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Norwegian Public Roads Administration

In research, Norwegian Public Roads Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,878 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,308 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,438
of 22,385 · #18,963 all time
Rank in Norway
#109
of 123
Research works
327
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Norwegian Public Roads Administration

What is Norwegian Public Roads Administration 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,878 of 17,446 10.5%244
EngineeringField #6,308 of 9,532 10.1%175

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Norwegian Public Roads Administration 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 Public Roads Administration work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Norwegian Public Roads Administration is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (58%), Environmental Science (9%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 63 fractional works · 77.9% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 58.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 21.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 9.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegian PublicRoads…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences18%

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. Engineering4758.3%
    2. Environmental Science89.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences56.0%
    4. Materials Science21.9%
    5. Computer Science11.8%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences67.8%
    2. Psychology33.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.0%
    4. Decision Sciences22.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Health Professions22.0%
    2. Medicine11.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.84× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.89× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.89×47 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.84×5 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.99×2 works
  4. Environmental Science1.87×8 works
  5. Psychology1.08×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×2 works
  7. Health Professions0.77×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.62×6 works
  9. Materials Science0.55×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  11. Energy0.30×0 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.29×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  19. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Public Roads Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiang Xu, Claus K. Larsen and Gordana Petković lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

  1. 1 Xiang Xu Norway · #918,073 worldwide 2.5k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Claus K. Larsen Norway · #927,601 worldwide 3k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Gordana Petković Norway · #1,300,854 worldwide 466 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Thomas Viuff Norway · #1,461,759 worldwide 285 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Bård M. Pedersen Norway · #1,613,178 worldwide 511 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Samson Abate Degago Norway · #1,911,072 worldwide 400 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Jan Vaslestad Norway · #2,189,063 worldwide 428 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Per Hagelia Norway · #2,811,387 worldwide 301 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Dagfin Gryteselv Norway · #3,080,314 worldwide 102 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Brynhild Snilsberg Norway · #3,112,354 worldwide 301 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Public Roads Administration

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Public Roads Administration?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Public Roads Administration is "Critical chloride content in reinforced concrete — A review" (Ueli Angst, Bernhard Elsener, Claus K. Larsen et al., 2009), with 1,412 citations. Next come "Relationship between concrete resistivity and corrosion rate – A literature review" (402) and "Effects of road lighting: An analysis based on Dutch accident statistics 1987–2006" (266).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Critical chloride content in reinforced concrete — A review Ueli Angst, Bernhard Elsener, Claus K. Larsen et al. · Cement and Concrete Research 17 Sep 2009 1,412
2 Relationship between concrete resistivity and corrosion rate – A literature review Karla Hornbostel, Claus K. Larsen, Mette Rica Geiker · Cement and Concrete Composites 4 Apr 2013 402
3 Effects of road lighting: An analysis based on Dutch accident statistics 1987–2006 Per Ole Wanvik · Accident Analysis & Prevention 5 Nov 2008 266
4 Chloride induced reinforcement corrosion: Electrochemical monitoring of initiation stage and chloride threshold values Ueli Angst, Bernhard Elsener, Claus K. Larsen et al. · Corrosion Science 22 Jan 2011 257
5 Relation between Concentration of Air Pollution and Cause-Specific Mortality: Four-Year Exposures to Nitrogen Dioxide and Particulate Matter Pollutants in 470 Neighborhoods in Oslo, Norway Øyvind Næss, Per H. J. Nafstad, Geir Aamodt et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology 29 Nov 2006 256
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Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Public Roads Administration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Numerical Simulation, Finite Element Analysis, Risk Management, Corrosion, Reinforced Concrete, Defect Detection, Fluid-Structure Interaction and Chloride-induced.

▲ 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. Numerical Simulation5▲ 23×5 topics
  2. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 24×5 topics
  3. Risk Management4▲ 11×4 topics
  4. Sustainability4▲ 2.1×7 topics
  5. Corrosion4▲ 41×2 topics
  6. Reinforced Concrete4▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Defect Detection4▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.3×9 topics
  10. Chloride-induced3▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Structural Reliability3▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Heat Transfer3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  13. Supply Chain Management3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  14. Construction3▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Construction Projects3▲ 82×2 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  17. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.5×4 topics
  18. Crack Detection3▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Pavement3▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Pipeline2▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Soil Properties2▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Turbulent Flow2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Dynamic Behavior2▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Risk Assessment2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  25. Power Take-Off2▲ 133×1 topic
  26. Process Optimization2▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Wave Energy2▲ 133×1 topic
  28. Project Success2▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Stakeholder Analysis2▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Analysis2▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Environmental Impacts2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  32. Flow Control2▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  34. Vortex-Induced Vibrations2▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Rock Mechanics2▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Slope Stability Analysis2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Spatial Variability2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Durability Performance2▲ 22×2 topics
  39. GIS-based Modeling2▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Acoustic Emission2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Norwegian Public Roads Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Concrete Corrosion and Durability, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Wave and Wind Energy Systems and Construction Project Management and Performance.

Concrete Corrosion and D…3Concrete Corrosion and Durability: 3 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…3Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 3 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…2Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 2 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…2Construction Project Management and Performance: 2 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 2 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Model…2Rock Mechanics and Modeling: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 2 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 2 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulatio…1Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringOcean EngineeringManagement Science and Operations ResearchComputational Mechanics3 others

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

  1. 1 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  7. 7 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 2 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Public Roads Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Public Roads Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Norwegian Public Roads Administration0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

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