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Physical Sciences research in Norway

Norwegian University of Science and Technology ranks first in Norway for Physical Sciences research in 2022-now (#120 worldwide), followed by University of Oslo and University of Bergen.

Norway's world rank
#21
of 154 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
30k
Top-10% rate
11.0%
Ranked institutions
53

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

What is the best university for Physical Sciences in Norway?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #12048.412.4%6,743
2University of OsloOslo #49933.011.3%2,906
3University of BergenBergen #50432.910.2%1,667
4SINTEFTrondheim #69829.48.9%2,282
5University of StavangerStavanger #74328.712.2%1,275
6NORCE Research ASBergen #85327.210.5%463
7UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #88526.810.1%1,370
8University of AgderKristiansand #97625.815.0%815
9Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #1,24723.112.3%737
10Norwegian Geotechnical InstituteOslo #1,33222.410.5%301
11Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBergen #1,48021.310.2%391
12University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #1,63120.211.3%745
13Institute for Energy TechnologyLillestrøm #1,69419.814.8%281
14Integrated Optoelectronics (Norway)Trondheim #1,91518.513.8%234
15Bjerknes Centre for Climate ResearchBergen #1,97618.214.1%196
16OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #2,00618.011.8%594
17Norwegian Institute for Nature ResearchTrondheim #2,49415.713.9%237
18Nord UniversityBodø #2,66714.911.0%254
19Østfold University CollegeHalden #2,95013.915.6%201
20Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #3,22712.99.3%99
21Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchOslo #3,25412.89.6%263
22NTNU SamfunnsforskningTrondheim #3,35312.56.4%147
23CICERO Center for International Climate ResearchOslo #3,40012.320.9%102
24Equinor (Norway)Stavanger #3,55211.96.9%225
25Norwegian School of EconomicsBergen #3,57011.811.8%114
26Norwegian Polar InstituteTromsø #3,57711.814.4%110
27Norwegian Institute for Water ResearchOslo #3,63811.612.9%190
28Norwegian Institute of Marine ResearchBergen #3,88110.913.2%355
29Simula Research LaboratoryOslo #3,97110.710.8%213
30Zero Emissions Resource OrganisationOslo #4,22810.07.4%98
31Høyskolen KristianiaOslo #4,2549.920.2%110
32University of Inland NorwayElverum #4,4029.611.2%178
33DNV (Norway)Høvik #5,0338.16.4%179
34BI Norwegian Business SchoolOslo #5,2177.717.6%100
35Norwegian Defence Research EstablishmentOslo #5,4367.34.4%145
36Geological Survey of NorwayTrondheim #5,8296.510.2%123
37NILUKjeller #5,9636.311.7%90
38Aker BP (Norway)Fornebu #5,9666.33.9%156
39Norsk Hydro (Norway)Oslo #6,2015.88.3%87
40Molde University CollegeMolde #6,3455.614.2%77
41The FRAM CentreTromsø #6,5845.212.7%62
42Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)Oslo #6,8804.711.9%66
43Institute of Transport EconomicsOslo #7,0144.510.3%76
44FORCE Technology (Norway)Trondheim #7,1744.33.8%115
45657 OsloOslo #7,3234.13.9%89
46NofimaTromsø #7,5643.713.2%80
47RED Consulting (Norway)Oslo #7,9213.28.4%122
48Petroleum Technology Company (Norway)Stavanger #8,1552.93.7%92
49Norwegian Computing CenterOslo #8,2132.85.6%100
50Ocean Energy (Norway)Trondheim #8,6462.37.0%60
51Fugro (Norway)Trondheim #9,0091.82.7%78
52Weatherford (Norway)Stavanger #9,0271.80.8%95
53Norwegian Meteorological InstituteOslo #9,1201.710.9%145

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

Who are the top Physical Sciences researchers in Norway?

Hamid Reza Karimi, Bjørn Hallvard Samset and Yan Zhang rank highest among researchers based in Norway, on their papers in Physical Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Hamid Reza Karimi#101,193 worldwide overall318.2 of 1,040 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Bjørn Hallvard Samset#10,715 worldwide overall174.4 of 455 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yan Zhang#202,144 worldwide overall259.3 of 1,161 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ion Sorin Zgură#2,398 worldwide overall128.2 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Andreas Stohl#44,419 worldwide overall152.7 of 547 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Gopalakrishnan Kumar#21,077 worldwide overall133.2 of 361 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gunnar Myhre#13,925 worldwide overall119.2 of 306 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8F. K. Hansen#2,961 worldwide overall122.7 of 177 papers here in the top 10%

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

How Norway compares with other countries in Physical Sciences