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Novo Nordisk Foundation

In research, Novo Nordisk Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#690 of 7,800 worldwide), Molecular Biology (#226 of 2,175 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#381 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Genetics — Molecular Biology is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,473
of 28,054 · #2,350 all time
Rank in Denmark
#9
of 108
Research works
2.1k
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
130k
63.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Novo Nordisk Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #690 of 7,800 39.3%340 #995
Molecular BiologySubfield #226 of 2,175 38.4%198 #341
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #381 of 3,579 38.7%276 #562
MedicineField #1,624 of 10,443 38.8%202 #2189
Health SciencesDomain #2,109 of 11,982 38.8%216 #2657
Physical SciencesDomain #3,549 of 12,888 33.2%124 #6440

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Novo Nordisk Foundation 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#995 #690
  2. Molecular Biology#341 #226
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#562 #381
  4. Medicine#2,189 #1,624
  5. Health Sciences#2,657 #2,109
  6. Physical Sciences#6,440 #3,549
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Novo Nordisk Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 197.8 works9.4×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 275.8 works7.4×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 37.8 works6.5×
  4. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 23.7 works6.3×
← 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: 0.69× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.43× its world share, 276 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.96× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.92× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Novo Nordisk Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Jesper V. Olsen, Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen and Morten Otto Alexander Sommer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Novo Nordisk Foundation.

  1. 1 Jesper V. Olsen Denmark · #56,264 worldwide 508 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen Denmark · #73,718 worldwide 488 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Morten Otto Alexander Sommer Denmark · #121,855 worldwide 259 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Irina Borodina Denmark · #301,716 worldwide 171 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Markus J. Herrgård Denmark · #306,516 worldwide 141 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ivo A. Hendriks Denmark · #397,779 worldwide 186 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Michael L. Nielsen Denmark · #451,097 worldwide 183 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Tilmann Weber Denmark · #678,061 worldwide 168 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Chunaram Choudhary Denmark · #818,518 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Nikolaus Sonnenschein Denmark · #1,333,797 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Novo Nordisk Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Novo Nordisk Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Type 2 Diabetes and Gene Expression.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Inflammation49▲ 3.4×75 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome43▲ 7.6×22 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress32▲ 2.9×50 topics
  4. Obesity32▲ 6.1×20 topics
  5. Insulin Resistance30▲ 9.4×10 topics
  6. Metabolic Engineering29▲ 43×5 topics
  7. Synthetic Biology27▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 3.3×32 topics
  9. Gene Expression26▲ 6.1×18 topics
  10. Cancer Therapy25▲ 6.3×18 topics
  11. Cancer25▲ 2.6×44 topics
  12. Type 2 Diabetes23▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Constraint-Based Models23▲ 80×1 topic
  14. Genome-Scale Models23▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Metabolic Regulation20▲ 17×5 topics
  16. Mass Spectrometry19▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Weight Loss19▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Genomics18▲ 8.8×7 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction17▲ 8.2×10 topics
  20. RNA-Seq17▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Precision Medicine16▲ 5.0×7 topics
  22. Glycemic Control16▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Insulin Therapy16▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Metabolism16▲ 4.4×26 topics
  25. Heart Failure16▲ 5.2×11 topics
  26. Signal Transduction15▲ 15×7 topics
  27. Exercise15▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance14▲ 5.3×8 topics
  29. Genetic Variation14▲ 9.1×8 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines13▲ 6.5×4 topics
  31. Diabetes Mellitus13▲ 9.3×6 topics
  32. Gene Regulation13▲ 21×4 topics
  33. Alzheimer's Disease13▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Outcomes12▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Glucose Control12▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Brown Adipose Tissue12▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Thermogenesis12▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Ketogenic Diet12▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Proteomics12▲ 27×3 topics
  40. Epilepsy Treatment11▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Novo Nordisk Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism and Diet and metabolism studies.

Microbial Metabolic Engi…23Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 23 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…12Diabetes Treatment and Management: 12 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 12 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 11 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 10 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 10 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…10Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 10 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 9 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Tech…8Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional works
Molecular BiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 23 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 12 works
  3. 3 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 12 works
  4. 4 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 11 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 10 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 10 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 8 works
  10. 10 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 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 available75.9%not open24.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.3%domestic only38.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Novo Nordisk Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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