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Norwegian Space Agency

Research works
44
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
769
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Norwegian Space Agency is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.79× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Space Agency?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radio Astronomy, Spectroscopy, High-Resolution Imaging, Transits of Venus, Remote Sensing, Solar Wind, Space Policy and Space Tourism.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. High-Resolution Imaging4▲ 154×1 topic
  2. Radio Astronomy4▲ 263×2 topics
  3. Spectroscopy4▲ 30×2 topics
  4. Transits of Venus4▲ 479×1 topic
  5. Remote Sensing4▲ 8.3×13 topics
  6. Climate Change4▲ 3.3×11 topics
  7. Solar Wind4▲ 65×2 topics
  8. Coronal Mass Ejections3▲ 90×1 topic
  9. CubeSat3▲ 257×1 topic
  10. Solar Dynamics Observatory3▲ 90×1 topic
  11. Space Policy3▲ 454×1 topic
  12. Space Tourism3▲ 454×1 topic
  13. small satellite3▲ 257×1 topic
  14. Arctic2▲ 44×4 topics
  15. Economic Growth2▲ 6.1×1 topic
  16. Historical Astronomy2▲ 219×2 topics
  17. Nighttime Light Data2▲ 203×1 topic
  18. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  19. Sustainability2▲ 2.3×4 topics
  20. Antikythera Mechanism2▲ 385×1 topic
  21. Astronomical Calculator2▲ 385×1 topic
  22. Orbit Determination2▲ 88×2 topics
  23. Forecasting2▲ 27×1 topic
  24. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 182×1 topic
  25. Satellite Communications2▲ 182×1 topic
  26. Solar Radiation2▲ 128×1 topic
  27. Shipping2▲ 102×2 topics
  28. Governance1▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Northern Sea Route1▲ 152×1 topic
  30. Geodetic Measurements1▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Ionosphere1▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Magnetosphere1▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Ozone Depletion1▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Risk Assessment1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  35. Stratospheric Water Vapor1▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Data Assimilation1▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Solar System Abundances1▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Terrestrial Planets1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Ocean Circulation1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Social Sciences1▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Norwegian Space Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Research in Social Sciences and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications.

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  4. 4 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 0 works
  8. 8 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 0 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.0%domestic only68.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Space Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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