company 421 #26,199 all time
3Kongsberg Gruppen (Norway)Company 47 not ranked
4GKN (Norway)Company 19 not ranked
5Kongsberg Automotive (Norway)Company 11 not ranked
6Ulefos Esco (Norway)Company 7 not ranked
7Semcon (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
8CO2-Norway (Norway)Company 5 not ranked
9Fanbooster (Norway)Company 2 not ranked
10Simicon (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.

University of South-Eastern Norway: 91.7%Kongsberg Innovasjon (Norway): 6.7%Kongsberg Gruppen (Norway): 0.8%GKN (Norway): 0.3%6 others listed: 0.5%92%largest
University of South-Eastern Norway5,741 · 91.7%Kongsberg Innovasjon (Norway)421 · 6.7%Kongsberg Gruppen (Norway)47 · 0.8%GKN (Norway)19 · 0.3%6 others listed32 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Kongsberg work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Kongsberg is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (20%), Psychology (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,007 fractional works · 46.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 469 fractional works · 21.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 143 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 139 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 51 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 192 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 86 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 149 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 123 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 28 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 808 fractional works · 37.4% of its workEngineering: 439 fractional works · 20.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 116 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 63 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 132 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 96 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 38 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 26 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 277 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 150 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 104 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 64 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 70 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKongsberg2,161fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences47%

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 Sciences1,00746.6%
    1. Social Sciences46921.7%
    2. Psychology1928.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities1496.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1235.7%
    5. Decision Sciences452.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance281.3%
    1. Engineering43920.3%
    2. Computer Science1326.1%
    3. Environmental Science964.4%
    4. Materials Science381.8%
    5. Energy331.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy231.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences200.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering120.6%
    9. Mathematics100.5%
    10. Chemistry40.2%
    1. Medicine1506.9%
    2. Health Professions1044.8%
    3. Nursing150.7%
    4. Dentistry70.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences271.3%
    2. Neuroscience221.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology170.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kongsberg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kongsberg is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering and Social Psychology (4.6× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 47.1 works4.6×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 77.7 works4.5×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.79× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 114 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.71× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.41× its world share, 413 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 87 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.80× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 131 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.45× its world share, 138 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 114 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.84× its world share, 169 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 417 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.84×169 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.45×138 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.13×40 works
  4. Health Professions1.80×92 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.80×114 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.79×12 works
  7. Energy1.71×31 works
  8. Social Sciences1.69×417 works
  9. Engineering1.41×413 works
  10. Nursing1.36×13 works
  11. Environmental Science0.89×87 works
  12. Computer Science0.75×114 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×27 works
  14. Neuroscience0.61×19 works
  15. Dentistry0.61×6 works
  16. Veterinary0.59×2 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×18 works
  18. Materials Science0.52×36 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.47×20 works
  20. Mathematics0.42×10 works
  21. Medicine0.35×131 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×25 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×15 works
  24. Chemistry0.12×4 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×2 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kongsberg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tacit Knowledge, Embodiment, Globalization, Education, Sustainability, Reflective Practice, Renewable Energy and Dementia Care.

▲ 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. Sustainability83▲ 1.58×55 topics
  2. Globalization82▲ 1.93×71 topics
  3. Education73▲ 1.97×57 topics
  4. Machine Learning69◆ 0.96×65 topics
  5. Renewable Energy64▲ 2.0×38 topics
  6. Climate Change55◆ 0.93×75 topics
  7. Tacit Knowledge45▲ 45×3 topics
  8. Embodiment45▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Mental Health44▲ 1.43×32 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management42▲ 2.2×17 topics
  11. Social Justice42▲ 3.2×24 topics
  12. Qualitative Research40▲ 2.2×19 topics
  13. Identity37▲ 2.4×37 topics
  14. Well-being35▲ 4.1×14 topics
  15. Reflective Practice34▲ 8.3×7 topics
  16. Dementia Care32▲ 124×2 topics
  17. Optimization32▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Social Capital32▲ 2.8×14 topics
  19. Technology Integration31▲ 4.5×10 topics
  20. Social Science31▲ 39×3 topics
  21. Ethical Guidelines30▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Higher Education29▲ 2.5×14 topics
  23. Interactional Expertise29▲ 124×1 topic
  24. Technical Decision-making29▲ 124×1 topic
  25. Social Interaction27▲ 3.2×10 topics
  26. Smart Grid26▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Self-Regulation25▲ 6.6×6 topics
  28. Youth Engagement25▲ 5.2×5 topics
  29. Academic Achievement24▲ 6.4×9 topics
  30. Power Electronics24▲ 3.4×8 topics
  31. Professional Development23▲ 5.1×12 topics
  32. Informal Learning22▲ 8.1×5 topics
  33. Human Factors21▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Teacher Education20▲ 7.2×5 topics
  35. Citizenship Education20▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Cultural Competence19▲ 6.9×7 topics
  37. Professional Learning Communities18▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Phenomenology17▲ 7.3×5 topics
  39. Communities of Practice16▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Maritime Transportation16▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Kongsberg?

Education, Healthcare an…27Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 27 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 13 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 13 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 12 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 11 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 11 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…11Microgrid Control and Optimization: 11 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 11 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 11 fractional worksSystems Engineering Meth…10Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 10 fractional works
Social PsychologyHuman Factors and ErgonomicsEducationOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 27 works
  2. 2 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 13 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 13 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
  8. 8 Social and Educational Sciences Education 11 works
  9. 9 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 11 works
  10. 10 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 10 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%60%Kongsberg22.1% 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 47.0% in 2005.

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