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Faroese Research Council

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Research works
12
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
250
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
69%
world 18%
Faroese Research Council

Not ranked overall: Faroese Research Council is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Faroese Research Council work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Faroese Research Council is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Immunology and Microbiology (23%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 7 fractional works · 52.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 23.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 18.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 14.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 29.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 28.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 6.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKFaroese ResearchCouncil12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Immunology and Microbiology323.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences215.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology214.5%
    1. Medicine428.7%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    1. Environmental Science212.6%
    2. Mathematics01.7%
    3. Computer Science01.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    1. Psychology01.4%
    2. Social Sciences00.6%
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: 3.62× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 28.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 28.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology28.32×2 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.62×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.23×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.23×1 works
  5. Medicine1.15×1 works
  6. Psychology1.06×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Faroese Research Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen, Petra Elisabeth Petersen and Dhiraj Krishna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Faroese Research Council.

  1. 1 Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen Faroe Islands · #1,655,220 worldwide 2.8k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Petra Elisabeth Petersen Faroe Islands · #3,168,743 worldwide 202 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Dhiraj Krishna Faroe Islands · #3,830,778 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Faroese Research Council

What are the most cited papers from Faroese Research Council?

The most cited paper from Faroese Research Council is "Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in food and water from Faroe Islands" (Ulrika Eriksson, Anna Kärrman, Anna Rotander et al., 2013), with 109 citations. Next come "A low-pathogenic variant of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV-HPR0) is highly prevalent and causes a non-clinical transient infection in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Faroe Islands" (104) and "The role of vitamin D levels and vitamin D receptor polymorphism on Parkinson's disease in the Faroe Islands" (62).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in food and water from Faroe Islands Ulrika Eriksson, Anna Kärrman, Anna Rotander et al. · Environmental Science and Pollution Research 15 Apr 2013 109
2 A low-pathogenic variant of infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV-HPR0) is highly prevalent and causes a non-clinical transient infection in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Faroe Islands David Høyrup Christiansen, P. S. Ostergaard, Michael H. L. Snow et al. · Journal of General Virology Open access 9 Dec 2010 104
3 The role of vitamin D levels and vitamin D receptor polymorphism on Parkinson's disease in the Faroe Islands Maria Skaalum Petersen, Sára Bech, Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen et al. · Neuroscience Letters 4 Jan 2014 62
4 First field evidence of the evolution from a non-virulent HPR0 to a virulent HPR-deleted infectious salmon anaemia virus Debes Hammershaimb Christiansen, Alastair McBeath, Maria Aamelfot et al. · Journal of General Virology Apr 2017 51
5 Evolution of the Piscine orthoreovirus Genome Linked to Emergence of Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation in Farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Dhamotharan Kannimuthu, Torstein Tengs, Øystein Wessel et al. · Viruses Open access 22 May 2019 45
All 44 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Faroese Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Animal Virus Infections Studies, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and interferon and immune responses.

Aquaculture disease mana…1Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 1 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 0 fractional worksinterferon and immune re…0interferon and immune responses: 0 fractional worksMyxozoan Parasites in Aq…0Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…0Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 0 fractional worksPoxvirus research and outbreaks: 0 fractional worksInfection Control and Ventilation: 0 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
ImmunologyAnimal Science and ZoologyInfectious DiseasesCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 1 works
  2. 2 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 1 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  4. 4 interferon and immune responses Immunology 0 works
  5. 5 Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species Cancer Research 0 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Poxvirus research and outbreaks Virology 0 works
  8. 8 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 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 available75.6%not open24.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors69.1%domestic only30.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Faroese Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% 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 Faroese Research Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Faroese Research Council0.000034% in 20252020

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

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