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Research in Stavanger

Science Explorer records 80 research institutions in Stavanger, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Stavanger, Equinor (Norway) and Petroleum Technology Company (Norway).

Research institutions
80
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
419k
20.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.4%
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 Stavanger?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of StavangerUniversity 11,117 #647
2Equinor (Norway)Company 4,494 #9,941
3Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)Company 1,095 #20,635
4Weatherford (Norway)Company 1,077 #22,156
5International Research Institute of StavangerResearch facility 991 #8,423 all time
6Laerdal (Norway)Company 242 #18,610 all time
7Rogaland Training & Education CentreUniversity 201 #27,407 all time
8Blue Planet (Norway)Company 176 #23,906 all time
9Stavanger MuseumArchive 161 #32,269 all time
10Skretting (Norway)Company 110 not ranked
11BP Norge (Norway)Company 84 not ranked
12Archer (Norway)Company 79 not ranked
13Western Norway Regional Health AuthorityGovernment institution 60 not ranked
14Tendeka (Norway)Company 46 not ranked
15Stavanger Akuttmedisinfond for utdanning og forskningInstitution 45 not ranked
16Stavanger Health Research (Norway)Company 32 not ranked
17West Group (Norway)Company 29 not ranked
18eDrilling (Norway)Company 28 not ranked
19Petrolink (Norway)Company 27 not ranked
20Interwell (Norway)Company 25 not ranked
21Aibel (Norway)Company 25 not ranked
22Petoro (Norway)Company 24 not ranked
23Flow Design Bureau (Norway)Company 18 not ranked
24Completion Technology Resources (Norway)Company 17 not ranked
25Inventi (Norway)Company 17 not ranked
26Fishbones (Norway)Company 15 not ranked
27PetroMarker (Norway)Company 15 not ranked
28Ziebel (Norway)Company 12 not ranked
29Reelwell (Norway)Company 12 not ranked
30Innova (Norway)Company 12 not ranked
31Acona (Norway)Company 9 not ranked
32Seadrill (Norway)Company 9 not ranked
33Tectonor (Norway)Company 9 not ranked
34Stavanger KommuneGovernment institution 9 not ranked
35Lyse (Norway)Company 8 not ranked
36ICR (Norway)Company 7 not ranked
37Flowtec (Norway)Company 7 not ranked
38Norwegian Group (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
39Scana (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
40Parker Maritime (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
41Triad (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
42Vision iO (Norway)Company 6 not ranked
43Badger Explorer (Norway)Company 5 not ranked
44Rogaland County CouncilGovernment institution 5 not ranked
45NorTronic (Norway)Company 4 not ranked
46Tomax (Norway)Company 4 not ranked
47Laerdal Global HealthNonprofit 4 not ranked
48PaleBlue (Norway)Company 4 not ranked
49Gastronomisk InstituttCompany 4 not ranked
50Teekay (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
51Remora (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
52BiotaTools (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
53Aseon (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
54IOR Chemco (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
55Ipark (Norway)Company 3 not ranked
56GenaResearch facility 3 not ranked
57Måltidets (Norway)Company 2 not ranked
58Holmens (Norway)Company 2 not ranked
59Laerdal FoundationInstitution 2 not ranked
60Petroleumsoft (Norway)Company 2 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 Stavanger: 54.4%Equinor (Norway): 22.0%Petroleum Technology Company (Norway): 5.4%Weatherford (Norway): 5.3%56 others listed: 13.0%54%largest
University of Stavanger11k · 54.4%Equinor (Norway)4,494 · 22.0%Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)1,095 · 5.4%Weatherford (Norway)1,077 · 5.3%56 others listed2,650 · 13.0%

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

Which fields of science does Stavanger work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Stavanger is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Social Sciences (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,048 fractional works · 46.3% of its workEngineering: 1,103 fractional works · 24.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 368 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 202 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 92 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 86 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 68 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 251 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 236 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 95 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 153 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeophysics: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 102 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 72 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,385 fractional works · 31.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 634 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 203 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 189 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 60 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 286 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 93 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 89 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 57 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 152 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 142 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 69 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 78 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 778 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMedicine: 556 fractional works · 12.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 183 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 106 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 216 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 78 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKStavanger4,427fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences31%

