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Norwegian Institute of Public Health

In research, Norwegian Institute of Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,389 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,406 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,172 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis — Health is 11.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,441
of 28,054 · #3,207 all time
Rank in Norway
#17
of 133
Research works
4.3k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
151k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Norwegian Institute of Public Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,389 of 11,982 27.9%505 #1417
MedicineField #1,406 of 10,443 27.9%399 #1397
Social SciencesDomain #2,172 of 10,521 33.2%297 #1987
PsychologyField #669 of 2,181 32.8%129 #967
Life SciencesDomain #2,428 of 7,800 24.0%115 #1926
Clinical PsychologySubfield #296 of 738 30.7%75 #434
Social SciencesField #2,609 of 6,365 33.6%123 #2473
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #419 of 916 28.8%69 #480
Health ProfessionsField #882 of 1,928 28.0%91 #1056
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #402 of 828 28.8%71 #466

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Institute of Public Health 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,417 #1,389
  2. Medicine#1,397 #1,406
  3. Social Sciences#1,987 #2,172
  4. Psychology#967 #669
  5. Life Sciences#1,926 #2,428
  6. Clinical Psychology#434 #296
  7. Social Sciences#2,473 #2,609
  8. General Health Professions#480 #419
  9. Health Professions#1,056 #882
  10. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#466 #402
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Norwegian Institute of Public Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HealthSubfield · 34.1 works11×
  2. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 22.3 works7.7×
  3. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 38.4 works7.1×
  4. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 75.0 works7.0×
  5. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 70.6 works5.3×
  6. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield · 39.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.40× its world share, 91 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.04× its world share, 399 worksMedicineNursing: 2.18× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.18× its world share, 130 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 123 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Institute of Public Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Vegard Skirbekk, Per Magnus and Simon Øverland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

  1. 1 Vegard Skirbekk Norway · #8,005 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Per Magnus Norway · #34,562 worldwide 609 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Simon Øverland Norway · #36,455 worldwide 2.7k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Gunn Marit Aasvang Norway · #38,772 worldwide 797 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Jan Alexander Norway · #59,813 worldwide 444 citations · 96 works
  6. 6 Gunnar Brunborg Norway · #73,514 worldwide 186 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Camilla Stoltenberg Norway · #107,122 worldwide 252 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Cathrine Thomsen Norway · #110,943 worldwide 179 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Ann Kristin Knudsen Norway · #118,840 worldwide 4.1k citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Kristian Tambs Norway · #126,734 worldwide 207 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Institute of Public Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Depression, Health Disparities, Adolescents, Social Support and Metabolic Syndrome.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology131▲ 3.2×106 topics
  2. Public Health87▲ 5.9×47 topics
  3. Mental Health82▲ 5.5×34 topics
  4. Depression50▲ 5.6×16 topics
  5. Pandemic45▲ 4.2×9 topics
  6. COVID-1944▲ 3.2×20 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 3.9×34 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome42▲ 5.1×19 topics
  9. Health Disparities40▲ 15×9 topics
  10. Health Effects38▲ 6.2×20 topics
  11. Social Support37▲ 6.6×13 topics
  12. Quality of Life36▲ 2.5×42 topics
  13. Adolescents36▲ 9.5×8 topics
  14. Mortality Risk33▲ 14×6 topics
  15. SARS-CoV-232▲ 9.5×6 topics
  16. Child Development28▲ 6.6×6 topics
  17. Prevalence28▲ 6.7×14 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis27▲ 4.5×17 topics
  19. Anxiety26▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Psychiatric Disorders26▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Genetics26▲ 3.6×19 topics
  22. Global Burden of Disease24▲ 9.4×4 topics
  23. Psychological Distress24▲ 9.2×4 topics
  24. Health Equity23▲ 8.4×6 topics
  25. Maternal Mortality23▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Vaccine23▲ 5.6×10 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases22▲ 6.7×9 topics
  28. Psychological Impact22▲ 6.8×9 topics
  29. Substance Use Disorders21▲ 29×2 topics
  30. ACE2 Receptor21▲ 8.4×3 topics
  31. Health Outcomes21▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Environmental Exposure20▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Parenting20▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Social Relationships19▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Pregnancy19▲ 9.0×9 topics
  36. Chronic Disease19▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Neighborhood Effects18▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Trauma18▲ 9.0×6 topics
  39. Psychological Interventions18▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Acculturation18▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Institute of Public Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health disparities and outcomes, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Migration, Health and Trauma and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Health disparities and o…18Health disparities and outcomes: 18 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…16Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 16 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 15 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …14SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 13 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 13 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…12Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 12 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 9 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 9 fractional works
HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthClinical PsychologyInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 Health disparities and outcomes Health 18 works
  2. 2 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  3. 3 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 15 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 14 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 13 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 13 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 13 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 12 works
  9. 9 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  10. 10 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 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 available68.4%not open31.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Institute of Public Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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