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Research in Nuuk

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Nuuk, Greenland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ilisimatusarfik and Grønlands Naturinstitut.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
20.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Nuuk

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 Nuuk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Grønlands NaturinstitutResearch facility 490 #19,613
2IlisimatusarfikUniversity 402 #14,646
3Queen Ingrid's HospitalHospital / health system 154 #32,560 all time
4Greenland National Museum & ArchivesArchive 124 #33,176 all time
5Greenland GovernmentGovernment institution 54 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.

Grønlands Naturinstitut: 40.0%Ilisimatusarfik: 32.8%Queen Ingrid's Hospital: 12.6%Greenland National Museum & Archives: 10.1%1 other listed: 4.4%40%largest
Grønlands Naturinstitut490 · 40.0%Ilisimatusarfik402 · 32.8%Queen Ingrid's Hospital154 · 12.6%Greenland National Museum & Archives124 · 10.1%1 other listed54 · 4.4%

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

Which fields of science does Nuuk work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Nuuk is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (22%), Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (17%).

Physical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 58 fractional works · 22.5% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 10.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 20 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 28.6% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 23 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNuuk260fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences23%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science5822.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3613.8%
    3. Engineering52.1%
    4. Computer Science10.5%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine4718.2%
    2. Health Professions259.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences4316.5%
    2. Psychology72.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities52.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.2%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Nuuk strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Nuuk is most concentrated in Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences (13.2× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 23.0 works13×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 29.6 works8.5×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8.47× its world share, 30 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.51× its world share, 50 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.79× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences8.47×30 works
  2. Environmental Science4.51×50 works
  3. Health Professions3.79×22 works
  4. Social Sciences1.36×38 works
  5. Nursing1.10×1 works
  6. Medicine0.97×42 works
  7. Psychology0.91×6 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×10 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×7 works
  10. Veterinary0.59×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.58×4 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.32×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  17. Engineering0.13×4 works
  18. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  21. Energy0.07×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Nuuk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Food Security, Vulnerability, Ecological Knowledge, Nutrition Transition, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge.

▲ 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 Change81▲ 12×43 topics
  2. Arctic23▲ 80×4 topics
  3. Food Security20▲ 14×3 topics
  4. Vulnerability19▲ 31×3 topics
  5. Ecological Knowledge18▲ 166×2 topics
  6. Nutrition Transition18▲ 216×2 topics
  7. Arctic Indigenous Peoples18▲ 397×1 topic
  8. Traditional Knowledge18▲ 163×1 topic
  9. Population Dynamics17▲ 25×6 topics
  10. Remote Sensing16▲ 5.0×12 topics
  11. Conservation14▲ 13×12 topics
  12. Sustainability12▲ 1.89×17 topics
  13. Predator-Prey Interactions12▲ 57×2 topics
  14. Acoustic Communication11▲ 84×2 topics
  15. Ocean Circulation11▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Anthropogenic Noise11▲ 147×1 topic
  17. Marine Mammals11▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Decline10▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Sea Ice10▲ 144×1 topic
  21. Trophic Cascades9▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Governance8▲ 9.4×3 topics
  23. Geopolitics8▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Hydrology8▲ 22×3 topics
  25. International Relations8▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Northern Sea Route7▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Shipping7▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem Management7▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Marine Fisheries7▲ 66×1 topic
  30. Invasive Species7▲ 6.0×11 topics
  31. Health Effects6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  32. Permafrost6▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Health Equity5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Biogeography5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Social Sciences4▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Habitat Selection4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Benthic Communities4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Decolonization4▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Methane Emissions4▲ 30×2 topics

What research is done in Nuuk?

Indigenous Studies and E…16Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 16 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 10 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 9 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 7 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 6 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…3Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 3 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 3 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEcologyAtmospheric ScienceSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 16 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 10 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 9 works
  4. 4 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  7. 7 Research in Social Sciences Education 3 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  9. 9 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  10. 10 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 3 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%Nuuk18.6% 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 35.9% in 2011.

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