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Acoustics (Norway)

In research, Acoustics (Norway) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,238 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,570
of 22,385 · #25,261 all time
Rank in Norway
#121
of 123
Research works
278
▲ 190% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Acoustics (Norway)

What is Acoustics (Norway) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,238 of 17,446 6.1%212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Acoustics (Norway) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Acoustics (Norway) work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Acoustics (Norway) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Environmental Science (10%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 73.7% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 47.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 11.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAcoustics(Norway)65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3147.8%
    2. Environmental Science69.8%
    3. Computer Science58.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences46.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities34.0%
    2. Decision Sciences22.4%
    3. Psychology11.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Social Sciences10.9%
    1. Health Professions68.9%
    1. Neuroscience35.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.25× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.08× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.18× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.97× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.37× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsArts and Humanities: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.08×4 works
  2. Health Professions3.37×6 works
  3. Neuroscience3.25×3 works
  4. Engineering3.18×31 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.50×2 works
  6. Environmental Science1.97×6 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.38×3 works
  8. Computer Science1.05×5 works
  9. Psychology0.57×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.45×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Acoustics (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, Asbjørn Krokstad and Ulf R. Kristiansen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Acoustics (Norway).

  1. 1 Asbjørn Krokstad Norway · #3,037,146 worldwide 603 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Ulf R. Kristiansen Norway · #5,628,468 worldwide 261 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Acoustics (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Acoustics (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Acoustics (Norway) is "Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment" (Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Truls T. Gjestland et al., 2016), with 466 citations. Next come "Overview of geometrical room acoustic modeling techniques" (398) and "The crevice model of bubble nucleation" (317).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ten questions on the soundscapes of the built environment Jian Kang, Francesco Aletta, Truls T. Gjestland et al. · Building and Environment Open access 9 Sep 2016 466
2 Overview of geometrical room acoustic modeling techniques Lauri Savioja, U. Peter Svensson · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Open access Aug 2015 398
3 The crevice model of bubble nucleation Anthony A. Atchley, Andréa Prosperetti · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Sep 1989 317
4 Ultrasound imaging in neurosurgery: approaches to minimize surgically induced image artefacts for improved resection control Tormod Selbekk, Asgeir Store Jakola, Ole Skeidsvoll Solheim et al. · Acta Neurochirurgica Open access 4 Mar 2013 169
5 Sensing whales, storms, ships and earthquakes using an Arctic fibre optic cable Martin Landrø, Léa Bouffaut, Hannah Joy Kriesell et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 10 Nov 2022 136
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Acoustics (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Vibration Control, Wave Propagation, Acoustic Metamaterials, Phononic Crystals, Health Effects, Construction, Environmental Noise and Noise Pollution.

▲ 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-now 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. Vibration Control10▲ 240×2 topics
  2. Wave Propagation8▲ 114×2 topics
  3. Acoustic Metamaterials7▲ 311×1 topic
  4. Phononic Crystals7▲ 311×1 topic
  5. Machine Learning6▲ 2.7×6 topics
  6. Health Effects5▲ 13×2 topics
  7. Construction5▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Environmental Noise5▲ 181×1 topic
  9. Noise Pollution5▲ 181×1 topic
  10. Climate Change5▲ 2.7×7 topics
  11. Facilities Management4▲ 87×2 topics
  12. Risk Management4▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Sustainability4▲ 2.7×2 topics
  14. BIM4▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Prefabrication4▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.8×3 topics
  17. Interactive Evolutionary Computation3▲ 216×1 topic
  18. Music Generation3▲ 216×1 topic
  19. Quality of Life3▲ 3.3×3 topics
  20. Sound Quality3▲ 334×1 topic
  21. Transfer Path Analysis3▲ 334×1 topic
  22. Cognitive Decline3▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Hearing Loss3▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Fisheries Sustainability2▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Dynamic Interaction2▲ 53×2 topics
  26. Acoustic Communication2▲ 63×2 topics
  27. Civil Engineering2▲ 64×2 topics
  28. Conservation2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  29. Footbridges2▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Material Properties2▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Vibration Serviceability2▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics2▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Seismic Noise2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Tomography2▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Acoustic Techniques2▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Anthropogenic Noise2▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Ecosystem Management2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Marine Mammals2▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Seafloor Mapping2▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does Acoustics (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research, Noise Effects and Management, BIM and Construction Integration and Music Technology and Sound Studies.

Acoustic Wave Phenomena …7Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 7 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 5 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 4 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 3 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 3 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…3Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 2 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSpeech and HearingBuilding and ConstructionComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition6 others

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

  1. 1 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  3. 3 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 4 works
  4. 4 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  5. 5 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Acoustics (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 190% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Acoustics (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Acoustics (Norway)0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Acoustics (Norway) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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