Greenland vs Norway
On research quality in 2022-now, Norway ranks #21 in the world and Greenland #171, of 189 countries. Greenland stands higher in 0 of the 24 fields both publish in, Norway in 24.
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Greenland
- World rank, 2022-now
- #171
- #138 all time
- Works, 2022-now
- 223
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1%
- share of its work among the world's most cited
- Open access
- 51%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Oceanography.
Norway
- World rank, 2022-now
- #21
- #21 all time
- Works, 2022-now
- 81k
- fractional
- Top-10% rate
- 12.8%
- share of its work among the world's most cited
- Open access
- 47%
- of its works free to read
Strongest relative focus: Public Administration, Research and Theory, Ocean Engineering.
Who leads, measure by measure?
Norway leads on 6 of 9 measures: research quality, excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, citations per work and growth. Greenland leads on 2 of 9 measures: open access and international co-authorship. The two are level on institutions in the world top 100.
- #171Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#21
- 0.94×Excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.27×
- 223Outputfractional works, 2022-now81k
- 9.1%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited12.8%
- 20.0Citations per workall time, per fractional work26.2
- 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
- 51%Open accessof its works free to read, all time47%
- 61%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time31%
- +3%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+4%
A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.
Who leads in each field?
Greenland stands higher in 0 of 24 fields, Norway in 24. Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.
- -Agricultural and Biological Sciences#27
- -Arts and Humanities#17
- -Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#23
- -Business, Management and Accounting#19
- -Chemical Engineering#23
- -Chemistry#34
- -Computer Science#22
- -Decision Sciences#17
- -Dentistry#26
- -Earth and Planetary Sciences#10
- -Economics, Econometrics and Finance#19
- -Energy#16
- -Engineering#21
- -Environmental Science#13
- -Health Professions#16
- -Immunology and Microbiology#21
- -Materials Science#24
- -Mathematics#23
- -Medicine#19
- -Neuroscience#20
- -Nursing#26
- -Physics and Astronomy#24
- -Psychology#14
- -Social Sciences#15
Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.
The numbers behind each field
Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.
| Field | Greenland rank | Norway rank | Greenland top 10% | Norway top 10% | Greenland works | Norway works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | - | #27 | - | 12.7% | - | 2.2k |
| Arts and Humanities | - | #17 | - | 14.9% | - | 3.2k |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | - | #23 | - | 10.9% | - | 3.3k |
| Business, Management and Accounting | - | #19 | - | 14.4% | - | 2.5k |
| Chemical Engineering | - | #23 | - | 8.5% | - | 238 |
| Chemistry | - | #34 | - | 8.5% | - | 541 |
| Computer Science | - | #22 | - | 12.7% | - | 5.1k |
| Decision Sciences | - | #17 | - | 13.0% | - | 1.2k |
| Dentistry | - | #26 | - | 13.2% | - | 273 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | - | #10 | - | 11.8% | - | 2.6k |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | - | #19 | - | 13.1% | - | 1.7k |
| Energy | - | #16 | - | 11.6% | - | 710 |
| Engineering | - | #21 | - | 10.1% | - | 11k |
| Environmental Science | - | #13 | - | 11.2% | - | 5.9k |
| Health Professions | - | #16 | - | 13.1% | - | 3.1k |
| Immunology and Microbiology | - | #21 | - | 12.2% | - | 773 |
| Materials Science | - | #24 | - | 9.8% | - | 1.2k |
| Mathematics | - | #23 | - | 12.6% | - | 749 |
| Medicine | - | #19 | - | 14.0% | - | 14k |
| Neuroscience | - | #20 | - | 11.1% | - | 1.4k |
| Nursing | - | #26 | - | 12.6% | - | 356 |
| Physics and Astronomy | - | #24 | - | 10.2% | - | 1.3k |
| Psychology | - | #14 | - | 13.7% | - | 5.1k |
| Social Sciences | - | #15 | - | 15.5% | - | 13k |
What is each known for?
The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.
