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Agder Research

In research, Agder Research stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,016 of 14,833 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,452 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,691 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,413
of 22,385 · #7,150 all time
Rank in Norway
#92
of 123
Research works
751
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Agder Research

What is Agder Research 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,016 of 14,833 14.0%450
Physical SciencesDomain #7,452 of 17,446 13.9%223
Social SciencesField #4,691 of 9,330 14.0%185

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Agder Research 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 Agder Research work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Agder Research is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Computer Science (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 50 fractional works · 57.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 16.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 28.0% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 16.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAgder Research87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences57%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1922.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1416.0%
    3. Psychology77.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities55.9%
    5. Decision Sciences33.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    1. Computer Science1416.3%
    2. Engineering66.4%
    3. Mathematics21.9%
    4. Environmental Science11.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    6. Energy00.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine55.3%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.8%
    2. Neuroscience11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.10× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.03× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.98× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.98×14 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.30×3 works
  3. Psychology2.50×7 works
  4. Computer Science2.10×14 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.03×5 works
  6. Social Sciences1.76×19 works
  7. Mathematics1.60×2 works
  8. Dentistry1.60×1 works
  9. Health Professions1.00×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.69×1 works
  13. Energy0.57×0 works
  14. Engineering0.42×6 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.39×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.31×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.28×0 works
  18. Medicine0.27×5 works
  19. Nursing0.27×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Agder Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Gunhild O. Hagestad, Stein Oluf Kristiansen and Roger Henning Normann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Agder Research.

  1. 1 Gunhild O. Hagestad Norway · #208,583 worldwide 3.3k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Stein Oluf Kristiansen Norway · #1,105,078 worldwide 2k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Roger Henning Normann Norway · #1,431,113 worldwide 560 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Sigbjørn Sødal Norway · #1,714,141 worldwide 653 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 P.K. Egeberg Norway · #2,013,576 worldwide 1.4k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Morten Fraas Norway · #2,809,612 worldwide 79 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 L. Storesletten Norway · #3,160,819 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Winfried Ellingsen Norway · #3,322,983 worldwide 154 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Arild Sæther Norway · #3,694,412 worldwide 77 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Åsvald Lima Norway · #3,748,790 worldwide 955 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Agder Research

What are the most cited papers from Agder Research?

The most cited paper from Agder Research is "Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy" (Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi et al., 2022), with 2,732 citations. Next come "The qualitative interview in IS research: Examining the craft" (1,952) and "Action Design Research1" (1,462).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Metaverse beyond the hype: Multidisciplinary perspectives on emerging challenges, opportunities, and agenda for research, practice and policy Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi et al. · International Journal of Information Management Open access 15 Jul 2022 2,732
2 The qualitative interview in IS research: Examining the craft Michael David Myers, Michael E. Newman · Information and Organization 2007 1,952
3 Action Design Research1 Maung Kyaw Sein, Ola Henfridsson, Sandeep Purao et al. · MIS Quarterly Mar 2011 1,462
4 On the Internationalization Process of Firms: A Critical Analysis Otto Andersen · Journal of International Business Studies Open access Jun 1993 1,364
5 The shape of eParticipation: Characterizing an emerging research area Øystein Sæbø, Jeremy Rose, Leif Skiftenes Flak · Government Information Quarterly Open access 21 Jul 2007 694
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Agder Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Educational Technology, Social Capital, Mathematics Education, Teacher Professional Development, Machine Learning, Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Teacher Knowledge.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 1.91×15 topics
  2. Big Data5▲ 6.5×8 topics
  3. Educational Technology4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  4. Social Capital3▲ 7.4×8 topics
  5. Sustainability3▲ 1.54×15 topics
  6. Globalization3▲ 1.88×15 topics
  7. Mathematics Education3▲ 74×2 topics
  8. Teacher Professional Development3▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  10. Pedagogical Content Knowledge3▲ 103×1 topic
  11. Security3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  12. Teacher Knowledge3▲ 94×1 topic
  13. Data Mining2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  14. Internet of Things2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  15. Differential Privacy2▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Federated Learning2▲ 33×1 topic
  17. Firm Performance2▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Corporate Governance2▲ 2.9×8 topics
  19. Healthcare2▲ 1.95×7 topics
  20. Data Cleaning2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Data Science2▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Record Linkage2▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Environmental Management2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  24. Identity2▲ 2.6×7 topics
  25. Entrepreneurship2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  26. Risk Management2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  27. Analytics1▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Business Intelligence1▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Cloud Computing1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Mobile Devices1▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Investment Decisions1▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Entrepreneurial Orientation1▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Opportunity Recognition1▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Educational Inequality1▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Activity Recognition1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Antioxidant Properties1▲ 8.1×1 topic
  37. Cultural Capital1▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Moringa oleifera1▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Pervasive Computing1▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Social Class1▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does Agder Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Data Quality and Management and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 2 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…2Data Quality and Management: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksMoringa oleifera research and applications: 1 fractional worksContext-Aware Activity R…1Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems: 1 fractional worksSocial and Cultural Dynamics: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 1 fractional works
EducationArtificial IntelligenceManagement Science and Operations ResearchManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 3 works
  2. 2 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  6. 6 Moringa oleifera research and applications Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  8. 8 Social and Cultural Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 1 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Agder Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Agder Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Agder Research0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Agder Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Agder Research14.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.5% in 2005.

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