Research in Stavanger
Science Explorer records 81 research institutions in Stavanger, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Stavanger, Stavanger University Hospital and Equinor (Norway).
- Research institutions
- 81 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 20k ▲ 16% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 24.4% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of StavangerUniversity | 9,374 | #1,318 | |
| 2 | Equinor (Norway)Company | 4,494 | #12,430 | |
| 3 | Stavanger University HospitalHospital / health system | 1,743 | #8,325 | |
| 4 | Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)Company | 1,095 | #25,541 | |
| 5 | Weatherford (Norway)Company | 1,077 | #27,878 | |
| 6 | International Research Institute of StavangerResearch facility | 991 | #12,746 all time | |
| 7 | Laerdal (Norway)Company | 242 | #30,894 all time | |
| 8 | Rogaland Training & Education CentreUniversity | 201 | #40,068 all time | |
| 9 | Blue Planet (Norway)Company | 176 | #30,627 all time | |
| 10 | Stavanger MuseumArchive | 161 | #24,237 all time | |
| 11 | Skretting (Norway)Company | 110 | not ranked | |
| 12 | BP Norge (Norway)Company | 84 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Archer (Norway)Company | 79 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Western Norway Regional Health AuthorityGovernment institution | 60 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Tendeka (Norway)Company | 46 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Stavanger Akuttmedisinfond for utdanning og forskningInstitution | 45 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Stavanger Health Research (Norway)Company | 32 | not ranked | |
| 18 | West Group (Norway)Company | 29 | not ranked | |
| 19 | eDrilling (Norway)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Petrolink (Norway)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Interwell (Norway)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Aibel (Norway)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Petoro (Norway)Company | 24 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Flow Design Bureau (Norway)Company | 18 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Completion Technology Resources (Norway)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Inventi (Norway)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Fishbones (Norway)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 28 | PetroMarker (Norway)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Ziebel (Norway)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Reelwell (Norway)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Innova (Norway)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Acona (Norway)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Seadrill (Norway)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Tectonor (Norway)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Stavanger KommuneGovernment institution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Lyse (Norway)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 37 | ICR (Norway)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Flowtec (Norway)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Norwegian Group (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Scana (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Parker Maritime (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Triad (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Vision iO (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Badger Explorer (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Rogaland County CouncilGovernment institution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 46 | NorTronic (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Tomax (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Laerdal Global HealthNonprofit | 4 | not ranked | |
| 49 | PaleBlue (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Gastronomisk InstituttCompany | 4 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Teekay (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Remora (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 53 | BiotaTools (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Aseon (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 55 | IOR Chemco (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Ipark (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 57 | GenaResearch facility | 3 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Måltidets (Norway)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Holmens (Norway)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Laerdal FoundationInstitution | 2 | not ranked |
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.
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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).
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 339.3 works16×
- Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 29.5 works4.4×
- PaleontologySubfield · 20.7 works4.3×
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 Stavanger?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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.
- Oil and Gas
- X-ray Computed Tomography
- Nanofluids
- Thermal Maturity
- Gas Permeability
- Pore Structure
- Shale Gas
- Artificial Lift Systems
- Predictive Maintenance
- Fault Diagnosis
- Closed-Loop Control
- Data Assimilation
- Optimization
- Fracture Propagation
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Well Integrity
- Rheological Properties
- Nanoparticles
- Sustainability
- Renewable Energy
- Machine Learning
- CO2 Sequestration
- Climate Change
- Vibration Analysis
- Drilling Fluids
- Mental Health
- Environmental Impact
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Well Placement
- Numerical Simulation
- Data Analytics
- Electric Submersible Pumps
- Porous Media
- Nanopores
- Mudstones
- Surfactants
- Pore-scale Modeling
- Reactive Transport
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
- Machine Learning175▲ 1.34×73 topics
- Renewable Energy141▲ 2.5×41 topics
- CO2 Sequestration136▲ 18×4 topics
- Sustainability126▲ 1.30×67 topics
- Climate Change118◆ 1.09×79 topics
- Nanoparticles111▲ 2.2×33 topics
- Vibration Analysis104▲ 9.7×7 topics
- Rheological Properties95▲ 13×6 topics
- Drilling Fluids94▲ 43×1 topic
- Well Integrity94▲ 43×1 topic
- Mental Health90▲ 1.54×38 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing90▲ 20×2 topics
- Environmental Impact88▲ 1.30×54 topics
- Fracture Propagation84▲ 35×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs84▲ 35×1 topic
- Optimization84▲ 4.5×19 topics
- Uncertainty Quantification76▲ 23×2 topics
- Data Assimilation74▲ 12×4 topics
- Ensemble Kalman Filter72▲ 18×2 topics
- Closed-Loop Control69▲ 37×1 topic
- Well Placement69▲ 37×1 topic
- Fault Diagnosis66▲ 12×5 topics
- Numerical Simulation59▲ 5.0×13 topics
- Predictive Maintenance56▲ 18×4 topics
- Data Analytics55▲ 30×2 topics
- Artificial Lift Systems55▲ 47×1 topic
- Electric Submersible Pumps55▲ 47×1 topic
- Shale Gas43▲ 8.5×2 topics
- Porous Media42▲ 8.0×5 topics
- Pore Structure41▲ 8.3×3 topics
- Nanopores38▲ 9.8×2 topics
- Gas Permeability38▲ 9.4×2 topics
- Mudstones37▲ 12×1 topic
- Thermal Maturity37▲ 12×1 topic
- Surfactants35▲ 8.9×5 topics
- Nanofluids34▲ 10×2 topics
- Pore-scale Modeling33▲ 23×1 topic
- X-ray Computed Tomography33▲ 23×1 topic
- Reactive Transport33▲ 16×2 topics
- Oil and Gas32▲ 22×2 topics
What research is done in Stavanger?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 94 works
- 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 84 works
- 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 69 works
- 4 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 55 works
- 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 37 works
- 6 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 33 works
- 7 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 28 works
- 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 27 works
- 9 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 24 works
- 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 23 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.