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Science in Denmark

Denmark ranks #28 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#18 all time), with 99k research works and 21.5% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#28
of 192 · #18 all time
Works, 2022–2025
99k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
1
5 in the top 1,000
Open access
40%
world 63%

What is Denmark strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Denmark ranks highest in Medicine (#17 of 155), Surgery (#15 of 88) and Social Sciences (#26 of 151). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Architecture and Medical Terminology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #17 of 155 20.7%26,676 Institutions
SurgerySubfield #15 of 88 21.2%3,146 Institutions
Social SciencesField #26 of 151 23.7%12,222 Institutions
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #19 of 108 24.8%6,202 Institutions
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield #12 of 64 24.7%1,235 Institutions
EpidemiologySubfield #15 of 79 21.0%1,954 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #19 of 97 24.9%2,231 Institutions
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #12 of 55 23.2%1,097 Institutions
Molecular BiologySubfield #19 of 87 24.7%3,369 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #27 of 122 26.1%3,825 Institutions
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #16 of 72 19.4%1,915 Institutions
EcologySubfield #16 of 70 31.1%942 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 231.1 works4.3×
  2. ArchitectureSubfield · 115.1 works3.0×
  3. Medical TerminologySubfield · 7.5 works2.5×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 1,234.5 works2.3×
  5. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 1,097.5 works2.2×
  6. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 173.7 works2.2×
  7. Family PracticeSubfield · 100.3 works2.1×
  8. Space and Planetary ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works2.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 3,087 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 6,202 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 1,181 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 2,059 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 302 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 337 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 955 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 4,995 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1,530 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 822 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.75× its world share, 11k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 4,851 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 1,688 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 769 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 1,878 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 283 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 3,206 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 27k worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 520 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.02× its world share, 271 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 3,223 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 3,165 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 1,086 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.89× its world share, 1,883 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 4,438 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 12k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Denmark?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Climate Change, Embodiment, Social Sciences, Tacit Knowledge, Cardiovascular Disease and Ethical Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this country'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. Epidemiology5,130▲ 1.31×139 topics
  2. Climate Change3,004◆ 1.13×125 topics
  3. Inflammation2,823▲ 1.37×83 topics
  4. Sustainability2,500◆ 1.04×130 topics
  5. Machine Learning2,184▼ 0.68×96 topics
  6. Globalization2,049◆ 1.06×172 topics
  7. Quality of Life2,005▲ 1.41×60 topics
  8. Education1,943◆ 1.15×140 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease1,909▲ 1.74×39 topics
  10. Renewable Energy1,790▲ 1.26×58 topics
  11. Treatment1,668▲ 1.39×52 topics
  12. Public Health1,642◆ 1.14×73 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1,592◆ 0.99×63 topics
  14. Environmental Impact1,559◆ 0.93×73 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome1,460▲ 1.82×24 topics
  16. Qualitative Research1,316▲ 1.53×39 topics
  17. Depression1,294▲ 1.49×26 topics
  18. Diagnosis1,248▲ 1.36×41 topics
  19. Pedagogy1,152▲ 2.4×30 topics
  20. Obesity1,132▲ 1.51×29 topics
  21. Embodiment1,111▲ 6.0×7 topics
  22. Genetics1,098▲ 1.59×27 topics
  23. Ethics1,014▲ 2.1×58 topics
  24. Heart Failure1,011▲ 2.4×14 topics
  25. Social Sciences1,009▲ 7.2×17 topics
  26. Guidelines930▲ 2.0×13 topics
  27. Tacit Knowledge912▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Ethical Guidelines859▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Social Science827▲ 23×8 topics
  30. Learning816▲ 2.8×15 topics
  31. Pragmatism815▲ 33×4 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis800▲ 3.2×11 topics
  33. Dementia Care790▲ 65×2 topics
  34. Interactional Expertise786▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Technical Decision-making786▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Gender Studies726▲ 4.8×17 topics
  37. Special Education698▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Methodology697▲ 15×7 topics
  39. Quantitative Methods676▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Glycemic Control652▲ 4.3×4 topics

How many world-class institutions does Denmark hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

51st to 100th1101st to 500th2501st to 1,000th2

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 5 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Denmark lead research?

