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Peace Research Institute Oslo

In research, Peace Research Institute Oslo stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,989 of 10,521 worldwide), Sociology and Political Science (#738 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,868 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,373
of 28,054 · #7,381 all time
Rank in Norway
#68
of 133
Research works
1.4k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
54k
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Peace Research Institute Oslo 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
Social SciencesDomain #2,989 of 10,521 38.7%200 #1265
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #738 of 2,578 41.1%87 #242
Social SciencesField #1,868 of 6,365 38.9%168 #653

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 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. Social Sciences#1,265 #2,989
  2. Sociology and Political Science#242 #738
  3. Social Sciences#653 #1,868
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 Peace Research Institute Oslo specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 40.7 works12×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 87.2 works11×
  3. Social SciencesField · 167.5 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.80× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.78× its world share, 168 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.

Who are the top researchers at Peace Research Institute Oslo?

Ranked on the composite score, Johan Galtung, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Håvard Hegre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Peace Research Institute Oslo.

  1. 1 Johan Galtung Norway · #119 worldwide 2.3k citations · 135 works
  2. 2 Nils Petter Gleditsch Norway · #27,736 worldwide 229 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Håvard Hegre Norway · #94,151 worldwide 411 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Halvard Buhaug Norway · #134,398 worldwide 189 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Kristin Bergtora Sandvik Norway · #138,106 worldwide 89 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Marta Bivand Erdal Norway · #176,818 worldwide 128 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Jørgen Carling Norway · #177,059 worldwide 123 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Henrik Urdal Norway · #229,645 worldwide 190 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Asbjørn Eide Norway · #250,598 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Scott Gates Norway · #293,643 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Peace Research Institute Oslo

Which keywords describe research at Peace Research Institute Oslo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Ethnicity, Peacebuilding, Immigration, Democracy, Global Governance and Refugees.

▲ 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. Human Rights35▲ 15×28 topics
  2. Globalization30▲ 6.6×28 topics
  3. Ethnicity22▲ 25×8 topics
  4. Peacebuilding20▲ 134×6 topics
  5. Immigration20▲ 76×3 topics
  6. Democracy19▲ 23×11 topics
  7. Global Governance18▲ 34×10 topics
  8. Refugees17▲ 57×6 topics
  9. Neoliberalism16▲ 20×4 topics
  10. Politics16▲ 26×9 topics
  11. Social Networks16▲ 26×5 topics
  12. Citizenship15▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Local Turn14▲ 432×1 topic
  14. Resilience Governance14▲ 432×1 topic
  15. International Law14▲ 20×8 topics
  16. Conflict13▲ 36×9 topics
  17. Transitional Justice13▲ 71×3 topics
  18. Authoritarianism13▲ 63×4 topics
  19. Ethnic Conflict12▲ 119×3 topics
  20. Genocide12▲ 94×3 topics
  21. Protest12▲ 133×2 topics
  22. Civil War12▲ 165×2 topics
  23. Migration12▲ 15×10 topics
  24. Political Institutions11▲ 239×1 topic
  25. State Capacity11▲ 239×1 topic
  26. National Identity11▲ 41×3 topics
  27. Cosmopolitanism11▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Human Capital11▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Multiculturalism11▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Labor Market10▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Immigrant10▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Social Boundaries10▲ 152×1 topic
  33. Societal Attitudes10▲ 152×1 topic
  34. Humanitarian Intervention10▲ 114×2 topics
  35. Colonialism10▲ 8.8×14 topics
  36. Network Effects9▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Remittances9▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Ethics9▲ 8.4×13 topics
  39. NGOs9▲ 40×3 topics
  40. Security Council9▲ 72×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Peacebuilding and International Security, Political Conflict and Governance, Migration, Refugees, and Integration and Migration and Labor Dynamics.

Peacebuilding and International Security: 14 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 11 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…10Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 10 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…9Migration and Labor Dynamics: 9 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 8 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, transnational identity: 6 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…4Migration, Health and Trauma: 4 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Contemporary Political Dynamics: 4 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 3 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 14 works
  2. 2 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 9 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 4 works
  8. 8 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics History 4 works
  10. 10 International Development and Aid Development 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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