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Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

In research, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,332 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#870 of 3,334 worldwide) and Civil and Structural Engineering (#327 of 908 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Geophysics and Ocean Engineering (Civil and Structural Engineering is 25.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,291
of 22,385 · #5,052 all time
Rank in Norway
#33
of 123
Research works
1.5k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

What is Norwegian Geotechnical Institute 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 #1,332 of 10,670 10.5%301 #1840
Environmental ScienceField #870 of 3,334 13.7%62 #906
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #327 of 908 9.2%99 #278
EngineeringField #2,415 of 5,901 8.9%180 #1962

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Geotechnical 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,840 #1,332
  2. Environmental Science#906 #870
  3. Civil and Structural Engineering#278 #327
  4. Engineering#1,962 #2,415
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Norwegian Geotechnical Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Environmental Science (22%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 353 fractional works · 95.9% of its workEngineering: 198 fractional works · 53.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 109 fractional works · 29.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 18 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 81 fractional works · 21.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 fractional works · 15.6% of its workGeophysics: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegianGeotechnical…368fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering19853.9%
    2. Environmental Science8121.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5715.6%
    4. Computer Science82.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.9%
    6. Materials Science20.6%
    7. Chemistry20.4%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences41.0%
    2. Decision Sciences20.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Health Professions10.2%
    2. Medicine10.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Norwegian Geotechnical Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 25.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 108.6 works25×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 24.5 works19×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 20.7 works11×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 57.4 works9.9×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9.95× its world share, 57 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.59× its world share, 198 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.41× its world share, 81 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences9.95×57 works
  2. Environmental Science4.41×81 works
  3. Engineering3.59×198 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.67×2 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.56×1 works
  6. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.41×3 works
  8. Energy0.35×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.27×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.26×8 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×3 works
  13. Materials Science0.16×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.08×4 works
  18. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.07×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×1 works
  22. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Hans Peter H. Arp, Finn Løvholt and Sarah Elizabeth Hale lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Geotechnical Institute.

  1. 1 Hans Peter H. Arp Norway · #67,142 worldwide 14k citations · 306 works
  2. 2 Finn Løvholt Norway · #73,008 worldwide 7.1k citations · 212 works
  3. 3 Sarah Elizabeth Hale Norway · #74,662 worldwide 9.5k citations · 195 works
  4. 4 Gerard Cornelissen Norway · #103,449 worldwide 21k citations · 363 works
  5. 5 Kaare Høeg Norway · #203,977 worldwide 4.5k citations · 118 works
  6. 6 Anders Solheim Norway · #277,243 worldwide 5.6k citations · 177 works
  7. 7 Nick R. Barton Norway · #298,149 worldwide 16k citations · 149 works
  8. 8 Sylfest Glimsdal Norway · #306,030 worldwide 2.8k citations · 126 works
  9. 9 Erlend Sørmo Norway · #336,564 worldwide 1.1k citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Gijs D. Breedveld Norway · #345,815 worldwide 5.8k citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute is "The shear strength of rock joints in theory and practice" (Nick R. Barton, Vishnu D. Choubey, 1977), with 2,992 citations. Next come "Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support" (2,937) and "The global threat from plastic pollution" (2,915).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The shear strength of rock joints in theory and practice Nick R. Barton, Vishnu D. Choubey · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Dec 1977 2,992
2 Engineering classification of rock masses for the design of tunnel support Nick R. Barton, R. Lien, Jenny Lunde · Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering Dec 1974 2,937
3 The global threat from plastic pollution Matthew MacLeod, Hans Peter H. Arp, Mine Banu Tekman et al. · Science Jul 2021 2,915
4 Strength, deformation and conductivity coupling of rock joints Nick R. Barton, Stavros Bandis, Khosrow Bakhtar · International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts Jun 1985 1,595
5 Engineering Geology of Norwegian Normally-Consolidated Marine Clays as Related to Settlements of Buildings Laurits Bjerrum · Géotechnique Jun 1967 930
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Geotechnical Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Liquefaction Resistance, Particle Shape Effects, Liquefaction, Tunnel, Risk Assessment, GIS-based Modeling and Pipeline.

▲ 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. Remote Sensing34▲ 7.5×15 topics
  2. Liquefaction Resistance28▲ 255×1 topic
  3. Particle Shape Effects28▲ 255×1 topic
  4. Liquefaction26▲ 83×2 topics
  5. Tunnel26▲ 83×2 topics
  6. GIS-based Modeling24▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Risk Assessment24▲ 9.8×6 topics
  8. Pipeline22▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Analysis22▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Earthquake21▲ 103×1 topic
  11. Seismic21▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Soil Properties21▲ 32×4 topics
  13. Climate Change20▲ 2.0×35 topics
  14. Soil Reinforcement19▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Geosynthetics18▲ 98×2 topics
  16. Hazard17▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Landslide17▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Numerical Analysis17▲ 93×2 topics
  19. Fiber Reinforcement17▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Stone Columns17▲ 108×1 topic
  21. CO2 Sequestration16▲ 22×4 topics
  22. Finite Element Analysis16▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Reliability Analysis15▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Spatial Variability15▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Probabilistic Methods14▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Slope Stability Analysis14▲ 99×1 topic
  27. Health Effects13▲ 6.0×9 topics
  28. Rock Mechanics12▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Global Distribution11▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Dynamic Behavior10▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Fracture10▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Acoustic Emission10▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Numerical Modelling10▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Hydraulic Fracturing10▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Wastewater Treatment10▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Rheological Properties9▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Hydraulic Conductivity9▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Fracture Propagation9▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Shale Gas Reservoirs9▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Numerical Simulation9▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Geotechnical Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Landslides and related hazards and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

Geotechnical Engineering…28Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics: 28 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 21 fractional worksLandslides and related h…17Landslides and related hazards: 17 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…17Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 17 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 14 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 10 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…9Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 9 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 8 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 7 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 7 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics Civil and Structural Engineering 28 works
  2. 2 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 21 works
  3. 3 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 17 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 14 works
  6. 6 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 10 works
  7. 7 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 7 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.0%domestic only62.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Geotechnical Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Geotechnical Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Norwegian Geotechnical Institute0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Norwegian Geotechnical Institute 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Norwegian Geotechnical Institute9.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.0% in 2011.

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