University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University and Technical University of Denmark rank highest in Denmark on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 22.6333%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Copenhagen: 14k, 26.5%Aarhus University: 15k, 23.1%Technical University of Denmark: 11k, 20.0%University of Southern Denmark: 6,600, 24.3%Aalborg University: 11k, 19.2%Copenhagen University Hospital: 2,926, 22.9%Aarhus University Hospital: 3,339, 19.4%Rigshospitalet: 2,928, 19.4%Novo Nordisk Foundation: 696, 38.2%Copenhagen Business School: 3,373, 22.2%Odense University Hospital: 1,772, 19.1%Roskilde University: 2,489, 22.8%Gentofte Hospital: 1,129, 21.0%Novo Nordisk (Denmark): 511, 25.0%Aalborg University Hospital: 1,251, 16.4%University of Copenh…University of Southe…Aarhus UniversityTechnical University…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1University of CopenhagenUniversity · Copenhagen · #77 worldwide26.5% top 10% · 14k works
  2. 2Aarhus UniversityUniversity · Aarhus · #120 worldwide23.1% top 10% · 15k works
  3. 3Technical University of DenmarkUniversity · Kongens Lyngby · #181 worldwide20.0% top 10% · 11k works
  4. 4University of Southern DenmarkUniversity · Odense · #517 worldwide24.3% top 10% · 6.6k works
  5. 5Aalborg UniversityUniversity · Aalborg · #589 worldwide19.2% top 10% · 11k works
  6. 6Copenhagen University HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen · #1,085 worldwide22.9% top 10% · 2.9k works
  7. 7Aarhus University HospitalHospital / health system · Aarhus · #1,098 worldwide19.4% top 10% · 3.3k works
  8. 8RigshospitaletHospital / health system · Copenhagen · #1,262 worldwide19.4% top 10% · 2.9k works
  9. 9Novo Nordisk FoundationResearch facility · Copenhagen · #1,473 worldwide38.2% top 10% · 696 works
  10. 10Copenhagen Business SchoolUniversity · Copenhagen · #2,019 worldwide22.2% top 10% · 3.4k works
  11. 11Odense University HospitalFunder · Odense · #2,128 worldwide19.1% top 10% · 1.8k works
  12. 12Roskilde UniversityUniversity · Roskilde · #2,378 worldwide22.8% top 10% · 2.5k works
  13. 13Gentofte HospitalHospital / health system · Copenhagen · #2,473 worldwide21.0% top 10% · 1.1k works
  14. 14Novo Nordisk (Denmark)Company · Copenhagen · #3,639 worldwide25.0% top 10% · 511 works
  15. 15Aalborg University HospitalHospital / health system · Aalborg · #3,660 worldwide16.4% top 10% · 1.3k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Denmark

Who are the top researchers in Denmark?

Jens K. Nørskov, Karl Marx and Peter C Gøtzsche rank highest among researchers based in Denmark.

  1. 1 Jens K. Nørskov · #84 worldwide 9.8k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Karl Marx · #180 worldwide 1.1k citations · 217 works
  3. 3 Peter C Gøtzsche · #238 worldwide 6.7k citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Jens Cosedis Nielsen · #640 worldwide 1.9k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Eva Prescott · #1,112 worldwide 2.8k citations · 92 works
  6. 6 Jes Olesen · #1,420 worldwide 1.6k citations · 145 works
  7. 7 Torben Jørgensen · #1,510 worldwide 1.4k citations · 162 works
  8. 8 Ole Sigmund · #1,557 worldwide 2.9k citations · 137 works
  9. 9 Bengt‐Åke Lundvall · #1,794 worldwide 1.4k citations · 95 works
  10. 10 Ib Chorkendorff · #1,950 worldwide 3.7k citations · 136 works
Top researchers in Denmark

Which cities in Denmark are research hubs?

  1. 1 Copenhagen Denmark 238k works
  2. 2 Aarhus Denmark 131k works
  3. 3 Kongens Lyngby Denmark 74k works
  4. 4 Aalborg Denmark 66k works
  5. 5 Odense Denmark 46k works
  6. 6 Roskilde Denmark 24k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Copenhagen: 41.1%Aarhus: 22.5%Kongens Lyngby: 12.8%Aalborg: 11.4%2 others listed: 12.1%41%largest
Copenhagen238k · 41.1%Aarhus131k · 22.5%Kongens Lyngby74k · 12.8%Aalborg66k · 11.4%2 others listed70k · 12.1%

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

How open and international is Denmark's research?

40% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 27% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Denmark's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Denmark