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Science in Norway

Norway ranks #35 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#29 all time), with 81k research works and 23.8% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#35
of 192 · #29 all time
Works, 2022–2025
81k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
3 in the top 1,000
Open access
47%
world 63%

What is Norway strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, Norway ranks highest in Social Sciences (#18 of 151), Political Science and International Relations (#14 of 97) and Education (#18 of 115). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Research and Theory and Ocean Engineering.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #18 of 151 31.8%12,565 Institutions
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #14 of 97 31.6%1,998 Institutions
EducationSubfield #18 of 115 32.8%2,477 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #21 of 122 32.1%4,112 Institutions
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #14 of 80 23.0%2,558 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #20 of 106 23.5%3,196 Institutions
MedicineField #31 of 155 21.9%13,661 Institutions
Clinical PsychologySubfield #16 of 76 25.8%1,724 Institutions
PsychologyField #23 of 109 25.6%5,121 Institutions
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #12 of 56 13.8%1,528 Institutions
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #16 of 72 25.9%1,210 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #29 of 125 23.6%5,894 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 · 228.0 works5.2×
  2. Research and TheorySubfield · 96.2 works4.6×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 1,528.2 works3.6×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 884.4 works2.5×
  5. OceanographySubfield · 553.8 works2.4×
  6. MusicSubfield · 158.0 works2.4×
  7. Social PsychologySubfield · 1,643.6 works2.3×
  8. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 439.3 works2.3×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 2,226 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 3,300 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 773 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 1,372 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 129 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 238 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 541 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 5,058 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 2,558 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 710 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 11k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 5,894 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 1,243 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 749 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 1,273 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 273 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 3,077 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 14k worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 356 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 111 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 3,196 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 2,496 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1,190 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 1,662 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 5,121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 13k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Norway?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Globalization and Environmental Impact.

▲ 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 Change3,926▲ 1.80×129 topics
  2. Epidemiology2,931◆ 0.91×140 topics
  3. Sustainability2,515▲ 1.27×135 topics
  4. Machine Learning2,438◆ 0.92×96 topics
  5. Deep Learning1,987▼ 0.72×84 topics
  6. Globalization1,931▲ 1.21×178 topics
  7. Mental Health1,806▲ 1.52×48 topics
  8. Renewable Energy1,741▲ 1.49×61 topics
  9. Environmental Impact1,646▲ 1.19×74 topics
  10. Public Health1,451▲ 1.23×76 topics
  11. Education1,399◆ 1.01×152 topics
  12. Inflammation1,388▼ 0.82×83 topics
  13. Quality of Life1,301◆ 1.11×61 topics
  14. Remote Sensing1,110◆ 1.11×39 topics
  15. Depression1,035▲ 1.45×25 topics
  16. Human Rights1,035▲ 1.24×86 topics
  17. Risk Factors995◆ 1.12×37 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease993◆ 1.10×39 topics
  19. Ethics791▲ 2.0×58 topics
  20. Resilience782▲ 2.0×19 topics
  21. Democracy762▲ 2.6×30 topics
  22. Religion683▲ 1.78×42 topics
  23. Invasive Species682▲ 1.97×21 topics
  24. Embodiment674▲ 4.5×7 topics
  25. Global Warming635▲ 1.92×16 topics
  26. Well-being626▲ 2.0×14 topics
  27. Aquaculture623▲ 2.9×8 topics
  28. Tacit Knowledge569▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Arctic523▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. Ethical Guidelines465▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Social Science455▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Pragmatism430▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability423▲ 5.9×2 topics
  34. Dementia Care420▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Interactional Expertise411▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Technical Decision-making411▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Constitutionalism407▲ 5.2×6 topics
  38. Judicial Review379▲ 5.2×6 topics
  39. ECHR359▲ 11×1 topic
  40. European Legal Systems359▲ 11×1 topic

How many world-class institutions does Norway 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.

101st to 500th2501st to 1,000th1

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 3 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Norway lead research?

