Research in Tromsø
Science Explorer records 37 research institutions in Tromsø, Norway. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are UiT The Arctic University of Norway, University Hospital of North Norway and Nofima.
- Research institutions
- 37 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 28k ▼ 3% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 761k 27.3 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 22.6% 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 Tromsø?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayUniversity | 19,862 | #730 | |
| 2 | University Hospital of North NorwayHospital / health system | 3,466 | #5,956 | |
| 3 | NofimaCompany | 1,397 | #8,845 | |
| 4 | Norwegian Polar InstituteResearch facility | 1,232 | #10,894 | |
| 5 | The FRAM CentreResearch facility | 636 | #9,164 | |
| 6 | Akvaplan-nivaCompany | 408 | #24,601 all time | |
| 7 | Tromsø research foundationNonprofit | 336 | #16,376 all time | |
| 8 | Northern Research InstituteNonprofit | 322 | #14,980 all time | |
| 9 | GenØkNonprofit | 110 | not ranked | |
| 10 | ViGØR RehabiliteringssykehusHospital / health system | 74 | not ranked | |
| 11 | European Incoherent Scatter Scientific AssociationInstitution | 72 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Arctic Monitoring And Assessment ProgrammeInstitution | 36 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Lytix Biopharma (Norway)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 14 | North Energy (Norway)Company | 27 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Kongsberg Satellite Services (Norway)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Tidewater (Norway)Company | 20 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Halvors Tradisjonsfisk (Norway)Company | 12 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Nofi Tromsø (Norway)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Calanus (Norway)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Troms Kraft (Norway)Company | 6 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Norwegian Seafood CouncilInstitution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Troms FylkeskommuneGovernment institution | 5 | not ranked | |
| 23 | ArcticZymes (Norway)Company | 5 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Invenia (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Capia (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Biotec Pharmacon (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Prophylix Pharma (Norway)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Breivoll Inspection Technologies (Norway)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Olivita (Norway)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Orthogenics (Norway)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Norinnova (Norway)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Pharmasum Therapeutics (Norway)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Kvalvik (Norway)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 34 | SpareBank 1 Nord-NorgeInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Nergård (Norway)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 36 | PolariaArchive | 0 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Profixio (Norway)Company | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Tromsø work in?
In 2022-now, 37% of research in Tromsø is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (18%), Social Sciences (13%), Environmental Science (11%).
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 Sciences1,96836.5%
- Environmental Science61911.5%
- Engineering4087.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3396.3%
- Computer Science2915.4%
- Physics and Astronomy1062.0%
- Chemistry621.1%
- Mathematics601.1%
- Materials Science541.0%
- Energy230.4%
- Chemical Engineering70.1%
- Social Sciences1,44626.8%
- Social Sciences69712.9%
- Psychology3256.0%
- Arts and Humanities2053.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting881.6%
- Decision Sciences761.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance571.1%
- Health Sciences1,24423.1%
- Medicine96117.8%
- Health Professions2264.2%
- Nursing270.5%
- Dentistry250.5%
- Veterinary60.1%
- Life Sciences73213.6%
What is Tromsø strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Tromsø is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Aquatic Science (7.0× the world share in Atmospheric Science).
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 144.8 works7.0×
- OceanographySubfield · 71.9 works5.4×
- Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 45.9 works5.3×
- BiophysicsSubfield · 26.6 works5.0×
- Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 48.0 works4.7×
- EcologySubfield · 147.4 works4.0×
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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3.84×284 works
- Environmental Science2.35×552 works
- Psychology2.00×288 works
- Health Professions1.60×198 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.48×70 works
- Arts and Humanities1.32×180 works
- Decision Sciences1.28×59 works
- Neuroscience1.17×89 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×287 works
- Social Sciences1.06×630 works
- Nursing1.01×24 works
- Mathematics0.97×54 works
- Dentistry0.91×21 works
- Medicine0.91×828 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.83×88 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×180 works
- Veterinary0.79×5 works
- Chemistry0.77×57 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×12 works
- Computer Science0.67×247 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.53×80 works
- Energy0.52×22 works
- Engineering0.51×362 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×51 works
- Chemical Engineering0.41×7 works
- Materials Science0.27×45 works
Which keywords describe research in Tromsø?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Aquaculture, Ocean Circulation, Remote Sensing, Sustainability, Hydrology and Fisheries Sustainability.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Anaerobic
- Fish Population Dynamics
- Permafrost
- community-based monitoring
- Northern Sea Route
- Nutrition Transition
- Traditional Knowledge
- Trophic Cascades
- Population Dynamics
- Geopolitics
- Sea Ice
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Invasive Species
- Hydrology
- Food Security
- Aquaculture
- Environmental Impact
- Arctic
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Remote Sensing
- Mental Health
- Ocean Circulation
- Biodiversity
- International Relations
- Vulnerability
- Decline
- Conservation
- Governance
- Shipping
- Oil and Gas
- Ecological Knowledge
- Maritime Transport
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
- Sea Level Rise
- Ecosystem Management
- Marine Fisheries
- Methane Oxidation
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
- Climate Change545▲ 3.7×101 topics
- Epidemiology188◆ 0.87×126 topics
- Sustainability185▲ 1.41×83 topics
- Arctic153▲ 26×4 topics
- Remote Sensing151▲ 2.3×29 topics
- Environmental Impact123▲ 1.34×48 topics
- Mental Health104▲ 1.35×41 topics
- Aquaculture96▲ 7.0×8 topics
- Ocean Circulation89▲ 12×3 topics
- Food Security86▲ 2.9×15 topics
- Biodiversity80▲ 1.95×28 topics
- Hydrology68▲ 9.8×4 topics
- International Relations68▲ 5.2×20 topics
- Invasive Species67▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Vulnerability67▲ 5.4×8 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability66▲ 14×2 topics
- Decline64▲ 44×1 topic
- Sea Ice64▲ 44×1 topic
- Conservation64▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Geopolitics61▲ 7.5×6 topics
- Governance58▲ 3.3×12 topics
- Population Dynamics57▲ 4.1×10 topics
- Shipping57▲ 21×2 topics
- Trophic Cascades51▲ 10×2 topics
- Oil and Gas51▲ 27×2 topics
- Traditional Knowledge49▲ 21×3 topics
- Ecological Knowledge48▲ 21×2 topics
- Nutrition Transition48▲ 27×2 topics
- Maritime Transport47▲ 34×1 topic
- Northern Sea Route47▲ 34×1 topic
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples47▲ 50×1 topic
- community-based monitoring47▲ 50×1 topic
- Sea Level Rise43▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Permafrost41▲ 17×2 topics
- Ecosystem Management41▲ 13×4 topics
- Fish Population Dynamics40▲ 18×1 topic
- Marine Fisheries40▲ 18×1 topic
- Anaerobic40▲ 11×1 topic
- Methane Oxidation40▲ 9.3×1 topic
- Stakeholder Engagement40▲ 8.1×3 topics
What research is done in Tromsø?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 52 works
- 2 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 44 works
- 3 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 41 works
- 4 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 37 works
- 5 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 37 works
- 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 31 works
- 7 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 31 works
- 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 26 works
- 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
- 10 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 24 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 34.8% in 2013.
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