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Norwegian Polar Institute

In research, Norwegian Polar Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,577 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Ecology (Atmospheric Science is 67.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,894
of 22,385 · #4,389 all time
Rank in Norway
#61
of 123
Research works
1.2k
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
48k
39.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Norwegian Polar Institute

What is Norwegian Polar 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 #3,577 of 10,670 14.4%109 #2517

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Polar 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 fields of science does Norwegian Polar Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Norwegian Polar Institute is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (43%), Environmental Science (39%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 131 fractional works · 85.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 66 fractional works · 43.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 45 fractional works · 29.7% of its workOceanography: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 59 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEcology: 28 fractional works · 18.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 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 workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegian PolarInstitute153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

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. Earth and Planetary Sciences6643.5%
    2. Environmental Science5938.9%
    3. Engineering32.0%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Materials Science10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences85.0%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine32.0%
    2. Health Professions32.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Norwegian Polar Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 67.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 45.4 works67×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 66.5 works28×
  3. EcologySubfield · 28.1 works23×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.71× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.83× its world share, 60 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.71×66 works
  2. Environmental Science7.83×60 works
  3. Veterinary1.04×0 works
  4. Health Professions0.76×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.39×8 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×3 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.29×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  11. Psychology0.15×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  13. Engineering0.13×3 works
  14. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  15. Medicine0.11×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Polar Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Tore Hattermann, Jack Kohler and Geir Moholdt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Polar Institute.

  1. 1 Tore Hattermann Norway · #131,788 worldwide 5.7k citations · 184 works
  2. 2 Jack Kohler Norway · #146,084 worldwide 12k citations · 254 works
  3. 3 Geir Moholdt Norway · #146,160 worldwide 9.3k citations · 170 works
  4. 4 Laura de Steur Norway · #176,990 worldwide 3.9k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Mats A. Granskog Norway · #184,933 worldwide 10k citations · 371 works
  6. 6 Haakon Hop Norway · #209,607 worldwide 12k citations · 245 works
  7. 7 Kit Maureen Kovacs Norway · #223,513 worldwide 24k citations · 459 works
  8. 8 Philipp Assmy Norway · #242,974 worldwide 7.5k citations · 361 works
  9. 9 Arild Sundfjord Norway · #243,142 worldwide 5k citations · 126 works
  10. 10 Jon Aars Norway · #251,320 worldwide 7.8k citations · 173 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Polar Institute

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Polar Institute?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Polar Institute is "On Conditions for the Vernal Blooming of Phytoplankton" (Harald Ulrik Sverdrup, 1953), with 2,205 citations. Next come "Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica" (2,136) and "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (1,548).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On Conditions for the Vernal Blooming of Phytoplankton Harald Ulrik Sverdrup · ICES Journal of Marine Science 1953 2,205
2 Bedmap2: improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica Peter T. Fretwell et al. · ˜The œcryosphere Open access 28 Feb 2013 2,136
3 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
4 The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people Brett R. Scheffers, Luc De Meester, Tom C. L. Bridge et al. · Science 11 Nov 2016 1,444
5 Assessing species vulnerability to climate change Michela Pacifici et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 24 Feb 2015 1,292
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Polar Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Arctic, Ocean Circulation, Decline, Sea Ice, Hydrology and Population Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change86▲ 21×36 topics
  2. Remote Sensing36▲ 19×10 topics
  3. Arctic34▲ 200×4 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation30▲ 144×3 topics
  5. Decline22▲ 539×1 topic
  6. Sea Ice22▲ 539×1 topic
  7. Hydrology18▲ 91×3 topics
  8. Population Dynamics14▲ 36×7 topics
  9. Conservation12▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Sea Level Rise12▲ 62×2 topics
  11. Acoustic Communication12▲ 147×2 topics
  12. Permafrost12▲ 168×2 topics
  13. Glacier11▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Water Availability11▲ 169×1 topic
  15. Predator-Prey Interactions11▲ 89×2 topics
  16. Anthropogenic Noise10▲ 239×1 topic
  17. Marine Mammals10▲ 239×1 topic
  18. Biodiversity9▲ 7.4×10 topics
  19. Global Warming9▲ 13×6 topics
  20. Biogeography7▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Methane Emissions7▲ 82×2 topics
  22. Carbon Feedback6▲ 123×1 topic
  23. Thawing6▲ 123×1 topic
  24. Ecology6▲ 24×4 topics
  25. Trophic Cascades6▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Data Assimilation6▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Oceanic Modeling5▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Tidal Analysis5▲ 97×1 topic
  29. Antarctic5▲ 314×1 topic
  30. Microorganisms5▲ 245×1 topic
  31. Habitat Selection5▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Dissolved Organic Matter5▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Eutrophication5▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Holocene5▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Sea Level5▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Anaerobic4▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Methane Oxidation4▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Microbial Communities4▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. International Relations4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Fisheries Sustainability4▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Polar Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Cryospheric studies and observations, Marine animal studies overview and Climate change and permafrost.

Arctic and Antarctic ice…22Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 22 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …11Cryospheric studies and observations: 11 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…10Marine animal studies overview: 10 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 6 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 5 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 5 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 5 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 4 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 4 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 4 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceEcologyOceanographyEnvironmental Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 22 works
  2. 2 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 11 works
  3. 3 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 10 works
  4. 4 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 6 works
  5. 5 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 5 works
  6. 6 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 5 works
  7. 7 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 5 works
  8. 8 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 4 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  10. 10 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.8%domestic only50.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Polar Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Polar Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Norwegian Polar Institute0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Norwegian Polar 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 Polar Institute9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2019.

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