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Diakonhjemmet Hospital

In research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,697 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,559 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology — Rheumatology is 34.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,803
of 28,054 · #11,171 all time
Rank in Norway
#50
of 133
Research works
1.3k
▼ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Diakonhjemmet Hospital 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
MedicineField #2,697 of 10,443 17.6%150 #3248
Health SciencesDomain #3,559 of 11,982 17.9%162 #4064

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Diakonhjemmet 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Diakonhjemmet Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 34.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 35.0 works34×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.32× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.49× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.29× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Diakonhjemmet Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tore K Kvien, I.K. Haugen and Till Uhlig lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Diakonhjemmet Hospital.

  1. 1 Tore K Kvien Norway · #2,696 worldwide 957 citations · 120 works
  2. 2 I.K. Haugen Norway · #13,333 worldwide 476 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Till Uhlig Norway · #14,077 worldwide 435 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Anne Grete Semb Norway · #44,638 worldwide 212 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Hilde Berner Hammer Norway · #127,447 worldwide 90 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Hanne Dagfinrud Norway · #128,392 worldwide 99 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Kåre Birger Hagen Norway · #218,821 worldwide 133 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Petter Mowinckel Norway · #239,523 worldwide 118 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Silvia Rollefstad Norway · #285,973 worldwide 159 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Inge Christoffer Olsen Norway · #336,067 worldwide 134 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Diakonhjemmet Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cardiovascular Risk, Epidemiology, Autoantibodies, Cytokines, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Biological Therapy and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs.

▲ 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. Inflammation36▲ 7.7×36 topics
  2. Epidemiology29▲ 3.3×56 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Risk20▲ 29×7 topics
  4. Autoantibodies19▲ 37×5 topics
  5. Cytokines16▲ 26×5 topics
  6. Rheumatoid Arthritis14▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Biological Therapy14▲ 109×1 topic
  8. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs14▲ 123×1 topic
  9. Osteoarthritis12▲ 43×5 topics
  10. Regeneration12▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Hypertrophy12▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Depression12▲ 5.9×17 topics
  13. Matrix Metalloproteinases12▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Cartilage11▲ 108×1 topic
  15. Chondrocyte11▲ 108×1 topic
  16. Clinical Trials11▲ 7.6×12 topics
  17. Treatment11▲ 4.1×19 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 6.0×14 topics
  19. Psychological Factors10▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Chronic Pain8▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Global Burden8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 11×8 topics
  23. Low Back Pain8▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Neurobiology7▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Complications7▲ 6.2×5 topics
  26. Disability7▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Health Status Questionnaires7▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Measurement Properties7▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Ankylosing Spondylitis6▲ 96×1 topic
  31. Spondyloarthritis6▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Genetic Variation6▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Arthroplasty5▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Revision Surgery5▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Outcomes5▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Total Knee Replacement5▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Central Sensitization5▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Diakonhjemmet Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…14Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 14 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 11 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 6 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…4Schizophrenia research and treatment: 4 fractional worksGout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid: 4 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 4 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 3 fractional worksSystemic Lupus Erythematosus Research: 3 fractional works
RheumatologyPharmacologySurgeryPsychiatry and Mental health1 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 14 works
  2. 2 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 11 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 7 works
  4. 4 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  7. 7 Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid Nephrology 4 works
  8. 8 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  9. 9 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 3 works
  10. 10 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Rheumatology 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 available51.5%not open48.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Diakonhjemmet Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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