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Norwegian Computing Center

In research, Norwegian Computing Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,213 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,492
of 22,385 · #8,574 all time
Rank in Norway
#65
of 123
Research works
977
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
36.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Norwegian Computing Center

What is Norwegian Computing Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,213 of 10,670 5.6%100 #7655

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Computing 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Norwegian Computing Center work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Norwegian Computing Center is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (30%), Environmental Science (13%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 65.9% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 30.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 12.3% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 9.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegianComputing Center166fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences22%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science5030.3%
    2. Environmental Science2112.7%
    3. Engineering159.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences127.1%
    5. Mathematics74.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy32.0%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Social Sciences1811.1%
    2. Decision Sciences52.8%
    3. Psychology42.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting32.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    1. Medicine85.1%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.1%
    2. Neuroscience31.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.90× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.52× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.57× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 3.70× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.90× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.52×12 works
  2. Computer Science3.90×50 works
  3. Mathematics3.70×7 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.90×5 works
  5. Environmental Science2.57×21 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.97×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×3 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.90×3 works
  10. Psychology0.89×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.87×18 works
  12. Health Professions0.69×3 works
  13. Engineering0.62×15 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×3 works
  17. Medicine0.27×8 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Computing Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Alex Lenkoski, Kjersti Aas and Pierre Lison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Computing Center.

  1. 1 Alex Lenkoski Norway · #804,550 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Kjersti Aas Norway · #903,543 worldwide 4.5k citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Pierre Lison Norway · #1,062,467 worldwide 1.8k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Øivind Due Trier Norway · #1,251,647 worldwide 3.1k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Habtamu Abie Norway · #1,283,054 worldwide 1.2k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Thordis Linda Thorarinsdottir Norway · #1,353,176 worldwide 3.3k citations · 124 works
  7. 7 Anders U. Waldeland Norway · #1,600,846 worldwide 613 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Arnt-Børre Salberg Norway · #1,839,825 worldwide 2.3k citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Lars Holden Norway · #2,516,424 worldwide 2.1k citations · 111 works
  10. 10 Ragnar Knarud Norway · #2,606,178 worldwide 574 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Computing Center

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Computing Center?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Computing Center is "Principal component analysis" (Svante Wold, Kim H. Esbensen, Paul L. M. Geladi, 1987), with 11,762 citations. Next come "RNAmmer: consistent and rapid annotation of ribosomal RNA genes" (6,423) and "Pair-copula constructions of multiple dependence" (2,098).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Principal component analysis Svante Wold, Kim H. Esbensen, Paul L. M. Geladi · Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems Aug 1987 11,762
2 RNAmmer: consistent and rapid annotation of ribosomal RNA genes Karin Lagesen, Peter F. Hallin, Einar Andreas Rødland et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 22 Apr 2007 6,423
3 Pair-copula constructions of multiple dependence Kjersti Aas, Claudia Czado, Arnoldo Frigessi et al. · Insurance Mathematics and Economics Open access 12 Feb 2007 2,098
4 The D alton quantum chemistry program system Kęstutis Aidas et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science Open access 23 Sep 2013 1,523
5 SIMULA: an ALGOL-based simulation language Ole-Johan Dahl, Kristen Nygaard · Communications of the ACM Open access Sep 1966 862
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Computing Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Remote Sensing, Security, Climate Change, Internet of Things, IoT Security and Big Data.

▲ 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 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. Machine Learning28▲ 5.0×41 topics
  2. Deep Learning18▲ 3.2×38 topics
  3. Remote Sensing13▲ 6.5×17 topics
  4. Climate Change13▲ 2.8×23 topics
  5. Security8▲ 7.5×12 topics
  6. Internet of Things7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  7. Big Data6▲ 4.1×16 topics
  8. Neural Networks5▲ 2.0×17 topics
  9. Data Mining5▲ 4.0×6 topics
  10. Global Warming5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  11. IoT Security5▲ 9.7×3 topics
  12. Data Assimilation5▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter5▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Spatial Interpolation4▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Spectroscopy4▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Digital Soil Mapping4▲ 112×1 topic
  17. Geostatistics4▲ 112×1 topic
  18. Digital Forensics4▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Cloud Computing4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  20. Mobile Devices4▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Optimization4▲ 4.9×3 topics
  22. Surveillance4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  23. Trust4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Data Integration3▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Differential Privacy3▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Federated Learning3▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Cybercrime3▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Security Analysis3▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Ocean Circulation3▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Uncertainty Quantification3▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Closed-Loop Control3▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Well Placement3▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Behavioral Analysis3▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Forensic Investigation3▲ 96×1 topic
  35. Memory Analysis3▲ 96×1 topic
  36. User Experience3▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Climate Modeling3▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Extreme Events3▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Molecular Phylogeny3▲ 9.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Computing Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods and Digital and Cyber Forensics.

Soil Geostatistics and M…4Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 4 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…3Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 3 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 3 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 3 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 3 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 2 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…2Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 2 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 2 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 2 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceOcean EngineeringInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  3. 3 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 2 works
  9. 9 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Computing Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 Norwegian Computing Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Norwegian Computing Center0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Norwegian Computing Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Norwegian Computing Center10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2008.

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