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Norwegian Veterinary Institute

In research, Norwegian Veterinary Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,589 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Microbiology (Immunology and Microbiology is 15.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,993
of 22,385 · #10,123 all time
Rank in Norway
#84
of 123
Research works
2.1k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
33.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Norwegian Veterinary Institute

What is Norwegian Veterinary 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,589 of 6,403 14.2%91 #2875

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Norwegian Veterinary Institute is in Life Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Environmental Science (16%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 108 fractional works · 54.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 7.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 16.0% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 8.9% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSmall Animals: 14 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 41 fractional works · 20.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 32 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorwegianVeterinary…198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences55%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4020.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3517.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology3216.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine2814.0%
    2. Veterinary147.0%
    3. Health Professions10.7%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    1. Environmental Science3216.0%
    2. Computer Science31.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    4. Engineering21.0%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.0%
    2. Psychology20.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Norwegian Veterinary Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology and Microbiology takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 31.7 works16×
← 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: 4.29× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 15.93× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.23× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 51.39× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 51.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary51.39×14 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology15.93×32 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.29×40 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.28×35 works
  5. Environmental Science3.23×32 works
  6. Nursing0.89×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×2 works
  8. Medicine0.73×28 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.26×1 works
  12. Psychology0.26×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.20×3 works
  15. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  17. Energy0.15×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  22. Engineering0.07×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Norwegian Veterinary Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Hildegunn Viljugrein, Sylvie Lafond Benestad and Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Norwegian Veterinary Institute.

  1. 1 Hildegunn Viljugrein Norway · #381,371 worldwide 4.4k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Sylvie Lafond Benestad Norway · #398,812 worldwide 5.1k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Anja Bråthen Kristoffersen Norway · #485,518 worldwide 4.1k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Trude Vrålstad Norway · #547,517 worldwide 6.5k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Jørn Våge Norway · #635,780 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Arne Holst‐Jensen Norway · #1,082,110 worldwide 4.9k citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Unni Grimholt Norway · #1,103,093 worldwide 5k citations · 82 works
  8. 8 Katharine Rose Dean Norway · #1,223,437 worldwide 747 citations · 52 works
  9. 9 Linh Tran Norway · #1,227,444 worldwide 944 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Johanna Hol Fosse Norway · #1,290,072 worldwide 1.6k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Norwegian Veterinary Institute

What are the most cited papers from Norwegian Veterinary Institute?

The most cited paper from Norwegian Veterinary Institute is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework" (2,381) and "The Atlantic salmon genome provides insights into rediploidization" (1,191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework Thomas Ulrich Berendonk, Célia M. Manaia, Christophe Merlin et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review 30 Mar 2015 2,381
3 The Atlantic salmon genome provides insights into rediploidization Sigbjørn Lien et al. · Nature Open access 15 Apr 2016 1,191
4 The STARTEC Decision Support Tool for Better Tradeoffs between Food Safety, Quality, Nutrition, and Costs in Production of Advanced Ready-to-Eat Foods Taran Skjerdal et al. · BioMed Research International Open access 2017 1,183
5 Bacterial Biofilm and its Role in the Pathogenesis of Disease Lene K. Vestby, Torstein Grønseth, Roger Simm et al. · Antibiotics Open access 3 Feb 2020 1,115
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Norwegian Veterinary Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gut Microbiota, Antibiotic Resistance, Aquaculture, Probiotics, Innate Immunity, Cytokines and Fish Immunology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 4.3×44 topics
  2. Gut Microbiota21▲ 31×4 topics
  3. Antibiotic Resistance20▲ 26×8 topics
  4. Aquaculture20▲ 40×7 topics
  5. Probiotics19▲ 40×4 topics
  6. Innate Immunity15▲ 24×6 topics
  7. Climate Change15▲ 2.7×32 topics
  8. Cytokines14▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Fish Immunology14▲ 159×1 topic
  10. Stress Response14▲ 122×1 topic
  11. Biodiversity14▲ 9.0×13 topics
  12. Antimicrobial Resistance13▲ 33×8 topics
  13. Pathogenesis12▲ 12×15 topics
  14. Public Health12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  15. Immune Response11▲ 9.6×11 topics
  16. Molecular Phylogeny10▲ 30×4 topics
  17. Invasive Species9▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Animal Welfare9▲ 49×4 topics
  19. Vaccine9▲ 11×9 topics
  20. Vaccine Development8▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Genomic Sequencing8▲ 36×4 topics
  22. Virulence Factors8▲ 29×7 topics
  23. Aquatic Environment6▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Metagenomics6▲ 36×3 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  26. Host-Pathogen Interactions6▲ 38×4 topics
  27. Emotional State6▲ 98×1 topic
  28. Stress Indicators6▲ 98×1 topic
  29. Microbial Communities6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  30. Pathogenicity6▲ 40×3 topics
  31. Genomics5▲ 9.1×6 topics
  32. Infection5▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Genomic Analysis5▲ 10×10 topics
  34. Heat Stress5▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Zoonotic Transmission5▲ 35×4 topics
  36. Viral Pathogenesis5▲ 39×2 topics
  37. Coronavirus5▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Global Change4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  39. Ecosystem4▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Genetic Characterization4▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Norwegian Veterinary Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions and Animal Virus Infections Studies.

Aquaculture disease mana…14Aquaculture disease management and microbiota: 14 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 6 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 4 fractional worksAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology: 4 fractional worksMicrobial infections and disease research: 4 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…3Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 3 fractional worksPrion Diseases and Protein Misfolding: 3 fractional worksSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology: 3 fractional worksMyxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species: 3 fractional works
ImmunologySmall AnimalsEcologyAnimal Science and Zoology5 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 14 works
  2. 2 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 6 works
  3. 3 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 4 works
  5. 5 Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology Agronomy and Crop Science 4 works
  6. 6 Microbial infections and disease research Microbiology 4 works
  7. 7 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  8. 8 Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology Food Science 3 works
  10. 10 Myxozoan Parasites in Aquatic Species Cancer Research 3 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Norwegian Veterinary Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 Veterinary Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Norwegian Veterinary Institute0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Norwegian Veterinary 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%Norwegian Veterinary Institute10.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.7% in 2023.

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