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NORCE Research AS

In research, NORCE Research AS stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,124 of 12,888 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#362 of 1,209 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,290 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science — Ocean Engineering is 17.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,328
of 28,054 · #6,825 all time
Rank in Norway
#16
of 133
Research works
1.7k
▲ 1601% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is NORCE Research AS 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,124 of 12,888 21.1%463 #4748
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #362 of 1,209 28.6%81 #1046
Environmental ScienceField #1,290 of 3,551 27.1%128 #2290
Social SciencesDomain #4,486 of 10,521 34.9%163 #6809
Health SciencesDomain #5,375 of 11,982 21.9%88 #6533
EngineeringField #3,270 of 6,636 15.8%181 #5814
Social SciencesField #3,248 of 6,365 40.4%83 #5166
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #231 of 286 12.8%69 #661

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NORCE Research AS 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. Physical Sciences#4,748 #2,124
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,046 #362
  3. Environmental Science#2,290 #1,290
  4. Social Sciences#6,809 #4,486
  5. Health Sciences#6,533 #5,375
  6. Engineering#5,814 #3,270
  7. Social Sciences#5,166 #3,248
  8. Ocean Engineering#661 #231
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 NORCE Research AS specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 68.9 works17×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 25.4 works12×
  3. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 36.4 works11×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 81.1 works6.8×
  5. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 25.6 works6.2×
  6. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.1 works5.9×
← 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: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.80× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.26× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 181 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.39× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at NORCE Research AS?

Ranked on the composite score, Hanna Lee, Sarah E. Gasda and Helge Skoglund lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NORCE Research AS.

  1. 1 Hanna Lee Norway · #238,736 worldwide 253 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Sarah E. Gasda Norway · #417,503 worldwide 185 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Helge Skoglund Norway · #573,565 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Xiaodong Luo Norway · #624,764 worldwide 84 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Peter J. Thomas Norway · #648,448 worldwide 50 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Knut Wiik Vollset Norway · #655,116 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Sissel Hansen Norway · #678,249 worldwide 124 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Øivind Larsen Norway · #698,013 worldwide 11 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Kristin Rist Sørheim Norway · #775,520 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Eric Cayeux Norway · #940,219 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at NORCE Research AS

Which keywords describe research at NORCE Research AS?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Data Assimilation, CO2 Sequestration, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Hydraulic Fracturing, Optimization, Ocean Circulation and Uncertainty Quantification.

▲ 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. Climate Change86▲ 4.2×68 topics
  2. Data Assimilation40▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Machine Learning37▲ 1.49×55 topics
  4. CO2 Sequestration34▲ 23×3 topics
  5. Ensemble Kalman Filter31▲ 41×2 topics
  6. Remote Sensing29▲ 3.1×23 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing28▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Optimization26▲ 7.4×14 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation24▲ 25×3 topics
  10. Mental Health24▲ 2.1×24 topics
  11. Uncertainty Quantification23▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Global Warming23▲ 7.5×10 topics
  13. Nanoparticles23▲ 2.4×10 topics
  14. Closed-Loop Control22▲ 63×1 topic
  15. Well Placement22▲ 63×1 topic
  16. Renewable Energy22▲ 1.96×25 topics
  17. Vibration Analysis21▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Fracture Propagation21▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Shale Gas Reservoirs21▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Rheological Properties21▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Drilling Fluids20▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Well Integrity20▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Reactive Transport18▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Arctic14▲ 16×4 topics
  25. Carbon Capture13▲ 44×1 topic
  26. Geological Storage13▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Porous Media13▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Hydrology13▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Greenhouse Gas Emissions12▲ 6.0×6 topics
  30. Fisheries Sustainability12▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Probabilistic Forecasting11▲ 7.5×3 topics
  32. Shale Gas11▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Hydrological Cycle10▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Sea Level Rise10▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Surfactants10▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Nanofluids10▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Boundary Layer10▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Extreme Events10▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Pore-scale Modeling10▲ 36×1 topic
  40. X-ray Computed Tomography10▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does NORCE Research AS publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions.

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 22 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 21 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…20Drilling and Well Engineering: 20 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…13CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 13 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 10 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 10 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…9Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 9 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 8 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 8 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 8 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 22 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  7. 7 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 9 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 8 works
  9. 9 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 8 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 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 available67.7%not open32.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.6%domestic only59.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NORCE Research AS's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1601% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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