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Q Free (Norway)

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Research works
10
▲ 231% vs 2018-21
Citations
93
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Q Free (Norway)

Not ranked overall: Q Free (Norway) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Q Free (Norway) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Q Free (Norway) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (46%), Computer Science (34%), Health Professions (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 87.7% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 46.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 13.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 34.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 15.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKQ Free (Norway)10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering546.0%
    2. Computer Science434.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.2%
    4. Environmental Science03.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    1. Health Professions16.5%
    1. Social Sciences03.2%
    2. Decision Sciences01.7%
    3. Psychology00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

What are the most cited papers from Q Free (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Q Free (Norway) is "Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature" (Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez et al., 2017), with 196 citations. Next come "MESFET DC model parameter extraction using Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization" (51) and "Size-invariant 3D generation from a single 2D rock image" (25).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines and recommendations on yeast cell death nomenclature Didac Carmona‐Gutiérrez et al. · Microbial Cell Open access 28 Dec 2017 196
2 MESFET DC model parameter extraction using Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization Samrat Lagnajeet Sabat, Leandro dos Santos Coelho, Ajith Abraham · Microelectronics Reliability 23 Apr 2009 51
3 Size-invariant 3D generation from a single 2D rock image Johan Phan, Leonardo Carlos Ruspini, Gabriel Hanssen Kiss et al. · Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Open access 21 May 2022 25
4 Global Navigation Satellite System based tolling: state-of-the-art Julia Numrich, Sascha Ruja, Stefan Voß · NETNOMICS Economic Research and Electronic Networking Jul 2012 22
5 CVIS: CALM proof of concept preliminary results Thierry Ernst, V. Nebehaj, Runar Sorasen Conference paper Oct 2009 18
All 18 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Q Free (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Traffic Prediction and M…1Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inve…0Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…0Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 0 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 0 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 0 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…0Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksWildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation: 0 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionGeophysicsOcean EngineeringMechanics of Materials5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 1 works
  2. 2 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  3. 3 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  9. 9 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 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 available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Q Free (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 231% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Q Free (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Q Free (Norway) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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