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Oslo School of Architecture and Design

In research, Oslo School of Architecture and Design stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,852 of 16,945 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,648 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,860
of 28,054 · #34,848 all time
Rank in Norway
#124
of 133
Research works
386
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Oslo School of Architecture and Design 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
Social SciencesDomain #12,852 of 16,945 20.2%196
Physical SciencesDomain #19,648 of 21,541 15.8%159

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Oslo School of Architecture and Design 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).

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: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.54× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.56× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.61× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.00× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oslo School of Architecture and Design?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Morrison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oslo School of Architecture and Design.

  1. 1 Andrew Morrison Norway · #1,204,007 worldwide 44 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Oslo School of Architecture and Design

Which keywords describe research at Oslo School of Architecture and Design?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Participatory Design, Co-Creation, User Experience, Innovation, Creativity, Knowledge Management and Design Thinking.

▲ 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. Sustainability15▲ 5.5×20 topics
  2. Participatory Design9▲ 162×2 topics
  3. Co-Creation9▲ 185×2 topics
  4. User Experience8▲ 93×2 topics
  5. Innovation8▲ 7.1×4 topics
  6. Creativity8▲ 118×2 topics
  7. Knowledge Management8▲ 13×2 topics
  8. Design Thinking8▲ 255×1 topic
  9. Education8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  10. Engineering Design8▲ 100×1 topic
  11. Applications7▲ 23×2 topics
  12. Virtual Reality6▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Urban Morphology6▲ 128×2 topics
  14. Technology6▲ 9.7×2 topics
  15. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.6×4 topics
  16. Aesthetics5▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Customer Experience5▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Marketing Strategy5▲ 43×2 topics
  19. Design Research5▲ 168×1 topic
  20. Interaction Design5▲ 168×1 topic
  21. Service Innovation5▲ 225×1 topic
  22. Value Creation5▲ 111×1 topic
  23. Digital Fabrication5▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Architectural Design4▲ 163×1 topic
  25. Parametricism4▲ 181×1 topic
  26. Open Innovation4▲ 63×1 topic
  27. User-Centric Design4▲ 155×1 topic
  28. Cultural Heritage4▲ 6.8×9 topics
  29. Surgery4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  30. Immersive Simulations4▲ 66×1 topic
  31. Maintenance4▲ 38×1 topic
  32. 3D Printing3▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Challenges3▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Materials3▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Space3▲ 84×2 topics
  37. Ethics3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  38. Vulnerability3▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Design3▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Emotion3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Oslo School of Architecture and Design publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Design Education and Practice, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Service and Product Innovation and Architecture and Computational Design.

Design Education and Practice: 8 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 5 fractional worksService and Product Inno…5Service and Product Innovation: 5 fractional worksArchitecture and Computa…4Architecture and Computational Design: 4 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 4 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…3Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 3 fractional worksPersona Design and Applications: 2 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 2 fractional worksInformation Systems Theories and Implementation: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringHuman-Computer InteractionMarketingArchitecture5 others

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

  1. 1 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 5 works
  3. 3 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 5 works
  4. 4 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 4 works
  5. 5 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  6. 6 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Persona Design and Applications Human-Computer Interaction 2 works
  9. 9 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  10. 10 Information Systems Theories and Implementation Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available60.2%not open39.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oslo School of Architecture and Design's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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