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Research in Odense

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Odense, Denmark. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital and Odense Municipality.

Research institutions
20
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
46k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.9%
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 Odense?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Southern DenmarkUniversity 30,926 #517
2Odense University HospitalFunder 12,972 #2,128
3Odense MunicipalityGovernment institution 1,188 #16,880
4University College LillebaeltUniversity 385 #20,392
5Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics PhenomenologyResearch facility 186 #22,875 all time
6Danish Diabetes AcademyResearch facility 156 #26,305 all time
7Nordisk Institut for Kiropraktik og Klinisk BiomekanikResearch facility 132 #35,280 all time
8Syddansk Innovation (Denmark)Company 105 not ranked
9Museum OdenseArchive 102 not ranked
10Lillebaelt Academy University of Applied SciencesUniversity 93 not ranked
11Danish Diabetes AssociationNonprofit 63 not ranked
12Instituttet for Anvendt Datateknik (Denmark)Company 54 not ranked
13Innovision (Denmark)Company 15 not ranked
14Syddansk ErhvervsskoleUniversity 11 not ranked
15Nordic Myeloma Study GroupResearch facility 6 not ranked
16Danmarks Frie ForskningsfondInstitution 2 not ranked
17Afa Jcdecaux (Denmark)Company 2 not ranked
18Colitis-Crohn ForeningenInstitution 1 not ranked
19Albani FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
20Fionia FondNonprofit 1 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.

University of Southern Denmark: 66.6%Odense University Hospital: 28.0%Odense Municipality: 2.6%University College Lillebaelt: 0.8%16 others listed: 2.0%67%largest
University of Southern Denmark31k · 66.6%Odense University Hospital13k · 28.0%Odense Municipality1,188 · 2.6%University College Lillebaelt385 · 0.8%16 others listed930 · 2.0%

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

What is Odense strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Odense is most concentrated in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine (3.5× the world share in Geriatrics and Gerontology).

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 33.0 works3.5×
  2. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 45.0 works3.5×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 67.6 works3.2×
  4. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 21.6 works3.1×
  5. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 26.5 works2.8×
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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 Odense?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Primary Care and Treatment.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Epidemiology624▲ 1.81×128 topics
  2. Inflammation299▲ 1.65×81 topics
  3. Quality of Life289▲ 2.3×56 topics
  4. Public Health220▲ 1.74×58 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease192▲ 1.98×37 topics
  6. Treatment186▲ 1.76×49 topics
  7. Mental Health183▲ 1.44×40 topics
  8. Depression174▲ 2.3×24 topics
  9. Sustainability172▼ 0.81×81 topics
  10. Risk Factors171▲ 1.79×37 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress149◆ 1.05×58 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome137▲ 1.93×23 topics
  13. Clinical Trials134▲ 2.3×19 topics
  14. Diagnosis132▲ 1.63×40 topics
  15. Cancer132◆ 1.13×55 topics
  16. Primary Care124▲ 3.8×15 topics
  17. Global Burden124▲ 2.6×12 topics
  18. Anxiety123▲ 3.0×12 topics
  19. Management122▲ 1.79×36 topics
  20. Physical Activity119▲ 2.8×11 topics
  21. Chemotherapy115▲ 1.88×25 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines109▲ 2.3×14 topics
  23. Obesity107▲ 1.62×27 topics
  24. Mortality104▲ 2.1×13 topics
  25. Complications97▲ 2.2×17 topics
  26. Guidelines94▲ 2.3×13 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction93▲ 3.4×10 topics
  28. Heart Failure91▲ 2.4×13 topics
  29. Well-being89▲ 2.7×13 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life87▲ 4.3×6 topics
  31. Prevalence84▲ 2.4×15 topics
  32. Quality Improvement78▲ 4.7×8 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management76▲ 4.5×6 topics
  34. Chronic Pain73▲ 3.8×5 topics
  35. Mortality Risk72▲ 3.5×6 topics
  36. Embodiment72▲ 4.4×7 topics
  37. Psychological Factors69▲ 3.7×6 topics
  38. Low Back Pain68▲ 4.5×4 topics
  39. Tacit Knowledge48▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Ethical Guidelines48▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Odense?

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 46 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchSocial Psychology 38 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 33 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 32 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and careOncology 30 works
  6. 6 Patient-Provider Communication in HealthcareGeneral Health Professions 28 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 27 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSurgery 26 works
  9. 9 Physical Activity and HealthPhysiology 25 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 24 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.