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Aarhus School of Architecture

In research, Aarhus School of Architecture stands highest in Engineering (#4,379 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#9,043 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,186 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Building and Construction — Building and Construction is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,840
of 28,054 · #21,680 all time
Rank in Denmark
#56
of 108
Research works
1.1k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Aarhus School of Architecture known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #4,379 of 6,636 19.3%73 #6389
Physical SciencesDomain #9,043 of 12,888 19.2%110 #13477
Social SciencesDomain #8,186 of 10,521 4.4%86 #11348

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aarhus School of Architecture sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#6,389 #4,379
  2. Physical Sciences#13,477 #9,043
  3. Social Sciences#11,348 #8,186
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aarhus School of Architecture specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Building and Construction takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 20.7 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.37× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.29× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aarhus School of Architecture?

Ranked on the composite score, Anne Elisabeth Toft, Tom Nielsen and Thomas Bo Jensen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aarhus School of Architecture.

  1. 1 Anne Elisabeth Toft Denmark · #702,213 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Tom Nielsen Denmark · #855,858 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Thomas Bo Jensen Denmark · #1,066,027 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Niels Albertsen Denmark · #1,272,154 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Axel V. Nielsen Denmark · #1,513,048 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Sofie Pelsmakers Denmark · #1,531,535 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Aarhus School of Architecture

Which keywords describe research at Aarhus School of Architecture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Digital Fabrication, Urban Development, Urban Morphology, Virtual Reality, Architectural Design, Biomimetic Materials and Parametricism.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability20▲ 3.9×27 topics
  2. Digital Fabrication14▲ 86×2 topics
  3. Urban Development13▲ 18×8 topics
  4. Climate Change13▲ 2.4×31 topics
  5. Urban Morphology11▲ 135×2 topics
  6. Virtual Reality11▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Architectural Design11▲ 217×2 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence11▲ 3.9×3 topics
  9. Biomimetic Materials11▲ 234×1 topic
  10. Parametricism11▲ 234×1 topic
  11. Cultural Heritage10▲ 9.2×13 topics
  12. Sustainable Development10▲ 3.1×15 topics
  13. Education9▲ 2.6×9 topics
  14. Qualitative Research9▲ 4.9×6 topics
  15. Artificial Neural Networks8▲ 8.0×5 topics
  16. Social Sciences8▲ 27×3 topics
  17. Community Participation8▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Cultural Sustainability8▲ 66×2 topics
  19. Adaptive Reuse7▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Intangible Heritage7▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Pedagogy7▲ 7.0×3 topics
  22. Geopolymer6▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Thermal Comfort6▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Climate Change Impact6▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Model Predictive Control6▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Social Sustainability6▲ 38×3 topics
  27. Sustainable Construction6▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Energy Simulation6▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Building Energy Consumption6▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Sustainable Buildings6▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Environmental Assessment Tools5▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Green Building5▲ 83×1 topic
  33. CO2 Sequestration5▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Embodiment5▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Social Science5▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Interactional Expertise5▲ 201×1 topic
  37. Tacit Knowledge5▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Urban Planning5▲ 27×7 topics
  39. Discourse Analysis4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Gender Studies4▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Aarhus School of Architecture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Architecture and Computational Design, Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment.

Architecture and Computa…11Architecture and Computational Design: 11 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 7 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…6Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 6 fractional worksSustainable Building Des…5Sustainable Building Design and Assessment: 5 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 5 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 4 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…4Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 4 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 3 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional works
ArchitectureArcheologyBuilding and ConstructionSocial Psychology2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 11 works
  2. 2 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 7 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 6 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 5 works
  5. 5 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 5 works
  6. 6 Social and Educational Sciences Education 4 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 3 works
  10. 10 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.2%domestic only82.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aarhus School of Architecture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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