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Northern Research Institute

In research, Northern Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,651 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,980
of 34,923
Rank in Norway
#113
of 215
Research works
322
▼ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Northern Research Institute

What is Northern Research Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,651 of 17,446 10.0%213

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern Research Institute 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 Northern Research Institute work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Northern Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (17%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 213 fractional works · 66.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 19.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 43 fractional works · 13.5% of its workOceanography: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 57 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 55 fractional works · 17.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthern ResearchInstitute322fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6319.5%
    2. Environmental Science5717.8%
    3. Engineering5517.1%
    4. Computer Science257.9%
    5. Materials Science41.2%
    6. Mathematics30.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    8. Energy20.7%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences3611.2%
    2. Psychology103.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities41.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Medicine154.7%
    2. Health Professions144.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences134.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 5.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.86× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.25×3 works
  2. Environmental Science4.86×3 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.37×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.43×1 works
  5. Engineering1.29×2 works
  6. Computer Science0.72×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.59×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.35×0 works
  11. Medicine0.11×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northern Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Tom Rune Lauknes, Yngvar Larsen and Stein Rune Karlsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Research Institute.

  1. 1 Tom Rune Lauknes Norway · #323,096 worldwide 2.1k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Yngvar Larsen Norway · #619,971 worldwide 2.1k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Stein Rune Karlsen Norway · #882,726 worldwide 2.7k citations · 92 works
  4. 4 Kjell Arild Høgda Norway · #911,531 worldwide 4k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Luis Fernández-Luque Norway · #1,153,707 worldwide 5.7k citations · 229 works
  6. 6 Bernt E. Johansen Norway · #1,154,819 worldwide 2.4k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 S. Solbø Norway · #1,521,839 worldwide 884 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Ellen Brox Norway · #1,646,349 worldwide 525 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Jan Åge Riseth Norway · #1,832,017 worldwide 672 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Arild Buanes Norway · #1,905,330 worldwide 481 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Northern Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Northern Research Institute is "Improved monitoring of vegetation dynamics at very high latitudes: A new method using MODIS NDVI" (Pieter S. A. Beck, Clement Atzberger, Kjell Arild Høgda et al., 2005), with 1,056 citations. Next come "Features of Mobile Diabetes Applications: Review of the Literature and Analysis of Current Applications Compared Against Evidence-Based Guidelines" (476) and "Mindfulness training for stress management: a randomised controlled study of medical and psychology students" (402).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved monitoring of vegetation dynamics at very high latitudes: A new method using MODIS NDVI Pieter S. A. Beck, Clement Atzberger, Kjell Arild Høgda et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Open access 28 Dec 2005 1,056
2 Features of Mobile Diabetes Applications: Review of the Literature and Analysis of Current Applications Compared Against Evidence-Based Guidelines Taridzo Chomutare, Luis Fernández-Luque, Eirik Årsand et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 22 Sep 2011 476
3 Mindfulness training for stress management: a randomised controlled study of medical and psychology students Michael de Vibe, Ida Solhaug, Reidar Tyssen et al. · BMC Medical Education Open access 13 Aug 2013 402
4 The glaciers climate change initiative: Methods for creating glacier area, elevation change and velocity products Frank Paul et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 31 Oct 2013 376
5 Misleading Health-Related Information Promoted Through Video-Based Social Media: Anorexia on YouTube Shabbir Syed-Abdul, Luis Fernández-Luque, Wen‐Shan Jian et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 13 Feb 2013 360
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northern Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Arctic, Sea Level Rise, Glacier, Water Availability and Ocean Circulation.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Change72▲ 8.4×56 topics
  2. Remote Sensing54▲ 15×24 topics
  3. Hydrology30▲ 82×3 topics
  4. Arctic25▲ 73×4 topics
  5. Sea Level Rise18▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Glacier17▲ 114×1 topic
  7. Water Availability17▲ 114×1 topic
  8. Ocean Circulation14▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Methane Emissions13▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Permafrost12▲ 89×2 topics
  11. Carbon Feedback12▲ 120×1 topic
  12. Thawing12▲ 120×1 topic
  13. Sustainability12▲ 2.0×22 topics
  14. Biodiversity11▲ 4.3×15 topics
  15. Biomass Estimation10▲ 27×3 topics
  16. Data Assimilation9▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Decline9▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Sea Ice9▲ 104×1 topic
  19. SAR Interferometry8▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Surface Deformation Monitoring8▲ 138×1 topic
  21. Risk Assessment7▲ 3.9×5 topics
  22. Wave Modeling7▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Food Security7▲ 5.5×7 topics
  24. Hydrological Modeling7▲ 11×5 topics
  25. GIS-based Modeling7▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Hazard7▲ 37×1 topic
  27. Landslide7▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Climate Change Impact6▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Global Change6▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Satellite Observations6▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Vulnerability6▲ 12×5 topics
  32. Tropical Cyclones6▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Ecological Knowledge6▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Ocean Waves6▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Wind Stress6▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Aboveground Biomass5▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Soil Moisture5▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Validation5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Climate5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Patient Engagement5▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Northern Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forest Management and Policy, Forest ecology and management, Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement and Embedded Systems and FPGA Design.

Forest Management and Policy: 1 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Productivit…1Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement: 1 fractional worksEmbedded Systems and FPG…0Embedded Systems and FPGA Design: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilizati…0Forest Biomass Utilization and Management: 0 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 0 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 0 fractional worksAerospace, Electronics, Mathematical Modeling: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeNature and Landscape ConservationAgronomy and Crop ScienceControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  2. 2 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  3. 3 Agricultural Productivity and Crop Improvement Agronomy and Crop Science 1 works
  4. 4 Embedded Systems and FPGA Design Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  6. 6 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  8. 8 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Aerospace, Electronics, Mathematical Modeling Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.0%domestic only66.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northern Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Northern Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Northern Research Institute0.000056% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Northern Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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