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Social Sciences research in Norway

University of Oslo ranks first in Norway for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#61 worldwide), followed by Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Bergen.

Norway's world rank
#16
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
26k
Top-10% rate
14.7%
Ranked institutions
51

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

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Norway?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of OsloOslo #6155.217.4%4,252
2Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #13546.516.7%2,618
3University of BergenBergen #18343.215.2%2,078
4University of StavangerStavanger #48232.616.6%1,158
5University of AgderKristiansand #59030.416.0%958
6UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #67928.914.3%1,156
7University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #68628.814.7%905
8OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #73728.015.4%930
9University of Inland NorwayElverum #76527.613.7%706
10Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBergen #80827.012.5%639
11Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #87526.117.0%296
12Nord UniversityBodø #1,00224.616.8%638
13BI Norwegian Business SchoolOslo #1,11423.517.3%708
14Norwegian School of EconomicsBergen #1,20422.613.0%462
15Peace Research Institute OsloOslo #1,68818.924.2%200
16Østfold University CollegeHalden #1,75418.511.5%291
17Norwegian Institute of International AffairsOslo #1,76218.522.0%193
18VID Specialized UniversityOslo #1,85017.99.5%365
19Høyskolen KristianiaOslo #1,88817.715.5%273
20NORCE Research ASBergen #2,14616.313.1%163
21SINTEFTrondheim #2,25715.814.5%296
22Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #2,39215.117.4%281
23Volda University CollegeVolda #2,62414.19.9%188
24Molde University CollegeMolde #2,79313.416.8%129
25NTNU SamfunnsforskningTrondheim #3,10812.310.9%149
26Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and EducationOslo #3,22211.914.8%104
27NLA University CollegeBergen #3,24411.89.5%156
28Norwegian School of Sport SciencesOslo #3,26911.721.3%138
29Institute for Social ResearchOslo #3,29111.718.5%130
30Chr. Michelsen InstituteBergen #3,59510.719.4%118
31MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and SocietyOslo #3,72210.312.6%166
32UniforOslo #4,1919.07.3%166
33Telio (Norway)Oslo #4,2618.85.9%157
34Forskning.no (Norway)Oslo #4,4618.38.6%146
35657 OsloOslo #4,6078.05.8%145
36Norwegian Defence University CollegeOslo #4,9117.316.5%108
37Statistics NorwayOslo #5,1026.913.8%94
38Institute of Transport EconomicsOslo #5,1106.912.1%100
39Development FundOslo #5,4796.18.1%94
40Kirkelig Pedagogisk SenterOslo #5,6225.82.0%113
41Fafo FoundationOslo #5,6925.712.7%94
42Trøndelag Forskning og Utvikling (Norway)Steinkjer #5,8545.46.9%110
43VestlandsforskingSogndal #6,1354.922.4%69
44Fridtjof Nansen InstituteLysaker #6,3394.519.1%65
45Queen Maud University CollegeTrondheim #6,4964.214.2%71
46Norwegian Police University CollegeOslo #6,9213.57.1%70
47Institutt for Grafiske MedierOslo #7,2743.09.2%68
48RED Consulting (Norway)Oslo #7,3492.98.6%97
49Ministry of TransportOslo #7,7402.33.9%62
50Norwegian Womens Public Health AssociationOslo #8,0331.99.6%78
51Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress StudiesOslo #8,2191.719.9%61

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

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Norway?

Amandeep Dhir, Puneet Kaur and Tom Christensen rank highest among researchers based in Norway, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Amandeep Dhir#8 worldwide overall178.4 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Puneet Kaur#1,322 worldwide overall92.6 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Tom Christensen#22,694 worldwide overall78.1 of 195 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ivar Bråten#16,006 worldwide overall69.7 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ståle Pallesen#184,073 worldwide overall109.8 of 343 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Ole A. Andreassen#14,559 worldwide overall72.3 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Bjørn Stensaker#19,926 worldwide overall63.7 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Andrew David Oxman#7,004 worldwide overall62.6 of 142 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ronny Scherer#4,695 worldwide overall58.3 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ståle Valvatne Einarsen#23,890 worldwide overall66.8 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Børge Sivertsen#40,994 worldwide overall65.1 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Frank Asche#11,283 worldwide overall60.4 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jonas Rønningsdalen Kunst#14,608 worldwide overall54.2 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Patrick Mikalef#22,634 worldwide overall54.3 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Michail N. Giannakos#45,008 worldwide overall54.0 of 152 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Norway on their work in Social 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 Social Sciences