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Icelandic Tourism Research Centre

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World rank, all time
#25,930
of 34,923
Rank in Iceland
#13
of 23
Research works
187
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Icelandic Tourism Research Centre

Which fields of science does Icelandic Tourism Research Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Icelandic Tourism Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 41.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 37.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 19.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIcelandic TourismResearch Centre62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences37%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1626.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences69.2%
    3. Engineering34.4%
    4. Materials Science10.9%
    5. Computer Science00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities1219.4%
    2. Social Sciences610.0%
    3. Psychology35.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences58.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.7%
    1. Medicine24.0%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Dentistry00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    5. Nursing00.1%
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: 1.72× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.88× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.29× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.73× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.73×12 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.88×6 works
  3. Environmental Science5.29×16 works
  4. Veterinary3.20×0 works
  5. Psychology1.81×3 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.72×5 works
  7. Dentistry1.11×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.79×6 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.65×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.44×0 works
  14. Engineering0.29×3 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  16. Nursing0.27×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.24×0 works
  18. Medicine0.21×2 works
  19. Energy0.19×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Icelandic Tourism Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Erpur Snær Hansen, Þorkell Lindberg Þórarinsson and Yann Kolbeinsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Icelandic Tourism Research Centre.

  1. 1 Erpur Snær Hansen Iceland · #1,013,176 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Þorkell Lindberg Þórarinsson Iceland · #1,014,512 worldwide 1.2k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Yann Kolbeinsson Iceland · #1,036,150 worldwide 885 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Menja von Schmalensee Iceland · #1,187,505 worldwide 745 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Ingvar A. Sigurðsson Iceland · #1,239,820 worldwide 2.1k citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Clarence E. Glad Iceland · #1,525,992 worldwide 361 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Róbert A. Stefánsson Iceland · #1,668,639 worldwide 640 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir Iceland · #1,877,135 worldwide 136 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Edda S. Oddsdóttir Iceland · #2,730,836 worldwide 668 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Cristi Frenţ Iceland · #3,653,609 worldwide 228 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Icelandic Tourism Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Icelandic Tourism Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Icelandic Tourism Research Centre is "The Amount of Recycled Crust in Sources of Mantle-Derived Melts" (Alexander V. Sobolev, Albrecht W. Hofmann, D. V. Kuzmin et al., 2007), with 1,491 citations. Next come "Producing anxiety in the neoliberal university" (363) and "Boom‐bust dynamics in biological invasions: towards an improved application of the concept" (223).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Amount of Recycled Crust in Sources of Mantle-Derived Melts Alexander V. Sobolev, Albrecht W. Hofmann, D. V. Kuzmin et al. · Science 20 Apr 2007 1,491
2 Producing anxiety in the neoliberal university Lawrence D. Berg, Edward H. Huijbens, Henrik Gutzon Larsen · Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes Open access 7 Apr 2016 363
3 Boom‐bust dynamics in biological invasions: towards an improved application of the concept David L. Strayer, Carla M. D’Antonio, Franz Essl et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 17 Aug 2017 223
4 Multicolony tracking reveals the winter distribution of a pelagic seabird on an ocean basin scale Morten S. Frederiksen et al. · Diversity and Distributions Open access 26 Nov 2011 223
5 Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale Thomas H. McGovern, Orri Vésteinsson, Adolf Friðriksson et al. · American Anthropologist Open access Mar 2007 207
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Which keywords describe research at Icelandic Tourism Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Cultural Heritage, Invasive Species, Ecosystem Functioning, Culture, Holocene and Mediterranean.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 7.0×32 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 9.2×15 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage4▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Ecosystem Functioning3▲ 26×6 topics
  5. Invasive Species3▲ 13×12 topics
  6. Culture3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  7. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  8. Holocene3▲ 41×2 topics
  9. Mental Health3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  10. Mediterranean2▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Population Dynamics2▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Habitat Selection2▲ 50×2 topics
  13. History2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  14. Biogeography2▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Family Constellations2▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Maritime Archaeology2▲ 176×1 topic
  17. Philosophy2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  18. Sea-Level Change2▲ 176×1 topic
  19. Therapy2▲ 17×1 topic
  20. Conservation2▲ 7.2×9 topics
  21. Ocean Acidification2▲ 40×3 topics
  22. Benthic Communities2▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Marine Environment2▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Morphology2▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Hydrology2▲ 21×3 topics
  28. Islamic Studies2▲ 94×2 topics
  29. Linguistics2▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Turkic2▲ 102×1 topic
  31. COVID-19 Impact2▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Avian Ecology2▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Biological Invasions2▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Disease Control2▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Migration Patterns2▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Fisheries Sustainability1▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Marine Invasions1▲ 143×1 topic
  39. Mediterranean Sea1▲ 143×1 topic
  40. Sufism1▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does Icelandic Tourism Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Families in Therapy and Culture, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Linguistics and Cultural Studies and Avian ecology and behavior.

Families in Therapy and …2Families in Therapy and Culture: 2 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Arc…2Maritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…2Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior2Avian ecology and behavior: 2 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invasive Species: 1 fractional worksOttoman and Turkish Studies: 1 fractional worksReligion and Sociopoliti…1Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria: 1 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional works
Social PsychologyArcheologyLanguage and LinguisticsEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Families in Therapy and Culture Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  3. 3 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 2 works
  4. 4 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Ottoman and Turkish Studies History 1 works
  7. 7 Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria General Social Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  10. 10 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 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 available51.2%not open48.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.9%domestic only51.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Icelandic Tourism Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% 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 Icelandic Tourism Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Icelandic Tourism Research Centre0.00022% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Icelandic Tourism Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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