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Medicine research in Norway

University of Oslo ranks first in Norway for Medicine research in 2022-now (#100 worldwide), followed by University of Bergen and Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Norway's world rank
#19
of 152 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
14k
Top-10% rate
14.0%
Ranked institutions
33

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Medicine in Norway?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of OsloOslo #10049.114.3%3,832
2University of BergenBergen #19941.514.5%1,669
3Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #26738.314.6%1,401
4Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #44632.616.0%399
5UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #75926.713.8%546
6University of StavangerStavanger #77026.613.2%427
7OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #1,27921.016.5%313
8Vestre Viken Hospital TrustDrammen #1,31020.714.7%165
9University Hospital of North NorwayTromsø #1,33020.516.3%239
10Cancer Registry of NorwayOslo #1,60218.516.4%100
11Norwegian School of Sport SciencesOslo #1,62518.319.8%186
12Norwegian Womens Public Health AssociationOslo #1,63518.314.3%105
13Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBergen #1,75717.512.8%170
14Nord UniversityBodø #1,92016.515.3%156
15Diakonhjemmet HospitalOslo #1,93516.413.0%150
16Lovisenberg Diakonale HøgskoleOslo #2,21514.914.9%83
17Sykehuset i VestfoldTønsberg #2,29614.513.5%102
18Østfold Hospital TrustFredrikstad #2,30014.517.2%92
19University of AgderKristiansand #2,41513.918.7%139
20University of Inland NorwayElverum #2,48713.617.5%89
21Levanger HospitalLevanger #2,49613.617.8%61
22SINTEFTrondheim #3,21810.814.4%96
23Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #3,26510.610.0%100
24Innlandet Hospital TrustBrumunddal #3,35510.314.6%78
25VID Specialized UniversityOslo #3,8788.719.1%68
26University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #4,0888.113.7%131
27UniforOslo #4,1338.07.4%101
28Sørlandet SykehusKristiansand #4,4217.312.5%64
29SmerteklinikkenOslo #4,7146.65.0%80
30Development FundOslo #5,0775.85.9%107
31Nordland Hospital TrustBodø #5,4195.09.7%60
32Uni Research (Norway)Bergen #5,8934.14.0%70
33Forskning.no (Norway)Oslo #6,0953.75.2%71

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

Who are the top Medicine researchers in Norway?

Lars Fredrik Engebretsen, Dag Aarsland and Ulf Ekelund rank highest among researchers based in Norway, on their papers in Medicine that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Lars Fredrik Engebretsen#11,563 worldwide overall231.7 of 595 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Dag Aarsland#19,226 worldwide overall219.2 of 660 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ulf Ekelund#8,056 worldwide overall183.7 of 467 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ole A. Andreassen#14,559 worldwide overall183.6 of 606 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Thor Edvardsen#66,033 worldwide overall170.3 of 577 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Tore Kristian Kvien#47,345 worldwide overall153.0 of 551 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Kristina Hermann Haugaa#53,624 worldwide overall133.8 of 466 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Lars Tjelta Westlye#7,627 worldwide overall103.8 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Roald Bahr#111,322 worldwide overall168.5 of 450 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Eiliv Lund#64,791 worldwide overall119.8 of 409 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Ulrik Wisløff#35,702 worldwide overall114.9 of 372 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kristian Hveem#4,250 worldwide overall95.9 of 216 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Per Magne Ueland#120,996 worldwide overall121.6 of 510 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Sophie D. Fosså#147,032 worldwide overall134.7 of 627 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Stein Kaasa#52,028 worldwide overall109.0 of 368 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Norway on their work in Medicine 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 Medicine