Greenland
- Methane Emissions
- Marine Biodiversity
- Habitat Selection
- Biogeography
- Permafrost
- Invasive Species
- Ecosystem Management
- Northern Sea Route
- Hydrology
- Governance
- Sea Ice
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Anthropogenic Noise
- Acoustic Communication
- Sustainability
- Remote Sensing
- Traditional Knowledge
- Nutrition Transition
- Vulnerability
- Arctic
- Climate Change
- Food Security
- Ecological Knowledge
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples
- Population Dynamics
- Conservation
- Predator-Prey Interactions
- Ocean Circulation
- Marine Mammals
- Decline
- Trophic Cascades
- Geopolitics
- International Relations
- Shipping
- Marine Fisheries
- Health Effects
- Health Equity
- Social Sciences
- Benthic Communities
- Decolonization
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change82▲ 12×43 topics
- Arctic23▲ 79×4 topics
- Food Security21▲ 15×3 topics
- Vulnerability19▲ 31×3 topics
- Ecological Knowledge19▲ 168×2 topics
- Nutrition Transition18▲ 219×2 topics
- Arctic Indigenous Peoples18▲ 403×1 topic
- Traditional Knowledge18▲ 166×1 topic
- Population Dynamics17▲ 25×6 topics
- Remote Sensing16▲ 5.0×12 topics
- Conservation14▲ 13×12 topics
- Sustainability12▲ 1.88×17 topics
- Predator-Prey Interactions12▲ 57×2 topics
- Acoustic Communication11▲ 84×2 topics
- Ocean Circulation11▲ 31×3 topics
- Anthropogenic Noise11▲ 147×1 topic
- Marine Mammals11▲ 147×1 topic
- Fisheries Sustainability10▲ 46×2 topics
- Decline10▲ 144×1 topic
- Sea Ice10▲ 144×1 topic
- Trophic Cascades9▲ 39×2 topics
- Governance8▲ 9.3×3 topics
- Geopolitics8▲ 19×2 topics
- Hydrology8▲ 22×3 topics
- International Relations8▲ 12×2 topics
- Northern Sea Route7▲ 108×1 topic
- Shipping7▲ 57×1 topic
- Ecosystem Management7▲ 45×1 topic
- Marine Fisheries7▲ 66×1 topic
- Invasive Species7▲ 6.0×11 topics
- Health Effects6▲ 4.1×14 topics
- Permafrost6▲ 51×2 topics
- Health Equity5▲ 6.5×4 topics
- Biogeography5▲ 6.5×7 topics
- Social Sciences4▲ 12×2 topics
- Habitat Selection4▲ 22×2 topics
- Benthic Communities4▲ 26×2 topics
- Marine Biodiversity4▲ 26×2 topics
- Decolonization4▲ 19×3 topics
- Methane Emissions4▲ 30×2 topics
Norway
- European Legal Systems
- Constitutionalism
- Technical Decision-making
- Dementia Care
- Ocean Circulation
- Ethical Guidelines
- Tacit Knowledge
- Well-being
- Religion
- Global Warming
- Resilience
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Remote Sensing
- Education
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Mental Health
- Environmental Impact
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Depression
- Human Rights
- Ethics
- Democracy
- Embodiment
- Invasive Species
- Aquaculture
- Arctic
- Social Science
- Pragmatism
- Interactional Expertise
- Fisheries Sustainability
- ECHR
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change4,529▲ 1.81×130 topics
- Epidemiology3,392◆ 0.93×140 topics
- Sustainability2,832▲ 1.26×137 topics
- Machine Learning2,813◆ 0.92×97 topics
- Deep Learning2,229▼ 0.70×85 topics
- Globalization2,190▲ 1.21×181 topics
- Mental Health2,024▲ 1.54×48 topics
- Renewable Energy1,984▲ 1.49×61 topics
- Environmental Impact1,867▲ 1.19×74 topics
- Public Health1,651▲ 1.23×76 topics
- Inflammation1,586▼ 0.81×83 topics
- Education1,547◆ 0.98×157 topics
- Quality of Life1,464◆ 1.10×61 topics
- Remote Sensing1,286◆ 1.14×40 topics
- Depression1,172▲ 1.45×26 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease1,141◆ 1.09×39 topics
- Human Rights1,138▲ 1.21×88 topics
- Risk Factors1,114◆ 1.10×37 topics
