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Norwegian Medical Association

In research, Norwegian Medical Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,047 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#7,400 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,999 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,975
of 22,385 · #15,037 all time
Rank in Norway
#114
of 123
Research works
376
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Norwegian Medical Association

What is Norwegian Medical Association 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,047 of 16,688 8.5%202
MedicineField #7,400 of 14,558 8.3%134
Social SciencesDomain #10,999 of 14,833 5.3%122

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Norwegian Medical Association is in Health Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (40%), Social Sciences (17%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 36 fractional works · 50.5% of its workMedicine: 29 fractional works · 40.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 41.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegian MedicalAssociation71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences42%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2940.3%
    2. Health Professions79.7%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1216.9%
    2. Psychology810.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities69.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Engineering23.3%
    2. Environmental Science00.4%
    3. Computer Science00.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.68× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.10× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.57× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.68×7 works
  2. Psychology3.57×8 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.11×6 works
  4. Medicine2.10×29 works
  5. Social Sciences1.34×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.02×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.69×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×1 works
  13. Nursing0.24×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  15. Engineering0.22×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Medical Association?

Ranked on the quality score, A. John P.M. Overbeke, John Hoey and Catherine D. De Angelis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Medical Association.

  1. 1 A. John P.M. Overbeke Norway · #758,829 worldwide 4k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 John Hoey Norway · #990,620 worldwide 6.4k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Catherine D. De Angelis Norway · #1,746,499 worldwide 3.1k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Olaf Gjerl⊘w Aasland Norway · #3,452,968 worldwide 289 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 J. A. Fougner Norway · #3,828,896 worldwide 305 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Hans Asbjørn Holm Norway · #4,315,004 worldwide 56 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Jo Telje Norway · #4,361,635 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Åse Brinchmann-Hansen Norway · #4,674,807 worldwide 194 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Christina Svanstrøm Norway · #4,687,625 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Kristian Hagestad Norway · #5,240,672 worldwide 19 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Medical Association

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Medical Association?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Medical Association is "ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients" (Jann Arends et al., 2016), with 3,121 citations. Next come "Guidelines for treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders" (515) and "Clinical trial registration: a statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors" (427).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients Jann Arends et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access 6 Aug 2016 3,121
2 Guidelines for treatment of autoimmune neuromuscular transmission disorders GEIR OLVE SKEIE, Slobodan Apostolski, Amelia Evoli et al. · European Journal of Neurology Open access 12 Apr 2010 515
3 Clinical trial registration: a statement from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Catherine D. De Angelis, Jeffrey M. Drazen, Frank Frizelle et al. · The Lancet Sep 2004 427
4 Physical exercise, mental health problems, and suicide attempts in university students Michael Grasdalsmoen, Hege R. Eriksen, Kari Jussie Lønning et al. · BMC Psychiatry Open access 16 Apr 2020 325
5 Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a view from an EAPC Ethics Task Force Lars Johan Materstvedt, David Alexander Clark, John Ellershaw et al. · Palliative Medicine Open access Mar 2003 306
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Medical Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Embodiment, Treatment, Epidemiology, European Legal Systems, Judicial Review, Diagnostic Criteria, Interactional Expertise and Tacit Knowledge.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.2×26 topics
  2. Treatment5▲ 5.5×14 topics
  3. Embodiment4▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Healthcare4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  5. Human Rights4▲ 4.8×4 topics
  6. European Legal Systems3▲ 122×1 topic
  7. Judicial Review3▲ 50×1 topic
  8. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 18×5 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  10. Inflammation3▲ 1.88×16 topics
  11. Interactional Expertise3▲ 365×1 topic
  12. Tacit Knowledge3▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Social Media3▲ 2.7×4 topics
  14. Psychological Factors2▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Discourse Analysis2▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 12×5 topics
  17. International Relations2▲ 13×6 topics
  18. Patient Engagement2▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Adolescents2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  21. Neuroscience2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  22. Quality Improvement2▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Neurobiology2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  24. Health Equity2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  25. Open Innovation2▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Prevalence2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  27. Fake News2▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Misinformation2▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Primary Care2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  30. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome1▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Fibromyalgia1▲ 69×1 topic
  32. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Language Variation1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Social Systems1▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Text Linguistics1▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Informed Consent1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Patient Safety1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Rheumatology1▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Social Sciences1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Medical Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Misinformation and Its Impacts and Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research.

European and International Law Studies: 3 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 3 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksSalivary Gland Disorders…1Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Re…1Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exerc…1Cardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…1Social Media in Health Education: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologySociology and Political SciencePsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 3 works
  3. 3 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 1 works
  6. 6 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Social Media in Health Education Health 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Medical Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Norwegian Medical Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Norwegian Medical Association0.00023% in 20251990200020102020

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