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Research in Roskilde

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Roskilde, Denmark. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Roskilde University, Zealand University Hospital and Region Zealand.

Research institutions
10
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
444k
18.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Roskilde

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 Roskilde?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Roskilde UniversityUniversity 16,206 #1,193
2Zealand University HospitalHospital / health system 1,493 #2,962
3Region ZealandGovernment institution 523 #11,646
4Danish Meat Trade CollegeUniversity 240 #22,658 all time
5Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Molecular InteractionsResearch facility 103 not ranked
6DLF Trifolium (Denmark)Company 60 not ranked
7Center for Culture and Experience EconomyNonprofit 58 not ranked
8Roskilde MuseumArchive 28 not ranked
9DSVM Group (Denmark)Company 1 not ranked
10Greenland Ecosystem MonitoringInstitution 0 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.

Roskilde University: 86.6%Zealand University Hospital: 8.0%Region Zealand: 2.8%Danish Meat Trade College: 1.3%5 others listed: 1.3%87%largest
Roskilde University16k · 86.6%Zealand University Hospital1,493 · 8.0%Region Zealand523 · 2.8%Danish Meat Trade College240 · 1.3%5 others listed250 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Roskilde work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research in Roskilde is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (22%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,957 fractional works · 52.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,165 fractional works · 31.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 389 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 236 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEducation: 184 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCommunication: 77 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 227 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 117 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 204 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhilosophy: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 201 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 47 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 109 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 65 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 51 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,001 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 826 fractional works · 22.0% of its workSurgery: 108 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 67 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 59 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 158 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 115 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 554 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 147 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 125 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 105 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 248 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 106 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRoskilde3,760fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences52%

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. Social Sciences1,95752.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,16531.0%
    2. Psychology2276.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities2045.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2015.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1092.9%
    6. Decision Sciences511.4%
  2. Health Sciences1,00126.6%
    1. Medicine82622.0%
    2. Health Professions1584.2%
    3. Nursing120.3%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Environmental Science1473.9%
    2. Engineering1253.3%
    3. Computer Science1052.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy461.2%
    5. Materials Science340.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences320.8%
    7. Mathematics270.7%
    8. Chemistry180.5%
    9. Energy120.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1062.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences621.6%
    3. Neuroscience401.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology340.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Roskilde strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Roskilde is most concentrated in Public Administration, Communication and Political Science and International Relations (17.3× the world share in Public Administration).

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 31.7 works17×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 72.9 works7.9×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 222.2 works4.4×
  4. Social PsychologySubfield · 110.1 works3.7×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 96 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 108 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 147 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 723 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.95× its world share, 191 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.70× its world share, 186 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 105 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 208 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.51× its world share, 1,080 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.51×1,080 works
  2. Psychology2.01×208 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.95×191 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.70×186 works
  5. Health Professions1.64×147 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.44×105 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.42×47 works
  8. Medicine1.11×723 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.85×29 works
  10. Environmental Science0.74×126 works
  11. Neuroscience0.65×36 works
  12. Nursing0.65×11 works
  13. Mathematics0.63×25 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.59×7 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×96 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×26 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.49×37 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×4 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×55 works
  20. Computer Science0.34×91 works
  21. Energy0.31×10 works
  22. Chemistry0.30×16 works
  23. Materials Science0.27×32 works
  24. Veterinary0.24×1 works
  25. Engineering0.21×108 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Roskilde?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Sciences, Qualitative Research, Pedagogy, Discourse Analysis, Embodiment, Education and Ethics.

▲ 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. Globalization229▲ 3.1×105 topics
  2. Epidemiology166◆ 1.11×126 topics
  3. Education153▲ 2.4×59 topics
  4. Qualitative Research133▲ 4.2×19 topics
  5. Pedagogy112▲ 5.9×17 topics
  6. Sustainability107▲ 1.17×68 topics
  7. Ethics101▲ 5.3×38 topics
  8. Social Sciences101▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Social Media99▲ 1.91×26 topics
  10. Human Rights96▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Quality of Life95▲ 1.74×57 topics
  12. Neoliberalism90▲ 6.6×22 topics
  13. Discourse Analysis86▲ 9.5×7 topics
  14. Embodiment86▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Learning83▲ 7.5×8 topics
  16. Gender Studies78▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Tacit Knowledge75▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Methodology73▲ 40×3 topics
  19. Special Education72▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Ethical Guidelines72▲ 36×3 topics
  21. Quantitative Methods72▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Pragmatism71▲ 77×3 topics
  23. Social Science71▲ 51×5 topics
  24. Dementia Care68▲ 150×1 topic
  25. Interactional Expertise68▲ 167×1 topic
  26. Political Economy62▲ 6.5×14 topics
  27. Nationalism61▲ 3.6×25 topics
  28. Institutional Theory58▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Governance57▲ 4.7×13 topics
  30. Income Inequality56▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Democracy54▲ 4.1×18 topics
  32. Public Opinion53▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Digital Divide45▲ 4.6×7 topics
  34. Social Policy43▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Political Communication41▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Institutional Change40▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Phenomenology40▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Ideational Power40▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Welfare State40▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Deliberative Democracy37▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Roskilde?

Social and Educational Sciences: 70 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 66 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 38 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 29 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 27 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 26 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 23 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 22 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 22 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 21 fractional works
EducationSocial PsychologyPolitical Science and International RelationsCommunication3 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 70 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 66 works
  3. 3 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 38 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 29 works
  5. 5 Research in Social Sciences Education 27 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 26 works
  7. 7 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 23 works
  8. 8 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 22 works
  9. 9 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 22 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 21 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%Roskilde24.4% 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 29.8% in 2003.

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