Research in Oslo
Science Explorer records 546 research institutions in Oslo, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital and OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University.
- Research institutions
- 546 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 185k ▲ 16% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.6% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Oslo?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Oslo strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Oslo is most concentrated in Public Administration, Research and Theory and Classics (6.0× the world share in Public Administration).
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 94.6 works6.0×
- Research and TheorySubfield · 30.0 works3.9×
- ClassicsSubfield · 56.8 works3.2×
- Clinical PsychologySubfield · 764.6 works2.5×
- Social PsychologySubfield · 626.9 works2.4×
- Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 1,048.0 works2.4×
- CommunicationSubfield · 185.8 works2.3×
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 Oslo?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Mental Health, Globalization, Human Rights, Democracy, Public Health and Quality of Life.
- Technical Decision-making
- Dementia Care
- Social Science
- ECHR
- Judicial Review
- Constitutionalism
- Health Disparities
- Embodiment
- Anxiety
- Resilience
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Ethics
- Democracy
- Depression
- Social Media
- Human Rights
- Public Health
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Education
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Religion
- Qualitative Research
- Meta-Analysis
- Adolescents
- Neoliberalism
- Well-being
- Global Governance
- Tacit Knowledge
- Ethical Guidelines
- European Legal Systems
- Pragmatism
- Interactional Expertise
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
- Epidemiology1,361▲ 1.17×139 topics
- Climate Change1,103▲ 1.39×124 topics
- Globalization882▲ 1.52×168 topics
- Mental Health810▲ 1.87×48 topics
- Machine Learning725▼ 0.75×91 topics
- Sustainability705◆ 0.98×127 topics
- Inflammation660◆ 1.08×83 topics
- Public Health636▲ 1.48×74 topics
- Quality of Life580▲ 1.36×60 topics
- Human Rights580▲ 1.91×82 topics
- Education540◆ 1.07×139 topics
- Social Media466◆ 1.10×39 topics
- Risk Factors450▲ 1.39×37 topics
- Depression441▲ 1.70×24 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease411▲ 1.25×39 topics
- Democracy395▲ 3.8×29 topics
- Religion374▲ 2.7×41 topics
- Ethics352▲ 2.5×55 topics
- Qualitative Research344▲ 1.34×41 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome344▲ 1.43×24 topics
- Meta-Analysis291▲ 1.68×21 topics
- Resilience290▲ 2.0×19 topics
- Adolescents278▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Anxiety266▲ 1.91×11 topics
- Neoliberalism260▲ 2.5×29 topics
- Embodiment254▲ 4.6×7 topics
- Well-being246▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Health Disparities233▲ 3.0×9 topics
- Global Governance215▲ 3.2×23 topics
- Constitutionalism208▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Tacit Knowledge207▲ 15×3 topics
- Judicial Review192▲ 7.2×6 topics
- Ethical Guidelines188▲ 12×4 topics
- ECHR179▲ 16×1 topic
- European Legal Systems179▲ 16×1 topic
- Social Science178▲ 16×7 topics
- Pragmatism167▲ 23×3 topics
- Dementia Care159▲ 44×2 topics
- Interactional Expertise158▲ 48×1 topic
- Technical Decision-making158▲ 48×1 topic
What research is done in Oslo?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 European and International Law StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 179 works
- 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchSocial Psychology 158 works
- 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 88 works
- 4 Social and Educational SciencesEducation 77 works
- 5 Migration, Health and TraumaClinical Psychology 76 works
- 6 Employment and Welfare StudiesGeneral Health Professions 72 works
- 7 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 68 works
- 8 COVID-19 and Mental HealthClinical Psychology 67 works
- 9 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 60 works
- 10 Social Policy and Reform StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 59 works
Research output over time
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