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Social Sciences research in Norway

University of Oslo ranks first in Norway for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#71 worldwide), followed by Norwegian University of Science and Technology and University of Bergen.

Norway's world rank
#15
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
13k
Top-10% rate
15.5%
Ranked institutions
35

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 #7151.018.4%2,173
2Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyTrondheim #12045.017.7%1,069
3University of BergenBergen #17740.517.1%1,011
4University of StavangerStavanger #56227.215.8%537
5OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan UniversityOslo #60726.317.0%516
6UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø #67625.113.9%575
7Western Norway University of Applied SciencesBergen #72724.212.7%312
8University of Inland NorwayElverum #73524.115.1%319
9University of AgderKristiansand #75223.914.8%443
10Norwegian Institute of International AffairsOslo #96121.022.8%170
11Nord UniversityBodø #1,01320.418.1%332
12Norwegian Institute of Public HealthOslo #1,09719.515.9%123
13University of South-Eastern NorwayKongsberg #1,12119.312.5%419
14Peace Research Institute OsloOslo #1,14919.025.0%168
15BI Norwegian Business SchoolOslo #1,20018.518.2%214
16Østfold University CollegeHalden #1,72514.313.0%139
17VID Specialized UniversityOslo #1,80613.88.5%196
18Norwegian School of EconomicsBergen #1,87813.315.1%128
19Høyskolen KristianiaOslo #1,99412.616.9%125
20Chr. Michelsen InstituteBergen #2,13611.920.4%92
21Volda University CollegeVolda #2,13711.99.4%116
22Norwegian University of Life SciencesÅs #2,20411.523.1%133
23NORCE Research ASBergen #2,23911.314.8%83
24NLA University CollegeBergen #2,7638.99.3%85
25MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and SocietyOslo #2,7958.814.3%96
26UniforOslo #2,8798.48.0%106
27NTNU SamfunnsforskningTrondheim #2,9138.310.9%81
28Institute for Social ResearchOslo #3,0127.919.1%95
29Molde University CollegeMolde #3,3536.716.0%62
30Norwegian School of Sport SciencesOslo #3,3936.524.9%64
31Telio (Norway)Oslo #3,7265.44.6%81
32Norwegian Defence University CollegeOslo #3,7515.418.8%78
33657 OsloOslo #3,9734.77.7%72
34Forskning.no (Norway)Oslo #4,0714.48.8%77
35SINTEFTrondheim #4,4123.517.6%81

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, Tom Christensen and Bjørn Stensaker 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 overall66.8 of 85 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Tom Christensen#22,694 worldwide overall64.3 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Bjørn Stensaker#19,926 worldwide overall50.7 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ronny Scherer#4,695 worldwide overall37.4 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ivar Bråten#16,006 worldwide overall36.0 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Benny Geys#72,085 worldwide overall40.3 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jonas Rønningsdalen Kunst#14,608 worldwide overall36.0 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Puneet Kaur#1,322 worldwide overall33.6 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ståle Valvatne Einarsen#23,890 worldwide overall38.4 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Christoph Lutz#57,941 worldwide overall35.5 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 10Sigrid Blömeke#79,336 worldwide overall41.7 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Carl Henrik Knutsen#19,298 worldwide overall32.9 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jarle Trondal#70,515 worldwide overall35.9 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Per Lægreid#118,722 worldwide overall40.7 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Halvard Buhaug#17,807 worldwide overall31.0 of 58 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