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Research in Reykjavik

Science Explorer records 36 research institutions in Reykjavik, Iceland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Iceland, Reykjavík University and Directorate of Health.

Research institutions
36
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
575k
26.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Reykjavik?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of IcelandUniversity 14,640 #743
2Reykjavík UniversityUniversity 3,319 #2,239
3Directorate of HealthGovernment institution 1,263 #7,103
4Matís (Iceland)Company 276 #20,546
5Icelandic Meteorological OfficeInstitution 275 #28,445 all time
6Reykjavík Energy (Iceland)Company 263 #12,499 all time
7deCODE Genetics (Iceland)Company 261 #4,688 all time
8Landsvirkjun (Iceland)Company 226 #29,682 all time
9Iceland GeoSurveyNonprofit 202 #26,591 all time
10Icelandic Cancer SocietyInstitution 162 #30,593 all time
11Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesUniversity 161 #21,183
12Administration of Occupational Safety and HealthGovernment institution 158 #23,740 all time
13Innovation Center IcelandCompany 134 #25,824 all time
14Icelandic Fisheries LaboratoriesResearch facility 119 not ranked
15Nordic Cancer UnionInstitution 72 not ranked
16Iceland University of the ArtsUniversity 64 not ranked
17Post and Telecom AdministrationGovernment institution 58 not ranked
18BarnaspítaliHospital / health system 48 not ranked
19The Icelandic Physiotherapy AssociationInstitution 47 not ranked
20Icelandic Transport AuthorityInstitution 42 not ranked
21Össur (Iceland)Company 39 not ranked
22Icelandic Institute for Intelligent MachinesNonprofit 35 not ranked
23Icelandic International Development AgencyInstitution 26 not ranked
24Icelandic Road and Coastal AdministrationGovernment institution 16 not ranked
25Fornleifastofnun ÍslandsResearch facility 12 not ranked
26Environment Agency of IcelandInstitution 11 not ranked
27The Icelandic Centre for ResearchGovernment institution 10 not ranked
28Ministry of WelfareGovernment institution 9 not ranked
29Oculis (Iceland)Company 9 not ranked
30Prokazyme (Iceland)Company 6 not ranked
31Icelandic New Energy (Iceland)Company 6 not ranked
32Society of Alcoholism and other AddictionsNonprofit 4 not ranked
33National and University Library of IcelandResearch facility 4 not ranked
34Origo (Iceland)Company 3 not ranked
35Ministry of Finance and Economic AffairsGovernment institution 1 not ranked
36Ministry of Industries and InnovationGovernment institution 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 Iceland: 66.6%Reykjavík University: 15.1%Directorate of Health: 5.7%Matís (Iceland): 1.3%32 others listed: 11.3%67%largest
University of Iceland15k · 66.6%Reykjavík University3,319 · 15.1%Directorate of Health1,263 · 5.7%Matís (Iceland)276 · 1.3%32 others listed2,484 · 11.3%

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

Which fields of science does Reykjavik work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Reykjavik is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,688 fractional works · 32.7% of its workEngineering: 476 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 107 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 83 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 324 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 72 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 57 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 271 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 95 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 236 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeophysics: 93 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 80 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 117 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 94 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,656 fractional works · 32.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 794 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 235 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 168 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 91 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 295 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 116 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 249 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 48 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 147 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 126 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 95 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,269 fractional works · 24.6% of its workMedicine: 1,046 fractional works · 20.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 96 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 92 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 84 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 55 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 173 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 94 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 549 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 221 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 143 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 112 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKReykjavik5,163fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences32%

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. Engineering4769.2%
    2. Environmental Science3246.3%
    3. Computer Science2715.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2364.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1172.3%
    6. Materials Science941.8%
    7. Energy521.0%
    8. Mathematics470.9%
    9. Chemistry430.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering280.5%
  1. Social Sciences1,65632.1%
    1. Social Sciences79415.4%
    2. Psychology2955.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2494.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1472.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1262.4%
    6. Decision Sciences450.9%
  2. Health Sciences1,26924.6%
    1. Medicine1,04620.3%
    2. Health Professions1733.3%
    3. Nursing300.6%
    4. Dentistry160.3%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2214.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1432.8%
    3. Neuroscience1122.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology470.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics260.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Reykjavik strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Reykjavik is most concentrated in Classics, Geophysics and Atmospheric Science (7.6× the world share in Classics).

