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Ålesund Hospital

In research, Ålesund Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,782 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,321 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,126
of 22,385 · #11,455 all time
Rank in Norway
#85
of 123
Research works
358
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Ålesund Hospital

What is Ålesund Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,782 of 16,688 12.6%220
MedicineField #3,321 of 14,558 12.3%193

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Ålesund Hospital is in Health Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (53%), Health Professions (8%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 65 fractional works · 63.4% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 53.1% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKÅlesund Hospital102fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5453.1%
    2. Health Professions88.0%
    3. Nursing22.0%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Engineering87.6%
    2. Environmental Science54.5%
    3. Computer Science22.1%
    4. Energy21.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences33.3%
    2. Psychology32.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    4. Neuroscience11.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.76× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.00×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.05×8 works
  3. Medicine2.76×54 works
  4. Energy2.12×2 works
  5. Veterinary2.01×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×2 works
  7. Psychology0.92×3 works
  8. Environmental Science0.91×5 works
  9. Neuroscience0.80×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.74×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.64×1 works
  14. Engineering0.50×8 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×2 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.28×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.26×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ålesund Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Erland Hermansen, Dag Arne Lihaug Hoff and Beate Horsberg Eriksen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ålesund Hospital.

  1. 1 Erland Hermansen Norway · #924,091 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Dag Arne Lihaug Hoff Norway · #925,295 worldwide 2.7k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Beate Horsberg Eriksen Norway · #1,529,798 worldwide 694 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Hege Elvebakken Norway · #1,685,116 worldwide 298 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Torstein Hole Norway · #2,295,741 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 E Groth-Petersen Norway · #2,543,359 worldwide 154 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Bjørn Westre Norway · #3,270,478 worldwide 414 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Bomi Framroze Norway · #3,390,276 worldwide 129 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Helén Berg Norway · #4,311,331 worldwide 85 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Christian Bjerknes Norway · #4,502,183 worldwide 54 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ålesund Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ålesund Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ålesund Hospital is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study" (1,083) and "The EULAR points to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy and lactation" (1,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 Progress in cancer survival, mortality, and incidence in seven high-income countries 1995–2014 (ICBP SURVMARK-2): a population-based study Melina Arnold et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 11 Sep 2019 1,083
3 The EULAR points to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before pregnancy, and during pregnancy and lactation Carina Gøtestam Skorpen, Maria Hoeltzenbein, Anǵela Tincani et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 17 Feb 2016 1,074
4 Endocrine treatment, with or without radiotherapy, in locally advanced prostate cancer (SPCG-7/SFUO-3): an open randomised phase III trial Anders Widmark, Olbjørn Klepp, Arne Solberg et al. · The Lancet Open access 17 Dec 2008 875
5 The impact of frailty on ICU and 30-day mortality and the level of care in very elderly patients (≥ 80 years) on behalf of the VIP1 study group et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 21 Sep 2017 618
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ålesund Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Clinical Outcomes, Low Back Pain, Cardiovascular Risk, Quality of Life and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.87×49 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 1.58×18 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 1.99×27 topics
  4. Quality of Life4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.45×9 topics
  6. Renewable Energy3▲ 1.95×9 topics
  7. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Spinal Fusion3▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.2×22 topics
  10. Obesity3▲ 3.3×12 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.4×15 topics
  12. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Heart Failure2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  15. Low Back Pain2▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Primary Care2▲ 6.4×11 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 2.8×14 topics
  18. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  19. Anxiety2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  20. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  21. Spinal Surgery2▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Healthcare Outcomes2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Intervertebral Disc2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Lumbar Disc Degeneration2▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Echocardiography2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  26. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Pregnancy2▲ 8.0×6 topics
  28. Perioperative Care2▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Aquaculture2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Collaborative Practice2▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Fatigue2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Prostate Cancer2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Rheumatoid Arthritis2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Patient Engagement1▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Patient-Reported Outcomes1▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Psychosocial Interventions1▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Arthroplasty1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Maritime Transportation1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Ålesund Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cancer survivorship and care, Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare and BIM and Construction Integration.

Spine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …1Cancer survivorship and care: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…1Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 1 fractional worksPregnancy and Medication Impact: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…1Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineOncologyGeneral Health ProfessionsBuilding and Construction5 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  6. 6 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ålesund Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ålesund Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ålesund Hospital0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

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