Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
In research, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,927 of 21,541 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#832 of 2,661 worldwide) and Atmospheric Science (#670 of 1,013 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 38.4× its share of world research.
- World rank, all time
- #6,543 of 42,892
- Rank in ??
- #63 of 1,041
- Research works
- 391 ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 17k 43.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 23.4% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 56% world 28%
What is Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #3,927 of 21,541 | 27.8% | 378 | |
| Earth and Planetary SciencesField | #832 of 2,661 | 27.5% | 248 | |
| Atmospheric ScienceSubfield | #670 of 1,013 | 28.8% | 137 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center 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 Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 38.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 30.0 works38×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 38.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 38.4×
- Environmental Science 5.0×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.7×
- Engineering 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.2×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.0×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center?
Ranked on the composite score, Geir Evensen, Lasse H. Pettersson and H. Cattle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center.
- 1 Geir Evensen ?? · #30,866 worldwide 905 citations · 36 works
- 2 Lasse H. Pettersson ?? · #72,656 worldwide 256 citations · 38 works
- 3 H. Cattle ?? · #258,485 worldwide 190 citations · 18 works
- 4 Ola M. Johannessen ?? · #461,994 worldwide 300 citations · 84 works
- 5 Laurent Bertino ?? · #525,924 worldwide 207 citations · 64 works
- 6 Johnny A. Johannessen ?? · #700,178 worldwide 181 citations · 79 works
- 7 Richard Davy ?? · #731,394 worldwide 43 citations · 29 works
- 8 Stein Sandven ?? · #955,570 worldwide 70 citations · 44 works
- 9 Anton Korosov ?? · #958,441 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
- 10 Morten W. Hansen ?? · #1,122,083 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
Which keywords describe research at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Arctic, Data Assimilation, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Decline and Sea Ice.
- Methane
- Emissions
- Well Placement
- Optimization
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Machine Learning
- Hydrological Modeling
- Tropical Cyclones
- Sea Level Rise
- Carbon Feedback
- Probabilistic Forecasting
- Mesoscale Modeling
- Boundary Layer
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Climate Modeling
- Sea Ice
- Global Warming
- Data Assimilation
- Ocean Circulation
- Climate Change
- Arctic
- Remote Sensing
- Decline
- Hydrological Cycle
- Extreme Events
- Hydrology
- Convective Parameterization
- Oceanic Modeling
- Tidal Analysis
- Permafrost
- Glacier
- Water Availability
- Satellite Observations
- Wave Modeling
- Ocean Waves
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Wind Stress
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Shale Gas
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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 39 words, with their numbers
- Climate Change26▲ 19×25 topics
- Ocean Circulation18▲ 279×3 topics
- Arctic12▲ 206×4 topics
- Data Assimilation11▲ 142×4 topics
- Remote Sensing10▲ 17×13 topics
- Global Warming8▲ 41×7 topics
- Decline7▲ 542×1 topic
- Sea Ice7▲ 542×1 topic
- Hydrological Cycle6▲ 134×2 topics
- Climate Modeling6▲ 178×1 topic
- Extreme Events6▲ 145×1 topic
- Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 120×2 topics
- Hydrology6▲ 92×2 topics
- Boundary Layer5▲ 82×2 topics
- Convective Parameterization5▲ 173×1 topic
- Mesoscale Modeling5▲ 173×1 topic
- Oceanic Modeling5▲ 287×1 topic
- Probabilistic Forecasting5▲ 49×2 topics
- Tidal Analysis5▲ 287×1 topic
- Carbon Feedback4▲ 219×1 topic
- Permafrost4▲ 173×1 topic
- Sea Level Rise4▲ 57×3 topics
- Glacier2▲ 97×1 topic
- Tropical Cyclones2▲ 77×2 topics
- Water Availability2▲ 97×1 topic
- Hydrological Modeling2▲ 15×5 topics
- Satellite Observations2▲ 34×3 topics
- Machine Learning2◆ 0.95×9 topics
- Wave Modeling2▲ 59×2 topics
- Hydraulic Fracturing1▲ 25×2 topics
- Ocean Waves1▲ 122×1 topic
- Optimization1▲ 6.2×2 topics
- Uncertainty Quantification1▲ 33×1 topic
- Well Placement1▲ 59×1 topic
- Wind Stress1▲ 122×1 topic
- Emissions1▲ 12×1 topic
- Harmful Algal Blooms1▲ 31×2 topics
- Methane1▲ 48×1 topic
- Shale Gas1▲ 20×2 topics
Which research topics does Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 7 works
- 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 6 works
- 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 5 works
- 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 5 works
- 5 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 4 works
- 6 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 2 works
- 7 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 1 works
- 8 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 1 works
- 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
- 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.
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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