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Maersk (Denmark)

In research, Maersk (Denmark) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,857 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,266 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 12.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,218
of 22,385 · #3,353 all time
Rank in Denmark
#19
of 93
Research works
1.6k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Maersk (Denmark)

What is Maersk (Denmark) 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 #1,857 of 10,670 14.6%230 #2029
EngineeringField #1,266 of 5,901 14.6%149 #1697

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maersk (Denmark) 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 Maersk (Denmark) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Maersk (Denmark) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (19%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 260 fractional works · 75.8% of its workEngineering: 167 fractional works · 48.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 10.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 9.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 65 fractional works · 19.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 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 workALL ITS WORKMaersk (Denmark)342fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering16748.7%
    2. Computer Science6519.0%
    3. Energy123.6%
    4. Environmental Science72.1%
    5. Mathematics20.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    8. Materials Science20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Psychology102.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting82.4%
    3. Decision Sciences82.2%
    4. Social Sciences71.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Medicine257.3%
    2. Health Professions72.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience72.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Maersk (Denmark) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.2 works13×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 31.0 works8.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.44× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.88× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.24× its world share, 167 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.88×12 works
  2. Engineering3.24×167 works
  3. Computer Science2.44×65 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.28×8 works
  5. Neuroscience1.21×7 works
  6. Psychology0.93×10 works
  7. Health Professions0.75×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.74×8 works
  9. Mathematics0.53×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.43×7 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×2 works
  12. Medicine0.38×25 works
  13. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×5 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.26×2 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×3 works
  19. Social Sciences0.15×6 works
  20. Materials Science0.14×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  22. Nursing0.10×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maersk (Denmark)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mikkel M. Sigurd, Joy Dalmacio Billanes and Muhyiddine Jradi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maersk (Denmark).

  1. 1 Mikkel M. Sigurd Denmark · #941,619 worldwide 971 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Joy Dalmacio Billanes Denmark · #1,000,668 worldwide 518 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Muhyiddine Jradi Denmark · #1,226,132 worldwide 2.2k citations · 131 works
  4. 4 Aljaž Kramberger Denmark · #1,259,203 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Martin Vad Bennetzen Denmark · #1,533,157 worldwide 2.3k citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Jakob Bjørnskov Denmark · #1,569,604 worldwide 165 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu Denmark · #1,786,244 worldwide 1.4k citations · 149 works
  8. 8 J. Andersen Denmark · #1,999,685 worldwide 2.3k citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Niels Lovmand Pedersen Denmark · #2,041,677 worldwide 256 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ed. Pergens Denmark · #2,151,638 worldwide 16 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Maersk (Denmark)

What are the most cited papers from Maersk (Denmark)?

The most cited paper from Maersk (Denmark) is "A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes" (Junjie Qin et al., 2012), with 7,088 citations. Next come "Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity" (2,204) and "Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota" (2,151).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes Junjie Qin et al. · Nature Open access 25 Sep 2012 7,088
2 Human gut microbes impact host serum metabolome and insulin sensitivity Helle Pedersen et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2016 2,204
3 Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota Kristoffer Forslund et al. · Nature Open access 30 Nov 2015 2,151
4 Metformin alters the gut microbiome of individuals with treatment-naive type 2 diabetes, contributing to the therapeutic effects of the drug Hao Wu, Eduardo Esteve, Valentina Tremaroli et al. · Nature Medicine 22 May 2017 1,664
5 Plant species classification using deep convolutional neural network Mads Dyrmann, Henrik Karstoft, Henrik Skov Midtiby · Biosystems Engineering Open access 13 Sep 2016 651
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Maersk (Denmark)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Cyber-Physical Systems, Neural Networks and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning41▲ 3.5×53 topics
  2. Sustainability37▲ 4.4×23 topics
  3. Renewable Energy36▲ 7.2×24 topics
  4. Machine Learning27▲ 2.4×52 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency21▲ 6.7×20 topics
  6. Neural Networks20▲ 3.9×27 topics
  7. Smart Grid19▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Big Data17▲ 5.2×13 topics
  9. Cyber-Physical Systems16▲ 18×7 topics
  10. Supply Chain Management14▲ 4.7×8 topics
  11. Internet of Things14▲ 4.8×8 topics
  12. Smart Home10▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Digital Twin10▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Game Theory10▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Cloud Manufacturing10▲ 31×1 topic
  16. Smart Manufacturing10▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Energy Management10▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks9▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Model Predictive Control9▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Energy Consumption9▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Robotic Manipulators9▲ 26×3 topics
  22. Demand Response9▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Electricity Markets9▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Soft Robotics8▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Grasping8▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Robot Learning8▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Robotics8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  28. Machine Tools8▲ 35×3 topics
  29. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  30. Building Energy Consumption8▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Climate Change Impact8▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. Thermal Comfort8▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Manufacturing7▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Policy7▲ 10.0×2 topics
  35. Industrial Sector7▲ 117×1 topic
  36. Resource Efficient7▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Privacy7▲ 7.0×6 topics
  38. Bioinspired Robotics6▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Continuum Robots6▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Probabilistic Forecasting6▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Maersk (Denmark) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Transformation in Industry, Smart Grid Energy Management, Robot Manipulation and Learning and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization.

Digital Transformation i…10Digital Transformation in Industry: 10 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…9Smart Grid Energy Management: 9 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 8 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comf…8Building Energy and Comfort Optimization: 8 fractional worksEnergy Efficiency and Ma…7Energy Efficiency and Management: 7 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 6 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 6 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Fo…5Energy Load and Power Forecasting: 5 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 5 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 5 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringBuilding and Construction3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 8 works
  5. 5 Energy Efficiency and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 works
  6. 6 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maersk (Denmark)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Maersk (Denmark) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Maersk (Denmark)0.0015% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Maersk (Denmark) 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 counting10%20%30%Maersk (Denmark)22.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 2025.

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