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Science in Greenland

Greenland ranks #168 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#157 all time), with 223 research works and 14.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#168
of 192 · #157 all time
Works, 2022–2025
223
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
0 in the top 1,000
Open access
51%
world 63%

Which keywords describe research in Greenland?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Food Security, Vulnerability, Ecological Knowledge, Nutrition Transition, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and Traditional Knowledge.

▲ 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. Climate Change71▲ 12×42 topics
  2. Arctic20▲ 80×4 topics
  3. Food Security18▲ 15×3 topics
  4. Vulnerability17▲ 33×3 topics
  5. Ecological Knowledge16▲ 165×2 topics
  6. Nutrition Transition16▲ 220×2 topics
  7. Arctic Indigenous Peoples16▲ 400×1 topic
  8. Traditional Knowledge16▲ 173×1 topic
  9. Population Dynamics14▲ 26×6 topics
  10. Remote Sensing14▲ 4.9×11 topics
  11. Conservation13▲ 13×11 topics
  12. Sustainability11▲ 2.1×14 topics
  13. Acoustic Communication11▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Predator-Prey Interactions10▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Anthropogenic Noise10▲ 157×1 topic
  16. Marine Mammals10▲ 157×1 topic
  17. Fisheries Sustainability9▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Ocean Circulation9▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Decline9▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Sea Ice9▲ 147×1 topic
  21. Trophic Cascades8▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Governance8▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Geopolitics7▲ 21×2 topics
  24. International Relations7▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Northern Sea Route7▲ 115×1 topic
  26. Shipping7▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.6×23 topics
  28. Hydrology6▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Health Effects6▲ 4.6×14 topics
  30. Ecosystem Management6▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Marine Fisheries6▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Invasive Species6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  33. Social Sciences4▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Health Equity4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Permafrost4▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Benthic Communities4▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Marine Biodiversity4▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Ocean Acidification4▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Habitat Fragmentation4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Habitat Selection4▲ 22×2 topics

Which universities in Greenland lead research?

Grønlands Naturinstitut and Ilisimatusarfik rank highest in Greenland on research quality in 2022–2025.

  1. 1Grønlands NaturinstitutResearch facility · Nuuk · #10,217 worldwide18.0% top 10% · 88 works
  2. 2IlisimatusarfikUniversity · Nuuk · #22,809 worldwide13.2% top 10% · 99 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 Greenland

Who are the top researchers in Greenland?

Erik W. Born, Gert Mulvad and Henning Sloth Pedersen rank highest among researchers based in Greenland.

  1. 1 Erik W. Born · #397,455 worldwide 137 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Gert Mulvad · #435,061 worldwide 93 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Henning Sloth Pedersen · #496,607 worldwide 89 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen · #515,306 worldwide 180 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Fernando Ugarte · #591,026 worldwide 94 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Michael C. S. Kingsley · #633,487 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 K. Langley · #884,004 worldwide 49 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Tatsuro Chiba · #956,748 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Lorenz Meire · #1,141,498 worldwide 55 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Michael Lynge Pedersen · #1,360,735 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
Top researchers in Greenland

How open and international is Greenland's research?

51% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 61% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.5%domestic only38.5%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Greenland's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.