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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of IcelandUniversity | 14,640 | #743 | |
| 2 | Reykjavík UniversityUniversity | 3,319 | #2,239 | |
| 3 | Directorate of HealthGovernment institution | 1,263 | #7,103 | |
| 4 | Matís (Iceland)Company | 276 | #20,546 | |
| 5 | Icelandic Meteorological OfficeInstitution | 275 | #28,445 all time | |
| 6 | Reykjavík Energy (Iceland)Company | 263 | #12,499 all time | |
| 7 | deCODE Genetics (Iceland)Company | 261 | #4,688 all time | |
| 8 | Landsvirkjun (Iceland)Company | 226 | #29,682 all time | |
| 9 | Iceland GeoSurveyNonprofit | 202 | #26,591 all time | |
| 10 | Icelandic Cancer SocietyInstitution | 162 | #30,593 all time | |
| 11 | Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic StudiesUniversity | 161 | #21,183 | |
| 12 | Administration of Occupational Safety and HealthGovernment institution | 158 | #23,740 all time | |
| 13 | Innovation Center IcelandCompany | 134 | #25,824 all time | |
| 14 | Icelandic Fisheries LaboratoriesResearch facility | 119 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Nordic Cancer UnionInstitution | 72 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Iceland University of the ArtsUniversity | 64 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Post and Telecom AdministrationGovernment institution | 58 | not ranked | |
| 18 | BarnaspítaliHospital / health system | 48 | not ranked | |
| 19 | The Icelandic Physiotherapy AssociationInstitution | 47 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Icelandic Transport AuthorityInstitution | 42 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Össur (Iceland)Company | 39 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Icelandic Institute for Intelligent MachinesNonprofit | 35 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Icelandic International Development AgencyInstitution | 26 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Icelandic Road and Coastal AdministrationGovernment institution | 16 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Fornleifastofnun ÍslandsResearch facility | 12 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Environment Agency of IcelandInstitution | 11 | not ranked | |
| 27 | The Icelandic Centre for ResearchGovernment institution | 10 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Ministry of WelfareGovernment institution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Oculis (Iceland)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Prokazyme (Iceland)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Icelandic New Energy (Iceland)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Society of Alcoholism and other AddictionsNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 33 | National and University Library of IcelandResearch facility | 4 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Origo (Iceland)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Ministry of Finance and Economic AffairsGovernment institution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Ministry 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.
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.
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
- Physical Sciences1,68832.7%
- Engineering4769.2%
- Environmental Science3246.3%
- Computer Science2715.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2364.6%
- Physics and Astronomy1172.3%
- Materials Science941.8%
- Energy521.0%
- Mathematics470.9%
- Chemistry430.8%
- Chemical Engineering280.5%
- Social Sciences1,65632.1%
- Social Sciences79415.4%
- Psychology2955.7%
- Arts and Humanities2494.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting1472.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1262.4%
- Decision Sciences450.9%
- Health Sciences1,26924.6%
- Medicine1,04620.3%
- Health Professions1733.3%
- Nursing300.6%
- Dentistry160.3%
- Veterinary40.1%
- Life Sciences54910.6%
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).
- ClassicsSubfield · 20.2 works7.6×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 68.8 works4.4×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 62.6 works3.1×
- Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 24.7 works3.0×
- HistorySubfield · 43.0 works3.0×
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 43.7 works2.7×
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.
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
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.58×182 works
- Psychology1.88×257 works
- Arts and Humanities1.69×219 works
- Chemical Engineering1.61×25 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.50×24 works
- Neuroscience1.34×98 works
- Environmental Science1.25×279 works
- Health Professions1.25×148 works
- Social Sciences1.24×707 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.16×111 works
- Nursing1.12×25 works
- Energy1.06×44 works
- Medicine1.05×906 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.03×103 works
- Decision Sciences0.92×40 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.91×131 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.84×38 works
- Mathematics0.81×43 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×188 works
- Computer Science0.70×246 works
- Veterinary0.65×4 works
- Dentistry0.63×14 works
- Engineering0.62×419 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×125 works
- Chemistry0.52×37 works
- 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.
- Viking Age
- Geochronology
- Earthquakes
- Subduction
- Iceland
- Trade
- Geodetic Measurements
- Financial Crisis
- Arctic
- Medieval
- Prevalence
- History
- Genetics
- Depression
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Remote Sensing
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Environmental Impact
- Risk Factors
- Literature
- Meta-Analysis
- Religion
- Labor Market
- Plate Tectonics
- European Union
- Tectonics
- Industrial Policy
- Banking Sector
- Socioeconomic Inequality
- Material Culture
- Plate Boundaries
- Scandinavia
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
- Epidemiology271▲ 1.32×130 topics
- Climate Change257▲ 1.83×97 topics
- Sustainability152▲ 1.20×86 topics
- Globalization150▲ 1.47×84 topics
- Inflammation136▲ 1.24×76 topics
- Mental Health132▲ 1.79×40 topics
- Remote Sensing94▲ 1.48×31 topics
- Public Health93▲ 1.23×57 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease90▲ 1.53×37 topics
- Treatment89▲ 1.41×49 topics
- Environmental Impact87◆ 0.98×50 topics
- Quality of Life85◆ 1.14×50 topics
- Risk Factors78▲ 1.38×36 topics
- Depression78▲ 1.72×22 topics
- Literature69▲ 2.4×33 topics
- Genetics64▲ 1.76×25 topics
- Meta-Analysis60▲ 1.98×18 topics
- History60▲ 1.67×37 topics
- Religion59▲ 2.5×26 topics
- Prevalence58▲ 2.8×14 topics
- Labor Market50▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Medieval43▲ 24×3 topics
- Plate Tectonics42▲ 5.4×3 topics
- Arctic42▲ 7.3×4 topics
- European Union41▲ 3.5×14 topics
- Financial Crisis35▲ 6.1×11 topics
- Tectonics34▲ 5.5×3 topics
- Geodetic Measurements32▲ 5.9×2 topics
- Industrial Policy32▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Trade30▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Banking Sector29▲ 42×2 topics
- Iceland29▲ 136×1 topic
- Socioeconomic Inequality29▲ 68×1 topic
- Subduction29▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Material Culture29▲ 14×2 topics
- Earthquakes28▲ 9.4×1 topic
- Plate Boundaries28▲ 9.4×1 topic
- Geochronology27▲ 7.6×1 topic
- Scandinavia27▲ 38×1 topic
- Viking Age27▲ 38×1 topic
What research is done in Reykjavik?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 26 works
- 2 European Socioeconomic and Political Studies Economics and Econometrics 25 works
- 3 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
- 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 21 works
- 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
- 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 18 works
- 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
- 8 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 18 works
- 9 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 18 works
- 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 18 works
Research output over time
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.
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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