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Computer Science research in Denmark

University of Copenhagen ranks first in Denmark for Computer Science research in 2022-now (#131 worldwide), followed by Aarhus University and Technical University of Denmark.

Denmark's world rank
#18
of 128 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
5k
Top-10% rate
10.6%
Ranked institutions
8

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

What is the best university for Computer Science in Denmark?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #13141.910.7%677
2Aarhus UniversityAarhus #20636.512.1%939
3Technical University of DenmarkKongens Lyngby #33230.811.5%816
4University of Southern DenmarkOdense #53325.29.8%408
5Aalborg UniversityAalborg #56024.610.4%1,007
6IT University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #81520.18.7%334
7Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen #1,27614.810.8%160
8Roskilde UniversityRoskilde #1,86510.37.5%86

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

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Denmark?

Christian S. Jensen, Ivan Damgård and Mikkel Thorup rank highest among researchers based in Denmark, on their papers in Computer Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Christian S. Jensen#200,534 worldwide overall134.2 of 428 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ivan Damgård#55,925 worldwide overall84.5 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mikkel Thorup#326,169 worldwide overall58.0 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Kasper Hornbæk#56,740 worldwide overall47.9 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Andrzej Wąsowski#162,011 worldwide overall46.3 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Weizhi Meng#498,775 worldwide overall64.4 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Klaus Mølmer#114,762 worldwide overall39.5 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Kim G. Larsen#1,686,656 worldwide overall100.7 of 561 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Claudio Orlandi#64,116 worldwide overall35.7 of 90 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Josep Maria Guerrero#7,055 worldwide overall30.8 of 59 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jesper Buus Nielsen#225,951 worldwide overall37.4 of 136 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Anders Søndberg Sørensen#20,940 worldwide overall29.7 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ole Sigmund#15,529 worldwide overall28.0 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Peter A. Scholl#139,736 worldwide overall29.6 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Chenjuan Guo#23,785 worldwide overall27.6 of 49 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Denmark on their work in Computer Science 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 Computer Science