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GenØk

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Research works
110
▼ 84% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
GenØk

Not ranked overall: GenØk 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 GenØk work in?

In all years, 60% of research at GenØk is in Life Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (24%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 66 fractional works · 59.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 31.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 18.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 24.4% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 16.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 20.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGenØk110fractional works, all years
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3431.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2724.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology43.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Environmental Science1311.4%
    2. Materials Science44.0%
    3. Engineering32.8%
    4. Computer Science11.0%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine97.9%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences76.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.2%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
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: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.02× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.02×3 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.59×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.50×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.28×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.22×0 works
  6. Medicine1.05×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.00×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.98×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.82×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×0 works
  11. Engineering0.43×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GenØk?

Ranked on the quality score, Fern Wickson, Odd-Gunnar Wikmark and Marek Cuhra lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GenØk.

  1. 1 Fern Wickson Norway · #720,057 worldwide 4.7k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Odd-Gunnar Wikmark Norway · #1,163,186 worldwide 798 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Marek Cuhra Norway · #1,611,717 worldwide 736 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Anne Ingeborg Myhr Norway · #2,055,344 worldwide 1.5k citations · 119 works
  5. 5 Arinze Stanley Okoli Norway · #2,332,625 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 David Quist Norway · #2,372,581 worldwide 1.2k citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Amaranta Herrero Norway · #2,600,368 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Frøydis T. Gillund Norway · #4,114,526 worldwide 289 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at GenØk

What are the most cited papers from GenØk?

The most cited paper from GenØk is "Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans" (Thomas Bøhn, Marek Cuhra, Terje Traavik et al., 2013), with 295 citations. Next come "Gene Transfer Potential of Outer Membrane Vesicles of Acinetobacter baylyi and Effects of Stress on Vesiculation" (282) and "Understanding the Size Selectivity of Redfish (Sebastes spp.) in North Atlantic Trawl Codends" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Compositional differences in soybeans on the market: Glyphosate accumulates in Roundup Ready GM soybeans Thomas Bøhn, Marek Cuhra, Terje Traavik et al. · Food Chemistry Open access 19 Dec 2013 295
2 Gene Transfer Potential of Outer Membrane Vesicles of Acinetobacter baylyi and Effects of Stress on Vesiculation Shweta Fulsundar, Klaus Harms, Gøril Eide Flaten et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology Open access 22 Mar 2014 282
3 Understanding the Size Selectivity of Redfish (Sebastes spp.) in North Atlantic Trawl Codends Bent Herrmann, Manu Sistiaga, Kåre Nolde Nielsen et al. · Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science Open access 29 Jan 2012 248
4 Membrane vesicles and horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes Sara Domingues, Kaare Magne Nielsen · Current Opinion in Microbiology Review 22 Apr 2017 219
5 Bacterial natural transformation by highly fragmented and damaged DNA Søren Overballe‐Petersen, Klaus Harms, Ludovic Orlando et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 18 Nov 2013 208
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GenØk?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Safety, Public Perception, Biotechnology, Environmental Risk Assessment, Consumer Attitudes, Genetically Modified Crops, Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow and Environmental Impact.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Food Safety16▲ 55×4 topics
  2. Public Perception15▲ 144×3 topics
  3. Biotechnology15▲ 139×2 topics
  4. Environmental Risk Assessment14▲ 127×3 topics
  5. Consumer Attitudes14▲ 442×2 topics
  6. Genetically Modified Crops14▲ 996×1 topic
  7. Pollen-Mediated Gene Flow14▲ 996×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact13▲ 9.2×15 topics
  9. Genome Engineering10▲ 151×1 topic
  10. RNA-Guided10▲ 151×1 topic
  11. Aquaculture8▲ 30×4 topics
  12. Climate Change7▲ 2.3×20 topics
  13. Gene Expression7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  14. Sustainability6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  15. Genomic Integration6▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Biopharmaceutical Production6▲ 67×2 topics
  17. Animal Welfare6▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Genetic Modification5▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Transgenic Animals5▲ 125×1 topic
  20. Nanoparticles5▲ 3.4×8 topics
  21. Public Health5▲ 3.2×11 topics
  22. Insecticide Resistance4▲ 40×2 topics
  23. RNA Interference4▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Bacillus thuringiensis4▲ 104×1 topic
  25. P450 enzymes4▲ 104×1 topic
  26. Toxicity4▲ 8.0×4 topics
  27. Innovation4▲ 3.5×4 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  29. Nanomaterials3▲ 3.5×2 topics
  30. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Antimicrobial3▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Biodiversity3▲ 3.6×6 topics
  33. Gut Microbiota3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Silver3▲ 65×1 topic
  35. Risk Perception3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Plant Molecular Farming3▲ 103×1 topic
  37. Recombinant Proteins3▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Communication2▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Trust2▲ 8.4×1 topic
  40. Smallholder Farmers2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does GenØk publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Zoonotic diseases and public health, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment.

Zoonotic diseases and pu…0Zoonotic diseases and public health: 0 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…0Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 0 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 0 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms0DNA Repair Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular BiologyCancer ResearchAgronomy and Crop Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 0 works
  4. 4 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 0 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 0 works
  6. 6 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 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 available54.7%not open45.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.5%domestic only48.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GenØk's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 84% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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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 GenØk as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000051% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%GenØk0.000010% in 202520102020

Fractional works of GenØk over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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