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Nordland Hospital

In research, Nordland Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,812 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,671 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,845
of 34,923
Rank in Norway
#127
of 215
Research works
344
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
9k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Nordland Hospital

What is Nordland Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,812 of 14,558 9.3%223
Health SciencesDomain #4,671 of 16,688 9.2%239

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nordland Hospital 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 Nordland Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Nordland Hospital is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 29 fractional works · 75.3% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 67.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 16.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNordland Hospital38fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences5%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2667.6%
    2. Health Professions24.1%
    3. Nursing13.6%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology37.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.8%
    3. Neuroscience12.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Psychology13.6%
    2. Social Sciences01.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering11.9%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Materials Science00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 7.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing7.37×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.99×3 works
  3. Medicine3.51×26 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.48×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.75×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.55×2 works
  7. Psychology1.18×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×2 works
  9. Engineering0.13×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.10×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nordland Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Knut Dybwik, Grethe Bergseth and Judith Krey Ludviksen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nordland Hospital.

  1. 1 Knut Dybwik Norway · #1,509,932 worldwide 955 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Grethe Bergseth Norway · #2,369,329 worldwide 1.7k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Judith Krey Ludviksen Norway · #2,497,093 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Tor Claudi Norway · #2,857,064 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Jan Holt Norway · #2,901,797 worldwide 595 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Dorte Bang Christiansen Norway · #2,936,703 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Anders Hovland Norway · #3,504,162 worldwide 2.8k citations · 133 works
  8. 8 Knut Tore Lappegård Norway · #3,904,849 worldwide 4.5k citations · 146 works
  9. 9 T. E. Mollnes Norway · #4,470,133 worldwide 240 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Hanne Bjørnstad Norway · #4,536,046 worldwide 436 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Nordland Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Nordland Hospital?

The most cited paper from Nordland Hospital is "Mutations in VKORC1 cause warfarin resistance and multiple coagulation factor deficiency type 2" (Simone Rost, Andreas Fregin, Vytautas Ivaškevičius et al., 2004), with 1,141 citations. Next come "The Role of Tumor Stroma in Cancer Progression and Prognosis: Emphasis on Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer" (724) and "Prognostic Effect of Epithelial and Stromal Lymphocyte Infiltration in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer" (634).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutations in VKORC1 cause warfarin resistance and multiple coagulation factor deficiency type 2 Simone Rost, Andreas Fregin, Vytautas Ivaškevičius et al. · Nature Feb 2004 1,141
2 The Role of Tumor Stroma in Cancer Progression and Prognosis: Emphasis on Carcinoma-Associated Fibroblasts and Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Roy Martin Bremnes, Tom Dønnem, Samer Al‐Saad et al. · Journal of Thoracic Oncology Open access 24 Nov 2010 724
3 Prognostic Effect of Epithelial and Stromal Lymphocyte Infiltration in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Khalid I. Al-Shibli, Tom Dønnem, Samer Al‐Saad et al. · Clinical Cancer Research Open access 12 Aug 2008 634
4 2010 International consensus algorithm for the diagnosis, therapy and management of hereditary angioedema Tom Bowen et al. · Allergy Asthma and Clinical Immunology Open access 28 Jul 2010 618
5 Workplace interventions for common mental disorders: a systematic meta-review Sadhbh Joyce, Matthew Modini, Helen M Christensen et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access Dec 2015 553
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Which keywords describe research at Nordland Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Genetics, Cancer, Epidemiology, Innate Immunity, Meta-Analysis and Inflammatory Diseases.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation4▲ 5.0×29 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×32 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 6.6×13 topics
  4. Cancer3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  5. Genetics2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 4.5×12 topics
  7. Innate Immunity2▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Meta-Analysis2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  10. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 3.8×13 topics
  12. Immune System2▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Quality of Life1▲ 2.6×12 topics
  15. Regulation1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  16. Complement1▲ 199×1 topic
  17. Deficiency1▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Immune1▲ 199×1 topic
  19. Vitamin D1▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Prevalence1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  21. Atrial Fibrillation1▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Sepsis1▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy1▲ 98×1 topic
  25. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  26. Diagnosis1▲ 2.9×6 topics
  27. Obesity1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  28. Sudden Death1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Nordland Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vitamin D Research Studies, Complement system in diseases, Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Vitamin D Research Studies: 1 fractional worksComplement system in diseases: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…1Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 1 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…1Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 1 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 1 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 1 fractional worksBlood Coagulation and Th…0Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksVitamin C and Antioxidants Research: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineImmunologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineDermatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Complement system in diseases Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 1 works
  5. 5 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 1 works
  6. 6 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms Hematology 0 works
  8. 8 Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nordland Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nordland Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Nordland Hospital0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nordland Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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