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Life Sciences research in Denmark

University of Copenhagen ranks first in Denmark for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#33 worldwide), followed by Aarhus University and Novo Nordisk Foundation.

Denmark's world rank
#13
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
13k
Top-10% rate
13.4%
Ranked institutions
20

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Denmark?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #3360.114.2%3,805
2Aarhus UniversityAarhus #8848.913.1%2,694
3Novo Nordisk FoundationCopenhagen #16941.521.9%340
4Technical University of DenmarkKongens Lyngby #25736.714.7%1,230
5University of Southern DenmarkOdense #35333.112.3%882
6Novo Nordisk (Denmark)Copenhagen #52628.519.7%194
7RigshospitaletCopenhagen #74624.511.7%432
8Statens Serum InstitutCopenhagen #97321.514.2%136
9Danish Cancer SocietyCopenhagen #1,12319.915.2%68
10Aalborg UniversityAalborg #1,15519.59.6%740
11Natural History Museum AarhusAarhus #1,17819.319.7%112
12Steno Diabetes CentersCharlottenlund #1,23018.816.2%84
13Frederiksberg HospitalFrederiksberg #1,32018.010.8%96
14Hvidovre HospitalHvidovre #1,34517.813.8%80
15Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen #1,74014.913.0%85
16Roskilde UniversityRoskilde #1,76614.77.8%123
17IT University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #2,11912.611.6%72
18Zealand University HospitalRoskilde #2,32211.610.2%66
19Chr. Hansen (Denmark)Hørsholm #2,53510.617.3%64
20Danish Nature AgencyVejle #6,3834.04.8%86

Institutions in Denmark above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Denmark?

M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Guojie Zhang and Torben F. Hansen rank highest among researchers based in Denmark, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1M. Thomas P. Gilbert#1,234 worldwide overall137.8 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Guojie Zhang#6,385 worldwide overall128.1 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Torben F. Hansen#24,045 worldwide overall145.0 of 462 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Børge Grønne Nordestgaard#3,334 worldwide overall130.7 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Søren Brunak#8,673 worldwide overall126.3 of 335 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Oluf Borbye Pedersen#33,269 worldwide overall137.0 of 460 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Eske Willerslev#151 worldwide overall99.2 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Frank M. Aarestrup#23,876 worldwide overall111.4 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Jiří Bártek#14,828 worldwide overall105.5 of 287 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Thomas Mears Werge#22,115 worldwide overall106.9 of 307 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Michael Givskov#8,053 worldwide overall99.6 of 236 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kristian Helin#6,275 worldwide overall95.4 of 204 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jørgen Eivind Olesen#70,452 worldwide overall113.6 of 384 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Søren Molin#18,944 worldwide overall96.0 of 256 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Anders Dupont Børglum#30,413 worldwide overall96.5 of 306 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Denmark on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Denmark compares with other countries in Life Sciences