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Cowi (Denmark)

In research, Cowi (Denmark) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,366 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,929 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 29.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,836
of 22,385 · #11,143 all time
Rank in Denmark
#71
of 93
Research works
642
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Cowi (Denmark)

What is Cowi (Denmark) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,366 of 10,670 1.7%88 #4661
EngineeringField #4,929 of 5,901 1.4%68 #5063

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cowi (Denmark) 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 Cowi (Denmark) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Cowi (Denmark) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (68%), Environmental Science (10%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 86.6% of its workEngineering: 85 fractional works · 67.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 43 fractional works · 34.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCowi (Denmark)126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8567.8%
    2. Environmental Science1310.5%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.1%
    4. Computer Science32.1%
    5. Mathematics21.6%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Materials Science10.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities43.0%
    2. Social Sciences32.4%
    3. Decision Sciences21.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    5. Psychology10.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    1. Medicine11.0%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cowi (Denmark) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 29.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 43.5 works29×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.52× its world share, 85 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.11× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.52×85 works
  2. Environmental Science2.11×13 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.96×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.77×2 works
  5. Mathematics1.35×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.03×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.01×0 works
  8. Energy0.62×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  11. Nursing0.40×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.27×3 works
  13. Health Professions0.25×1 works
  14. Psychology0.24×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.19×3 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  21. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Cowi (Denmark)?

Ranked on the quality score, Allan Larsen, Thomas Kasper and Frank Stuer‐Lauridsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cowi (Denmark).

  1. 1 Allan Larsen Denmark · #297,287 worldwide 5.2k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Thomas Kasper Denmark · #872,375 worldwide 999 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Frank Stuer‐Lauridsen Denmark · #1,420,166 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Per Tybjerg Aldrich Denmark · #1,564,887 worldwide 271 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Joey Velarde Denmark · #1,673,778 worldwide 446 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Asger Strange Olesen Denmark · #1,753,589 worldwide 144 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Carola K. Edvardsen Denmark · #2,011,143 worldwide 1.7k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Svend Engelund Denmark · #2,120,484 worldwide 793 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Anders Ole Stubbe Solgaard Denmark · #2,179,513 worldwide 688 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Tina Vejrum Denmark · #2,261,396 worldwide 434 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Cowi (Denmark)

What are the most cited papers from Cowi (Denmark)?

The most cited paper from Cowi (Denmark) is "The Effects of Outdoor Air Supply Rate in an Office on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) Symptoms and Productivity" (Pawel L. Wargocki, David Peter Wyon, Jan Sundell et al., 2000), with 688 citations. Next come "Environmental risk assessment of human pharmaceuticals in Denmark after normal therapeutic use" (405) and "Storebælt suspension bridge – vortex shedding excitation and mitigation by guide vanes" (307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effects of Outdoor Air Supply Rate in an Office on Perceived Air Quality, Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) Symptoms and Productivity Pawel L. Wargocki, David Peter Wyon, Jan Sundell et al. · Indoor Air Open access Dec 2000 688
2 Environmental risk assessment of human pharmaceuticals in Denmark after normal therapeutic use Frank Stuer‐Lauridsen, Morten Birkved, Liselotte Hansen et al. · Chemosphere Apr 2000 405
3 Storebælt suspension bridge – vortex shedding excitation and mitigation by guide vanes Allan Larsen, Søren Esdahl, Jacob Egede Andersen et al. · Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics Dec 2000 307
4 The design, construction and operation of a 75kW two-stage gasifier Ulrik Birk Henriksen, Jesper Ahrenfeldt, Torben Kvist Jensen et al. · Energy 13 Jul 2005 277
5 Corrosion resistance of steel fibre reinforced concrete - A literature review Victor Marcos-Meson, Alexander Michel, Anders Ole Stubbe Solgaard et al. · Cement and Concrete Research Open access 26 Oct 2017 265
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cowi (Denmark)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dynamic Interaction, Construction, Finite Element Analysis, Footbridges, Vibration Serviceability, Pipeline, Analysis and Corrosion.

▲ 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. Dynamic Interaction10▲ 125×2 topics
  2. Construction10▲ 60×3 topics
  3. Finite Element Analysis10▲ 33×4 topics
  4. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.8×17 topics
  5. Footbridges8▲ 182×1 topic
  6. Pipeline8▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Vibration Serviceability8▲ 182×1 topic
  8. Analysis7▲ 60×2 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 2.2×17 topics
  10. Corrosion6▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development6▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Liquefaction6▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Tunnel6▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Earthquake5▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Seismic5▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Material Properties5▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Structural Health Monitoring5▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Civil Engineering5▲ 74×2 topics
  19. Reinforced Concrete4▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Bridge Engineering4▲ 335×1 topic
  21. Geotechnical Design4▲ 335×1 topic
  22. Numerical Simulation4▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Durability Performance4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Chloride-induced4▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Structural Reliability4▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Risk Management4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  27. Concrete Strengthening4▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Concrete-Filled Steel Tubes4▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites4▲ 45×1 topic
  30. High-Strength Materials4▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Structural Engineering4▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Reliability Analysis3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 19×5 topics
  34. Risk Analysis3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Turbulent Flow3▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 16×3 topics
  37. High-Speed Trains3▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Nonlinear Dynamics3▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Soil Properties3▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Steel Structures3▲ 57×2 topics

Which research topics does Cowi (Denmark) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Civil and Structural Engineering Research and Concrete Corrosion and Durability.

Structural Engineering a…8Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 8 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 5 fractional worksCivil and Structural Eng…4Civil and Structural Engineering Research: 4 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and D…4Concrete Corrosion and Durability: 4 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 4 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…3Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 3 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMechanical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 4 works
  6. 6 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  8. 8 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 3 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cowi (Denmark)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 Cowi (Denmark) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Cowi (Denmark)0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cowi (Denmark) 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 counting5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024Cowi (Denmark)2.5% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2010.

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