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. Engineering1,10324.9%
    2. Environmental Science2515.7%
    3. Computer Science2365.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1533.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1022.3%
    6. Materials Science721.6%
    7. Energy501.1%
    8. Chemistry340.8%
    9. Mathematics320.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering150.3%
  1. Social Sciences1,38531.3%
    1. Social Sciences63414.3%
    2. Psychology2866.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities1523.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1423.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance942.1%
    6. Decision Sciences781.8%
    1. Medicine55612.6%
    2. Health Professions1834.1%
    3. Nursing210.5%
    4. Dentistry150.3%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology781.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences661.5%
    3. Neuroscience461.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology230.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Stavanger strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stavanger is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Paleontology (16.4× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 339.3 works16×
  2. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 29.5 works4.4×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 20.7 works4.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 212 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 138 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 45 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.70× its world share, 1,017 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.14× its world share, 226 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 164 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 479 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.21× its world share, 139 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 135 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 69 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.08× its world share, 252 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 572 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.21×138 works
  2. Psychology2.08×252 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.79×69 works
  4. Engineering1.70×1,017 works
  5. Health Professions1.56×164 works
  6. Energy1.22×45 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.21×139 works
  8. Environmental Science1.14×226 works
  9. Social Sciences1.13×572 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.06×94 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×135 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×88 works
  13. Chemical Engineering1.02×14 works
  14. Nursing0.98×19 works
  15. Dentistry0.69×13 works
  16. Computer Science0.68×212 works
  17. Neuroscience0.63×41 works
  18. Mathematics0.62×29 works
  19. Medicine0.62×479 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×20 works
  21. Chemistry0.49×31 works
  22. Materials Science0.44×61 works
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×67 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×59 works
  25. Veterinary0.24×1 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Stavanger?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CO2 Sequestration, Vibration Analysis, Rheological Properties, Drilling Fluids, Well Integrity, Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation and Shale Gas Reservoirs.

▲ 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. Machine Learning192▲ 1.30×79 topics
  2. Renewable Energy156▲ 2.4×44 topics
  3. CO2 Sequestration147▲ 17×4 topics
  4. Sustainability139▲ 1.28×69 topics
  5. Climate Change130◆ 1.08×82 topics
  6. Nanoparticles121▲ 2.2×36 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis113▲ 9.5×7 topics
  8. Rheological Properties103▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Mental Health102▲ 1.62×38 topics
  10. Drilling Fluids101▲ 43×1 topic
  11. Well Integrity101▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact99▲ 1.31×56 topics
  13. Hydraulic Fracturing98▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Fracture Propagation92▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Shale Gas Reservoirs92▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Optimization92▲ 4.6×19 topics
  17. Uncertainty Quantification83▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Data Assimilation81▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter79▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Closed-Loop Control76▲ 38×1 topic
  21. Well Placement76▲ 38×1 topic
  22. Fault Diagnosis70▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation64▲ 4.9×13 topics
  24. Predictive Maintenance61▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Data Analytics59▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Artificial Lift Systems58▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Electric Submersible Pumps58▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Porous Media47▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Shale Gas46▲ 8.6×2 topics
  30. Pore Structure44▲ 8.1×3 topics
  31. Academic Achievement41▲ 5.4×9 topics
  32. Gas Permeability40▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Nanopores40▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Mudstones40▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Thermal Maturity40▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Surfactants39▲ 8.9×5 topics
  37. Nanofluids38▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Pore-scale Modeling37▲ 22×1 topic
  39. X-ray Computed Tomography37▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Reactive Transport36▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Stavanger?

  1. 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 94 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 84 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 69 works
  4. 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 55 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 37 works
  6. 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 33 works
  7. 7 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 28 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 27 works
  9. 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 24 works
  10. 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 23 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%Stavanger20.4% 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 31.0% in 2009.

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