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Havstovan

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Research works
79
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
73%
world 18%
Havstovan

Not ranked overall: Havstovan 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 Havstovan work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Havstovan is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (48%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 74.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 48.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 20.4% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 14.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.5% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHavstovan25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences1%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1248.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences622.5%
    3. Engineering12.4%
    4. Energy00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology311.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology02.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Medicine15.6%
    2. Veterinary01.3%
    3. Health Professions01.2%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    1. Social Sciences00.7%
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: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.33× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.71× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.00× its world share, 0 worksVeterinarySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.33×6 works
  2. Veterinary10.00×0 works
  3. Environmental Science9.71×12 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.07×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.02×0 works
  6. Nursing1.39×0 works
  7. Energy0.97×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.44×0 works
  10. Medicine0.29×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  12. Engineering0.16×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Havstovan?

Ranked on the quality score, Bergur Olsen, Jóhannis Danielsen and Bogi Hansen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Havstovan.

  1. 1 Bergur Olsen Faroe Islands · #715,616 worldwide 1.9k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Jóhannis Danielsen Faroe Islands · #1,357,237 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Bogi Hansen Faroe Islands · #1,483,342 worldwide 2.6k citations · 106 works
  4. 4 Karin Margretha Húsgarð Larsen Faroe Islands · #1,640,448 worldwide 1.7k citations · 99 works
  5. 5 Hjálmar Hátún Faroe Islands · #1,756,300 worldwide 3.4k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Pétur Steingrund Faroe Islands · #1,845,928 worldwide 1.3k citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Jan Arge Jacobsen Faroe Islands · #2,270,275 worldwide 2k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Eydna í Homrum Faroe Islands · #2,866,955 worldwide 220 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Lise Helen Ofstad Faroe Islands · #3,169,413 worldwide 254 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Sissal Vágsheyg Erenbjerg Faroe Islands · #3,499,635 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Havstovan

What are the most cited papers from Havstovan?

The most cited paper from Havstovan is "Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea" (J.A. van Franeker, Christine Blaize, Jóhannis Danielsen et al., 2011), with 652 citations. Next come "BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene" (457) and "Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic" (329).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Monitoring plastic ingestion by the northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in the North Sea J.A. van Franeker, Christine Blaize, Jóhannis Danielsen et al. · Environmental Pollution Open access 7 Jul 2011 652
2 BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene María Dornelas et al. · Global Ecology and Biogeography Open access270 authors Jul 2018 457
3 Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic N. Penny Holliday, Manfred Bersch, Barbara Berx et al. · Nature Communications Open access 29 Jan 2020 329
4 Thermal niche of Atlantic cod Gadus morhua: limits, tolerance and optima David A. Righton, Ken Haste Andersen, FRANCIS C. NEAT et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series Open access 27 Oct 2010 267
5 The Acid and Alkaline Solubilization Process for the Isolation of Muscle Proteins: State of the Art Helgi Nolsøe, Ingrid Undeland · Food and Bioprocess Technology 18 Jun 2008 257
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Havstovan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Fisheries Sustainability, Trophic Cascades, Ecosystem Management, Marine Fisheries, Invasive Species, Ocean Circulation and Conservation Challenges.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change9▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Fisheries Sustainability5▲ 221×2 topics
  3. Trophic Cascades3▲ 137×2 topics
  4. Ecosystem Management3▲ 201×1 topic
  5. Invasive Species3▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Marine Fisheries3▲ 293×1 topic
  7. Ocean Circulation3▲ 76×3 topics
  8. Conservation Challenges2▲ 158×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 118×1 topic
  11. Sustainability2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  12. Aquaculture2▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Food Security2▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Marine Environment2▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Population Dynamics2▲ 26×6 topics
  16. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  17. Data Assimilation2▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Ecosystem Services2▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Oyster Reefs2▲ 208×1 topic
  20. Arctic1▲ 50×3 topics
  21. Climate Change Impact1▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Biodiversity1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  23. Oceanic Modeling1▲ 149×1 topic
  24. Tidal Analysis1▲ 149×1 topic
  25. Benthic Communities1▲ 82×2 topics
  26. Marine Biodiversity1▲ 82×2 topics
  27. Decline1▲ 171×1 topic
  28. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 27×4 topics
  30. Sea Ice1▲ 171×1 topic

Which research topics does Havstovan publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Marine and fisheries res…3Marine and fisheries research: 3 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 2 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…1Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 1 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationOceanographyAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  3. 3 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 1 works
  7. 7 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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 available72.0%not open28.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.9%domestic only27.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Havstovan's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% 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 Havstovan as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000067% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%Havstovan0.00011% in 20251990200020102020

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

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