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Moesgaard Museum

In research, Moesgaard Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,344 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,006
of 28,054 · #10,014 all time
Rank in Denmark
#32
of 108
Research works
830
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.3k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Moesgaard Museum 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 #2,344 of 10,521 20.1%76 #2938

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Moesgaard Museum 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).

What does Moesgaard Museum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 22.4 works11×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.78× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 9.47× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Moesgaard Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Flemming Just and C. Vermeeren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moesgaard Museum.

  1. 1 Flemming Just Denmark · #1,043,919 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 C. Vermeeren Denmark · #1,559,754 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Moesgaard Museum

Which keywords describe research at Moesgaard Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Archaeology, Religion, Material Culture, Trade, Cultural Exchange, Agricultural Origins, Radiocarbon Dating and Medieval.

▲ 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. Archaeology17▲ 94×8 topics
  2. Religion15▲ 24×10 topics
  3. Material Culture13▲ 240×2 topics
  4. Trade13▲ 123×2 topics
  5. Cultural Exchange13▲ 77×4 topics
  6. Agricultural Origins13▲ 300×1 topic
  7. Radiocarbon Dating13▲ 300×1 topic
  8. Climate Change13▲ 3.6×36 topics
  9. Medieval12▲ 254×2 topics
  10. Scandinavia12▲ 618×1 topic
  11. Viking Age12▲ 618×1 topic
  12. Education7▲ 3.1×8 topics
  13. Holocene6▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage6▲ 8.4×8 topics
  15. Qualitative Research6▲ 5.2×3 topics
  16. Pedagogy6▲ 8.7×2 topics
  17. Social Sciences6▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Hominin Genetics5▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Paleolithic Archaeology5▲ 173×1 topic
  20. Urban Development4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  21. International Relations4▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Cultural Sustainability4▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Identity4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  24. Biodiversity4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  25. Bronze Age4▲ 68×3 topics
  26. Ethics4▲ 6.1×7 topics
  27. Sea Level4▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Mediterranean4▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Paleoclimatology4▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Conservation3▲ 5.8×14 topics
  31. Archaeological Finds3▲ 158×1 topic
  32. Corded Ware Culture3▲ 158×1 topic
  33. Learning3▲ 8.0×1 topic
  34. Methodology3▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Community Participation3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  36. Glacial Cycles3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Monsoon Dynamics3▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Communication3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  39. Embodiment3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Adaptive Reuse3▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Moesgaard Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Historical and Archaeological Studies, Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology and Social and Educational Sciences.

Archaeology and ancient …13Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 13 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeolo…12Historical and Archaeological Studies: 12 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 5 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 3 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 3 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 3 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 3 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional worksImage Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 2 fractional works
PaleontologyHistoryAnthropologyEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 13 works
  2. 2 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 12 works
  3. 3 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 5 works
  4. 4 Social and Educational Sciences Education 3 works
  5. 5 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 3 works
  6. 6 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  7. 7 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 3 works
  8. 8 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  10. 10 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.9%domestic only70.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Moesgaard Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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