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Fugro (Norway)

In research, Fugro (Norway) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,009 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,173
of 22,385 · #12,265 all time
Rank in Norway
#86
of 123
Research works
890
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Fugro (Norway)

What is Fugro (Norway) 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 #9,009 of 10,670 2.6%78 #8472

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fugro (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fugro (Norway) work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Fugro (Norway) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 88 fractional works · 65.4% of its workEngineering: 48 fractional works · 35.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 12.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 15.8% of its workGeophysics: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 21.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFugro (Norway)135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences21%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4835.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2115.8%
    3. Environmental Science86.2%
    4. Computer Science75.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    6. Energy10.6%
    7. Materials Science10.5%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1511.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities64.3%
    3. Decision Sciences32.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    5. Psychology11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    1. Medicine96.9%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fugro (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 21.3 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: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.05× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.36× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.05×21 works
  2. Engineering2.36×48 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.05×3 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.49×6 works
  5. Environmental Science1.26×8 works
  6. Social Sciences0.90×15 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×6 works
  8. Energy0.68×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.67×7 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×2 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.49×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.37×1 works
  13. Medicine0.36×9 works
  14. Psychology0.32×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  22. Nursing0.18×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fugro (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, C. Erbrich, Gary D. Humphrey and Kelley Brumley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fugro (Norway).

  1. 1 C. Erbrich Norway · #2,521,479 worldwide 508 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Gary D. Humphrey Norway · #2,550,660 worldwide 495 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Kelley Brumley Norway · #2,750,992 worldwide 266 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Adrian Digby Norway · #2,994,722 worldwide 89 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Comisión Nacional del Agua Norway · #3,862,436 worldwide 162 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Terry J. Lee Norway · #4,059,376 worldwide 222 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Javier Tegedor Norway · #4,216,031 worldwide 245 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Rod Eddies Norway · #4,327,011 worldwide 140 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Peter Wolfgram Norway · #4,549,065 worldwide 512 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Kevin Jarvis Norway · #4,564,333 worldwide 99 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Fugro (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Fugro (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Fugro (Norway) is "Standard Penetration Test-Based Probabilistic and Deterministic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Potential" (Kemal Önder Çetin, Raymond B. Seed, Armen Der Kiureghian et al., 2004), with 647 citations. Next come "Assessing the Global Wave Energy Potential" (471) and "Normalized Shear Modulus and Material Damping Ratio Relationships" (415).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standard Penetration Test-Based Probabilistic and Deterministic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Potential Kemal Önder Çetin, Raymond B. Seed, Armen Der Kiureghian et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Open access 16 Nov 2004 647
2 Assessing the Global Wave Energy Potential Gunnar Mo̸rk, Stephen F. Barstow, Alina Kristin Kabuth et al. Conference paper 2010 471
3 Normalized Shear Modulus and Material Damping Ratio Relationships Jianfeng Zhang, Ronald D. Andrus, C. Hsein Juang · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering 16 Mar 2005 415
4 Tilt-depth method: A simple depth estimation method using first-order magnetic derivatives Ahmed Salem, Simon E. Williams, J. D. Fairhead et al. · The Leading Edge Dec 2007 389
5 Interpretation of magnetic data using tilt-angle derivatives Ahmed Salem, Simon E. Williams, Derek Fairhead et al. · Geophysics 16 Nov 2007 343
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fugro (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave, Liquefaction, Tunnel, Soil Properties, Rheological Properties and Pipeline.

▲ 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. Machine Learning8▲ 1.87×21 topics
  2. Sustainability6▲ 1.70×20 topics
  3. Tomography5▲ 22×3 topics
  4. Seismic Noise5▲ 78×1 topic
  5. Surface Wave5▲ 78×1 topic
  6. Liquefaction5▲ 43×2 topics
  7. Tunnel5▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Soil Properties5▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Renewable Energy4▲ 2.3×10 topics
  10. Rheological Properties4▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Pipeline4▲ 29×2 topics
  12. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Analysis4▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Seismic4▲ 50×1 topic
  16. Drilling Fluids4▲ 52×1 topic
  17. Well Integrity4▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Slope Stability Analysis4▲ 68×1 topic
  19. Spatial Variability4▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Technology4▲ 5.1×2 topics
  21. Agriculture3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  22. Food Security3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Non-Destructive Testing3▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Full-Waveform Tomography3▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Seismic Waveform Inversion3▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Liquefaction Resistance3▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Particle Shape Effects3▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Data Assimilation3▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Ground-Penetrating Radar3▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Public Policy3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  31. Sedimentology3▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Oil and Gas3▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Subsea3▲ 205×1 topic
  34. Tectonics3▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Fluvial Systems2▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Geosynthetics2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Sedimentation2▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Soil Reinforcement2▲ 27×1 topic
  39. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Fugro (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Seismic Waves and Analysis, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Drilling and Well Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis.

Seismic Waves and Analysis5Seismic Waves and Analysis: 5 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 4 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…4Drilling and Well Engineering: 4 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…4Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 4 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 3 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and …3Geophysical Methods and Applications: 3 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 3 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksGeological formations an…2Geological formations and processes: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsCivil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality1 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  5. 5 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.2%domestic only50.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fugro (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fugro (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Fugro (Norway)0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fugro (Norway) 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%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Fugro (Norway)5.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2013.

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