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 20.2 works7.6×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 68.8 works4.4×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 62.6 works3.1×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 24.7 works3.0×
  5. HistorySubfield · 43.0 works3.0×
  6. Gender StudiesSubfield · 43.7 works2.7×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 125 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 188 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 98 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 24 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.61× its world share, 25 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 37 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 246 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 182 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 44 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 419 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.25× its world share, 279 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 103 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 148 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 906 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 25 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 219 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 131 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 111 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 257 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 707 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.58×182 works
  2. Psychology1.88×257 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.69×219 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.61×25 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.50×24 works
  6. Neuroscience1.34×98 works
  7. Environmental Science1.25×279 works
  8. Health Professions1.25×148 works
  9. Social Sciences1.24×707 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×111 works
  11. Nursing1.12×25 works
  12. Energy1.06×44 works
  13. Medicine1.05×906 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy1.03×103 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.92×40 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×131 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×38 works
  18. Mathematics0.81×43 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×188 works
  20. Computer Science0.70×246 works
  21. Veterinary0.65×4 works
  22. Dentistry0.63×14 works
  23. Engineering0.62×419 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×125 works
  25. Chemistry0.52×37 works
  26. Materials Science0.52×82 works

Which keywords describe research in Reykjavik?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Globalization, Sustainability, Inflammation, Medieval and Arctic.

▲ 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. Epidemiology271▲ 1.32×130 topics
  2. Climate Change257▲ 1.83×97 topics
  3. Sustainability152▲ 1.20×86 topics
  4. Globalization150▲ 1.47×84 topics
  5. Inflammation136▲ 1.24×76 topics
  6. Mental Health132▲ 1.79×40 topics
  7. Remote Sensing94▲ 1.48×31 topics
  8. Public Health93▲ 1.23×57 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease90▲ 1.53×37 topics
  10. Treatment89▲ 1.41×49 topics
  11. Environmental Impact87◆ 0.98×50 topics
  12. Quality of Life85◆ 1.14×50 topics
  13. Risk Factors78▲ 1.38×36 topics
  14. Depression78▲ 1.72×22 topics
  15. Literature69▲ 2.4×33 topics
  16. Genetics64▲ 1.76×25 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis60▲ 1.98×18 topics
  18. History60▲ 1.67×37 topics
  19. Religion59▲ 2.5×26 topics
  20. Prevalence58▲ 2.8×14 topics
  21. Labor Market50▲ 3.4×12 topics
  22. Medieval43▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Plate Tectonics42▲ 5.4×3 topics
  24. Arctic42▲ 7.3×4 topics
  25. European Union41▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Financial Crisis35▲ 6.1×11 topics
  27. Tectonics34▲ 5.5×3 topics
  28. Geodetic Measurements32▲ 5.9×2 topics
  29. Industrial Policy32▲ 5.7×6 topics
  30. Trade30▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Banking Sector29▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Iceland29▲ 136×1 topic
  33. Socioeconomic Inequality29▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Subduction29▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Material Culture29▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Earthquakes28▲ 9.4×1 topic
  37. Plate Boundaries28▲ 9.4×1 topic
  38. Geochronology27▲ 7.6×1 topic
  39. Scandinavia27▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Viking Age27▲ 38×1 topic

What research is done in Reykjavik?

  1. 1 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 26 works
  2. 2 European Socioeconomic and Political Studies Economics and Econometrics 25 works
  3. 3 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 21 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 18 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 18 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%Reykjavik17.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.7% in 2010.

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