University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Bergen rank highest in Norway on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 26.2867%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Oslo: 9,996, 27.1%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 11k, 25.8%University of Bergen: 5,382, 25.3%UiT The Arctic University of Norway: 3,212, 23.8%Oslo University Hospital: 2,621, 22.7%University of Stavanger: 2,806, 28.2%OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University: 1,937, 31.0%University of South-Eastern Norway: 1,926, 24.4%University of Agder: 2,082, 29.2%Norwegian University of Life Sciences: 1,790, 25.9%SINTEF: 2,151, 18.8%Nord University: 1,283, 28.5%Haukeland University Hospital: 1,141, 21.2%Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research: 216, 30.3%University of Inland Norway: 1,128, 32.1%University of OsloNorwegian University…University of BergenUiT The Arctic Unive…
above the meannear itbelow it

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

  1. 1University of OsloUniversity · Oslo · #185 worldwide27.1% top 10% · 10k works
  2. 2Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity · Trondheim · #209 worldwide25.8% top 10% · 11k works
  3. 3University of BergenUniversity · Bergen · #504 worldwide25.3% top 10% · 5.4k works
  4. 4UiT The Arctic University of NorwayUniversity · Tromsø · #1,027 worldwide23.8% top 10% · 3.2k works
  5. 5Oslo University HospitalHospital / health system · Oslo · #1,070 worldwide22.7% top 10% · 2.6k works
  6. 6University of StavangerUniversity · Stavanger · #1,318 worldwide28.2% top 10% · 2.8k works
  7. 7OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityUniversity · Oslo · #1,413 worldwide31.0% top 10% · 1.9k works
  8. 8University of South-Eastern NorwayUniversity · Kongsberg · #1,593 worldwide24.4% top 10% · 1.9k works
  9. 9University of AgderUniversity · Kristiansand · #1,607 worldwide29.2% top 10% · 2.1k works
  10. 10Norwegian University of Life SciencesUniversity · Ås · #1,660 worldwide25.9% top 10% · 1.8k works
  11. 11SINTEFResearch facility · Trondheim · #1,802 worldwide18.8% top 10% · 2.2k works
  12. 12Nord UniversityUniversity · Bodø · #2,454 worldwide28.5% top 10% · 1.3k works
  13. 13Haukeland University HospitalHospital / health system · Bergen · #3,015 worldwide21.2% top 10% · 1.1k works
  14. 14Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchResearch facility · Bergen · #3,079 worldwide30.3% top 10% · 216 works
  15. 15University of Inland NorwayUniversity · Elverum · #3,324 worldwide32.1% top 10% · 1.1k 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 Norway

Who are the top researchers in Norway?

Johan Galtung, Kenneth Maxwell and Sverre E. Kjeldsen rank highest among researchers based in Norway.

  1. 1 Johan Galtung · #119 worldwide 2.3k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Kenneth Maxwell · #798 worldwide 1.1k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Sverre E. Kjeldsen · #1,093 worldwide 1.9k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Thor Edvardsen · #1,676 worldwide 2k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Srdjan Djurovic · #1,714 worldwide 2.2k citations · 118 works
  6. 6 Kristina H. Haugaa · #2,031 worldwide 2.1k citations · 84 works
  7. 7 Bernt Øksendal · #2,498 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Kjetil Søreide · #2,569 worldwide 952 citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Tore K Kvien · #2,696 worldwide 957 citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Thomas Hylland Eriksen · #3,638 worldwide 488 citations · 98 works
Top researchers in Norway

Which cities in Norway are research hubs?

  1. 1 Oslo Norway 185k works
  2. 2 Trondheim Norway 84k works
  3. 3 Bergen Norway 67k works
  4. 4 Tromsø Norway 28k works
  5. 5 Stavanger Norway 20k works

How much of it is in the largest

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

Oslo: 48.0%Trondheim: 21.9%Bergen: 17.5%Tromsø: 7.2%1 other listed: 5.3%48%largest
Oslo185k · 48.0%Trondheim84k · 21.9%Bergen67k · 17.5%Tromsø28k · 7.2%1 other listed20k · 5.3%

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

How open and international is Norway's research?

47% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 31% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available46.5%not open53.5%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Norway's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher 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 Norway