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Forskning.no (Norway)

In research, Forskning.no (Norway) stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,923 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,829 of 6,365 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,307 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology — Social Psychology is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,336
of 28,054 · #22,400 all time
Rank in Norway
#121
of 133
Research works
1.6k
▼ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Forskning.no (Norway) 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,923 of 10,521 6.7%146 #11909
Social SciencesField #5,829 of 6,365 7.2%77 #7939
Health SciencesDomain #11,307 of 11,982 1.6%99 #13778
MedicineField #10,235 of 10,443 0.7%71 #15992

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Forskning.no (Norway) 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. Social Sciences#11,909 #8,923
  2. Social Sciences#7,939 #5,829
  3. Health Sciences#13,778 #11,307
  4. Medicine#15,992 #10,235
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 Forskning.no (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 26.7 works10×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.49× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.59× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 77 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Forskning.no (Norway)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kaj Sparle Christensen, Dorte Gannik and Dorthe Carlsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Forskning.no (Norway).

  1. 1 Kaj Sparle Christensen Norway · #1,241,150 worldwide 23 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Dorte Gannik Norway · #1,385,930 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Dorthe Carlsen Norway · #1,425,747 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Thomas Rohde Skovdal Albrechtsen Norway · #1,446,278 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Annette Sofie Davidsen Norway · #1,588,095 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Forskning.no (Norway)

Which keywords describe research at Forskning.no (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Tacit Knowledge, Embodiment, Ethical Guidelines, Dementia Care, Interactional Expertise, Qualitative Research and Pedagogy.

▲ 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. Education30▲ 6.0×26 topics
  2. Tacit Knowledge26▲ 188×3 topics
  3. Embodiment26▲ 47×2 topics
  4. Ethical Guidelines24▲ 152×2 topics
  5. Dementia Care24▲ 667×1 topic
  6. Interactional Expertise24▲ 728×1 topic
  7. Qualitative Research23▲ 8.9×14 topics
  8. Pedagogy20▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Social Sciences20▲ 47×3 topics
  10. Epidemiology17▲ 1.47×48 topics
  11. Public Health16▲ 3.7×31 topics
  12. Learning16▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Discourse Analysis15▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Methodology14▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Special Education14▲ 86×1 topic
  16. Quality of Life11▲ 2.7×21 topics
  17. Sustainability11▲ 1.55×26 topics
  18. Globalization9▲ 1.50×16 topics
  19. Healthcare9▲ 2.6×11 topics
  20. Health Promotion8▲ 9.0×7 topics
  21. Human Rights8▲ 2.7×6 topics
  22. Well-being8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Ethics7▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Phenomenology7▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Communication6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  26. Adolescent Health6▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Psychological Resilience6▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Stress Management6▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Salutogenesis6▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Sense of Coherence6▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Democracy6▲ 5.3×3 topics
  32. Leadership6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  33. Constitutionalism5▲ 19×2 topics
  34. European Legal Systems5▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Health5▲ 4.4×10 topics
  36. Judicial Review5▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Family Dynamics5▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Work Environment5▲ 85×1 topic
  39. Inclusion4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  40. Reflective Practice4▲ 7.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Forskning.no (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Social and Educational Sciences, Health, psychology, and well-being and European and International Law Studies.

Education, Healthcare an…24Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 24 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…14Social and Educational Sciences: 14 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 6 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 5 fractional worksResearch in Social Scien…5Research in Social Sciences: 5 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 2 fractional worksSociology and Cultural Identity Studies: 2 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections Management: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyEducationGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 24 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 14 works
  3. 3 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 6 works
  4. 4 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Research in Social Sciences Education 5 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  7. 7 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 works
  8. 8 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 2 works
  9. 9 Sociology and Cultural Identity Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Urinary Tract Infections Management 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Forskning.no (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% lower 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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