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IT University of Copenhagen

In research, IT University of Copenhagen stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,900 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,096 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,676 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Communication and Computational Theory and Mathematics — Human-Computer Interaction is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,395
of 28,054 · #3,329 all time
Rank in Denmark
#18
of 108
Research works
5k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
93k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is IT University of Copenhagen 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 #1,900 of 10,521 23.6%445 #1195
Computer ScienceField #1,096 of 4,667 19.6%335 #431
Social SciencesField #1,676 of 6,365 25.9%215 #1001
Physical SciencesDomain #4,306 of 12,888 18.7%478 #3069
Health SciencesDomain #4,959 of 11,982 24.6%90 #6718
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #896 of 1,884 19.3%123 #336
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,249 of 2,578 27.0%98 #624
Life SciencesDomain #4,656 of 7,800 21.6%72 #5591
MedicineField #6,407 of 10,443 22.9%69 #7652
PsychologyField #1,488 of 2,181 23.7%66 #1588

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IT University of Copenhagen 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#1,195 #1,900
  2. Computer Science#431 #1,096
  3. Social Sciences#1,001 #1,676
  4. Physical Sciences#3,069 #4,306
  5. Health Sciences#6,718 #4,959
  6. Artificial Intelligence#336 #896
  7. Sociology and Political Science#624 #1,249
  8. Life Sciences#5,591 #4,656
  9. Medicine#7,652 #6,407
  10. Psychology#1,588 #1,488
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 IT University of Copenhagen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 39.6 works18×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 22.0 works7.4×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 27.9 works6.0×
  4. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 23.6 works5.3×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.97× its world share, 334 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 72 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 69 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.28× its world share, 40 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.87× its world share, 65 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.41× its world share, 36 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 66 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 215 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IT University of Copenhagen?

Ranked on the composite score, Carsten Schürmann, Philippe Bonnet and Jakob E. Bardram lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IT University of Copenhagen.

  1. 1 Carsten Schürmann Denmark · #79,988 worldwide 236 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Philippe Bonnet Denmark · #83,708 worldwide 318 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Jakob E. Bardram Denmark · #91,159 worldwide 311 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Louise Barkhuus Denmark · #97,709 worldwide 210 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Irina Shklovski Denmark · #99,839 worldwide 142 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Miguel Sicart Denmark · #145,948 worldwide 498 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Peter Sestoft Denmark · #160,207 worldwide 147 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 John Paulin Hansen Denmark · #195,183 worldwide 172 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Espen Aarseth Denmark · #205,790 worldwide 99 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Rasmus Pagh Denmark · #208,549 worldwide 457 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at IT University of Copenhagen

Which keywords describe research at IT University of Copenhagen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Participatory Design, Social Interaction, Neural Networks, User Experience and Health Behavior Change.

▲ 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. Machine Learning74▲ 2.1×65 topics
  2. Deep Learning71▲ 1.92×60 topics
  3. Neural Networks46▲ 2.8×28 topics
  4. Big Data44▲ 4.5×20 topics
  5. Social Media40▲ 2.6×26 topics
  6. Sustainability38▲ 1.43×43 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence32▲ 2.1×29 topics
  8. Participatory Design32▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management30▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Social Interaction30▲ 7.0×7 topics
  11. User Experience25▲ 28×3 topics
  12. Health Behavior Change25▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Aesthetics24▲ 30×6 topics
  14. Stereotypes24▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Gender Dynamics24▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Video Games24▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Esports24▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Online Gaming24▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Design Research23▲ 82×1 topic
  20. Interaction Design23▲ 82×1 topic
  21. Digital Divide23▲ 8.2×7 topics
  22. Information Technology21▲ 4.1×9 topics
  23. Online Communication20▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Ethics18▲ 3.4×22 topics
  25. Corpus Linguistics18▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Civic Engagement15▲ 9.0×3 topics
  27. Topic Modeling15▲ 9.6×2 topics
  28. Neural Machine Translation15▲ 14×1 topic
  29. Statistical Machine Translation15▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Deliberative Democracy15▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Political Participation15▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Model Checking15▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Information Systems14▲ 7.7×4 topics
  34. Text Classification14▲ 8.2×3 topics
  35. Knowledge Sharing13▲ 7.7×6 topics
  36. Machine Translation13▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Semantic Similarity13▲ 9.8×1 topic
  38. Word Representation13▲ 9.8×1 topic
  39. Approximation Algorithms13▲ 17×5 topics
  40. Privacy Concerns12▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does IT University of Copenhagen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Games and Media, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Social Media and Politics.

Digital Games and Media: 24 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 23 fractional worksNatural Language Process…15Natural Language Processing Techniques: 15 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics15Social Media and Politics: 15 fractional worksTopic Modeling13Topic Modeling: 13 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 11 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…9Educational Games and Gamification: 9 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 9 fractional worksInformation Systems Theories and Implementation: 8 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 8 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHuman-Computer InteractionArtificial IntelligenceCommunication4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  2. 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 23 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 15 works
  5. 5 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 11 works
  7. 7 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 9 works
  8. 8 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  9. 9 Information Systems Theories and Implementation Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 8 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has IT University of Copenhagen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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