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Peace Research Institute Oslo

In research, Peace Research Institute Oslo stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,688 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,149 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#541 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Social Sciences (Political Science and International Relations is 11.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,798
of 22,385 · #3,721 all time
Rank in Norway
#40
of 123
Research works
1.4k
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
54k
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Peace Research Institute Oslo

What is Peace Research Institute Oslo 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,688 of 9,585 24.2%200 #1026
Social SciencesField #1,149 of 5,988 25.0%168 #693
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #541 of 2,526 25.8%87 #399

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Peace Research Institute Oslo 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,026 #1,688
  2. Social Sciences#693 #1,149
  3. Sociology and Political Science#399 #541
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Peace Research Institute Oslo work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Peace Research Institute Oslo is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (73%), Arts and Humanities (5%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 224 fractional works · 86.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 189 fractional works · 73.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 99 fractional works · 38.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 44 fractional works · 17.1% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPeace ResearchInstitute Oslo259fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences87%

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. Social Sciences18973.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities135.0%
    3. Psychology114.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.5%
    2. Environmental Science41.5%
    3. Engineering41.5%
    4. Computer Science20.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Health Professions52.1%
    2. Medicine51.9%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    2. Neuroscience20.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Peace Research Institute Oslo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 44.2 works11×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 98.9 works11×
  3. Social SciencesField · 189.2 works5.8×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.74× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.77× its world share, 189 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences5.77×189 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.74×13 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×6 works
  4. Psychology1.36×11 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×6 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.89×2 works
  7. Health Professions0.79×5 works
  8. Nursing0.55×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×3 works
  10. Energy0.38×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.36×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.31×4 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.31×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  17. Engineering0.10×4 works
  18. Medicine0.10×5 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Peace Research Institute Oslo?

Ranked on the quality score, Halvard Buhaug, Håvard Hegre and Scott Gates lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peace Research Institute Oslo.

  1. 1 Halvard Buhaug Norway · #17,807 worldwide 11k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Håvard Hegre Norway · #31,371 worldwide 14k citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Scott Gates Norway · #52,265 worldwide 5.9k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Jørgen Carling Norway · #55,211 worldwide 5k citations · 109 works
  5. 5 Nils Petter Gleditsch Norway · #66,648 worldwide 13k citations · 262 works
  6. 6 Håvard Mokleiv Nygård Norway · #70,999 worldwide 2.2k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Marta Bivand Erdal Norway · #79,268 worldwide 3.1k citations · 140 works
  8. 8 Gudrun Østby Norway · #107,148 worldwide 3.3k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Henrik Urdal Norway · #130,348 worldwide 5.1k citations · 99 works
  10. 10 Håvard Strand Norway · #161,098 worldwide 6.4k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Peace Research Institute Oslo

What are the most cited papers from Peace Research Institute Oslo?

The most cited paper from Peace Research Institute Oslo is "Violence, Peace, and Peace Research" (Johan Galtung, 1969), with 8,096 citations. Next come "Armed Conflict 1946-2001: A New Dataset" (3,858) and "The Structure of Foreign News" (3,371).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Violence, Peace, and Peace Research Johan Galtung · Journal of Peace Research Sep 1969 8,096
2 Armed Conflict 1946-2001: A New Dataset Nils Petter Gleditsch, Peter Wallensteen, Mikael Eriksson et al. · Journal of Peace Research Open access Sep 2002 3,858
3 The Structure of Foreign News Johan Galtung, Mari Holmboe Ruge · Journal of Peace Research Mar 1965 3,371
4 Institutions and the Resource Curse Halvor Mehlum, Karl Ove Moene, Ragnar Torvik · The Economic Journal Open access 2006 2,839
5 Introducing ACLED: An Armed Conflict Location and Event Dataset Clionadh Raleigh, Andrew M. Linke, Håvard Hegre et al. · Journal of Peace Research Open access Sep 2010 1,763
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Peace Research Institute Oslo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Peacebuilding, Ethnicity, Immigration, Democracy, Global Governance and Neoliberalism.

▲ 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. Human Rights37▲ 14×28 topics
  2. Globalization33▲ 6.5×32 topics
  3. Peacebuilding24▲ 135×6 topics
  4. Ethnicity24▲ 24×8 topics
  5. Immigration22▲ 76×3 topics
  6. Democracy21▲ 23×12 topics
  7. Global Governance20▲ 33×11 topics
  8. Neoliberalism19▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Refugees18▲ 58×6 topics
  10. Politics18▲ 27×9 topics
  11. Social Networks18▲ 25×5 topics
  12. Citizenship17▲ 54×3 topics
  13. Local Turn17▲ 425×1 topic
  14. Resilience Governance17▲ 425×1 topic
  15. International Law15▲ 19×9 topics
  16. Conflict15▲ 35×9 topics
  17. Transitional Justice15▲ 69×3 topics
  18. Ethnic Conflict15▲ 121×3 topics
  19. Authoritarianism14▲ 62×4 topics
  20. Civil War14▲ 172×2 topics
  21. Protest13▲ 134×2 topics
  22. Migration13▲ 14×10 topics
  23. Political Institutions12▲ 233×1 topic
  24. State Capacity12▲ 233×1 topic
  25. Genocide12▲ 89×3 topics
  26. National Identity12▲ 40×3 topics
  27. Multiculturalism12▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Cosmopolitanism12▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Ethics12▲ 8.7×14 topics
  30. Human Capital12▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Labor Market11▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Social Boundaries11▲ 153×1 topic
  33. Societal Attitudes11▲ 153×1 topic
  34. Immigrant11▲ 59×2 topics
  35. Network Effects10▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Remittances10▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Humanitarian Intervention10▲ 112×2 topics
  38. Colonialism10▲ 8.2×14 topics
  39. International Relations9▲ 15×11 topics
  40. NGOs9▲ 38×3 topics

Which research topics does Peace Research Institute Oslo publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Peacebuilding and International Security, Political Conflict and Governance, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Peacebuilding and Intern…17Peacebuilding and International Security: 17 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 12 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 11 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dynamics: 10 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 8 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, tra…6Diaspora, migration, transnational identity: 6 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 5 fractional worksGender, Security, and Conflict: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksClimate Change, Adaptation, Migration: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsDemographyClinical Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Peacebuilding and International Security Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  2. 2 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  3. 3 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  5. 5 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  6. 6 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 6 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 5 works
  8. 8 Gender, Security, and Conflict Gender Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  10. 10 Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Peace Research Institute Oslo's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher 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 Peace Research Institute Oslo as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Peace Research Institute Oslo0.00098% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Peace Research Institute Oslo 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 counting20%40%60%Peace Research Institute Oslo19.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 45.9% in 2013.

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