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Development Fund

In research, Development Fund stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,522 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,699 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,078 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 4.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,356
of 28,054 · #13,847 all time
Rank in Norway
#92
of 133
Research works
1.2k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Development Fund 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,522 of 11,982 8.1%121 #4430
MedicineField #7,699 of 10,443 7.3%107 #4351
Social SciencesDomain #8,078 of 10,521 16.1%93 #5422

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Development Fund 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. Health Sciences#4,430 #7,522
  2. Medicine#4,351 #7,699
  3. Social Sciences#5,422 #8,078
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 Development Fund specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.2 works4.5×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 107 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.85× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Development Fund?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Laparoscopic Surgery, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Adjuvant Chemotherapy, Treatment, Complications and Tumor Markers.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 2.1×70 topics
  2. Globalization9▲ 1.75×25 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 2.7×26 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 2.1×33 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 1.25×25 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  7. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Complications6▲ 4.8×14 topics
  9. Innovation6▲ 1.98×14 topics
  10. Mortality6▲ 3.6×10 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 8.8×3 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 1.89×19 topics
  13. Adjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  15. History5▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Religion5▲ 4.0×7 topics
  17. Medical Education5▲ 7.3×11 topics
  18. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy5▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Rectal Cancer5▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Tumor Markers5▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Economic Development5▲ 2.2×15 topics
  22. Management5▲ 2.2×13 topics
  23. Rehabilitation5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  24. Culture5▲ 3.3×8 topics
  25. Colonic Diverticulitis4▲ 87×1 topic
  26. Diverticulitis4▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Biomechanics4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Social Capital4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  29. Digital Transformation4▲ 2.7×8 topics
  30. Surgery4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  31. Academic Medicine3▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Governance3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  33. Fistulas3▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Hemorrhoids3▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Gender Bias3▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Infection Prevention2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Economy2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Internal Fixation2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Hearing Loss2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Investment Decisions2▲ 7.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Development Fund publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Diverticular Disease and Complications, Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Colorectal Cancer Surgic…5Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 5 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 4 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…2Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 2 fractional worksTourism, Volunteerism, and Development: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional works
OncologySurgeryGender StudiesEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 5 works
  2. 2 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  5. 5 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.6%domestic only29.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Development Fund's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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