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Norwegian Environment Agency

In research, Norwegian Environment Agency stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,397 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,615
of 34,923
Rank in Norway
#159
of 215
Research works
256
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Norwegian Environment Agency

What is Norwegian Environment Agency 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
Social SciencesDomain #10,397 of 14,833 7.2%151

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Environment Agency 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 Environment Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Norwegian Environment Agency is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 60.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 29.0% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 16.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegianEnvironment…51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences61%

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. Social Sciences1529.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities816.0%
    3. Psychology36.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting35.8%
    5. Decision Sciences23.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Environmental Science59.6%
    2. Engineering48.7%
    3. Computer Science36.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Medicine23.7%
    2. Health Professions23.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.93× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.53× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.97× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.53×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.70×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.29×15 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.19×0 works
  5. Psychology1.97×3 works
  6. Environmental Science1.93×5 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.81×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.37×1 works
  9. Health Professions1.12×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.81×3 works
  11. Energy0.71×0 works
  12. Engineering0.58×4 works
  13. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.20×0 works
  18. Medicine0.19×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Environment Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Anders Ravn Sørensen, Bjarne Grønnow and Mikkel Venborg Pedersen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Environment Agency.

  1. 1 Anders Ravn Sørensen Norway · #3,885,088 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Bjarne Grønnow Norway · #4,335,529 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Mikkel Venborg Pedersen Norway · #5,134,083 worldwide 0 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Environment Agency

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Environment Agency?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Environment Agency is "Methods for landscape characterisation and mapping: A systematic review" (Trond Simensen, Rune Halvorsen, Lars Erikstad, 2018), with 239 citations. Next come "Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries" (228) and "High resolution mass spectrometry-based non-target screening can support regulatory environmental monitoring and chemicals management" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Methods for landscape characterisation and mapping: A systematic review Trond Simensen, Rune Halvorsen, Lars Erikstad · Land Use Policy ReviewOpen access 24 Apr 2018 239
2 Human behaviour can trigger large carnivore attacks in developed countries Vincenzo Penteriani, María del Mar Delgado, Francesco Pinchera et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 3 Feb 2016 228
3 High resolution mass spectrometry-based non-target screening can support regulatory environmental monitoring and chemicals management Juliane Hollender, Bert van Bavel, Valeria Dulio et al. · Environmental Sciences Europe Open access 15 Jul 2019 218
4 The effects of density dependent resource limitation on size of wild reindeer Terje Skogland · Oecologia Nov 1983 204
5 Hiding in Plain Sight: an Approach to Treating Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection David S. Fedson, Steven M. Opal, Ole Martin Rordam · mBio Open access 23 Mar 2020 183
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Environment Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Qualitative Research, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Special Education, Learning, Discourse Analysis and Methodology.

▲ 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. Education7▲ 7.6×12 topics
  2. Qualitative Research4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  3. Pedagogy4▲ 15×3 topics
  4. Social Sciences4▲ 50×2 topics
  5. Climate Change3▲ 2.3×22 topics
  6. Special Education3▲ 102×2 topics
  7. Learning3▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Discourse Analysis3▲ 24×1 topic
  9. Methodology3▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Ethics3▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Machine Learning3▲ 1.56×11 topics
  12. Sustainability2▲ 2.0×16 topics
  13. Embodiment2▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 91×2 topics
  15. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  16. Religion2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  17. Social Science2▲ 107×2 topics
  18. Digital Repositories2▲ 101×2 topics
  19. Ethical Guidelines2▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Gender2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  21. Interactional Expertise2▲ 331×1 topic
  22. Data Citation2▲ 67×2 topics
  23. Data Sharing2▲ 106×2 topics
  24. Identity2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  25. Open Science2▲ 115×1 topic
  26. Scientific Data Management2▲ 115×1 topic
  27. Grey Literature1▲ 718×1 topic
  28. Literature1▲ 4.9×7 topics
  29. Philosophy1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  30. Research Information Systems1▲ 718×1 topic
  31. Sociology1▲ 20×4 topics
  32. Archaeology1▲ 20×5 topics
  33. Phenomenology1▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Communication1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Cultural Studies1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  36. Mediterranean1▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Urban Development1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  38. Politics1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Social Dynamics1▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Theology1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Norwegian Environment Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Educational Sciences, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Research Data Management Practices and Optics and Image Analysis.

Social and Educational S…3Social and Educational Sciences: 3 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 2 fractional worksOptics and Image Analysis: 1 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 1 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …1Academic Publishing and Open Access: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 1 fractional works
EducationSocial PsychologyInformation SystemsManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 3 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Optics and Image Analysis Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 1 works
  8. 8 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  9. 9 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  10. 10 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 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.

openly available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.4%domestic only62.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Environment Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Norwegian Environment Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Norwegian Environment Agency0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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