- Ethics917▲ 1.97×59 topics
- Resilience899▲ 1.99×19 topics
- Democracy824▲ 2.6×30 topics
- Global Warming762▲ 1.94×16 topics
- Embodiment756▲ 4.4×7 topics
- Religion751▲ 1.76×43 topics
- Invasive Species740▲ 1.90×21 topics
- Well-being708▲ 1.98×14 topics
- Aquaculture699▲ 3.0×8 topics
- Tacit Knowledge638▲ 15×3 topics
- Arctic600▲ 5.9×4 topics
- Ethical Guidelines519▲ 11×4 topics
- Social Science508▲ 15×7 topics
- Ocean Circulation494▲ 3.9×3 topics
- Pragmatism481▲ 21×4 topics
- Dementia Care473▲ 42×2 topics
- Interactional Expertise460▲ 46×1 topic
- Technical Decision-making460▲ 46×1 topic
- Fisheries Sustainability459▲ 5.8×2 topics
- Constitutionalism432▲ 5.3×6 topics
- ECHR375▲ 12×1 topic
- European Legal Systems375▲ 12×1 topic
Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.
How has their output grown?
Norway has out-published Greenland every year since 1980.
Fractional works per year.
Their share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.
Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).
A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.
Who holds more of the world's best institutions?
A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.
- 0In the world top 500
- 0In the top 1000
- 0In the top 5003
- 0In the top 1,0007
- #51Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#23
Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.
Which publishes more research, Greenland or Norway?
Norway publishes 363.4× as much research as Greenland in 2022-now (81k against 223 fractional works).
Whose research has more impact, Greenland or Norway?
12.8% of Norway's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 9.1% for Greenland.
Is Greenland or Norway growing faster?
Output in 2022-25 was +4% against 2018-21 for Norway, and +3% for Greenland.
Which has more open access research, Greenland or Norway?
51% of Greenland's research is free to read, against 47% of Norway's.
Which has more world-class institutions, Greenland or Norway?
Greenland holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Norway 0; in the top 1,000 it is 0 against 7.
Which institutions lead in each country?
The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.
Greenland
- 1Ilisimatusarfik7.5% top 10% · 99 works
- 2Grønlands Naturinstitut11.5% top 10% · 88 works
Norway
- 1Norwegian University of Science and Technology13.6% top 10% · 12k works
- 2University of Oslo14.4% top 10% · 13k works
- 3University of Bergen13.1% top 10% · 6.5k works
- 4University of Stavanger14.0% top 10% · 3.2k works
- 5UiT The Arctic University of Norway12.1% top 10% · 3.7k works
- 6Norwegian Institute of Public Health15.2% top 10% · 1k works
The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.
Who are the top researchers on each side?
The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.
Greenland
- 1 Lorenz Meire #298,354 worldwide 3.2k citations · 174 works
- 2 John Mortensen #323,266 worldwide 3.8k citations · 99 works
- 3 Alexandra Messerli #413,578 worldwide 351 citations · 1,945 works
- 4 Erik W. Born #443,074 worldwide 11k citations · 227 works
- 5 Malene J. Simon #444,230 worldwide 2.8k citations · 88 works
Norway
- 1 Amandeep Dhir #8 worldwide 33k citations · 319 works
- 2 Glen P. Peters #264 worldwide 69k citations · 451 works
- 3 Puneet Kaur #1,322 worldwide 18k citations · 209 works
- 4 Edvard Ingjald Moser #1,526 worldwide 53k citations · 437 works
- 5 Simon Elias Bibri #1,816 worldwide 12k citations · 146 works
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