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Region Zealand

In research, Region Zealand stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,589 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,678 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 11.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,646
of 22,385 · #10,413 all time
Rank in Denmark
#44
of 93
Research works
523
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Region Zealand

What is Region Zealand 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,589 of 9,902 16.3%91 #3510
MedicineField #2,678 of 8,541 16.4%75 #3463

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Region Zealand 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 fields of science does Region Zealand work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Region Zealand is in Health Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (52%), Psychology (18%), Health Professions (10%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 108 fractional works · 62.6% of its workMedicine: 89 fractional works · 51.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 18 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 28.0% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 18.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRegion Zealand172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences28%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8951.8%
    2. Health Professions1810.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Psychology3218.5%
    2. Social Sciences84.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities42.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Neuroscience52.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering21.2%
    2. Computer Science10.7%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Region Zealand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 21.5 works12×
  2. PsychologyField · 31.9 works6.1×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.88× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.07× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.07×32 works
  2. Health Professions3.88×18 works
  3. Medicine2.70×89 works
  4. Neuroscience1.63×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.87×2 works
  7. Nursing0.86×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.75×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×4 works
  12. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.36×8 works
  14. Mathematics0.34×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  19. Engineering0.08×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Region Zealand?

Ranked on the quality score, Bo Bach, Ulrik Haahr and Erik Hertel Simonsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Region Zealand.

  1. 1 Bo Bach Denmark · #81,807 worldwide 6.3k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Ulrik Haahr Denmark · #506,720 worldwide 4.8k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Erik Hertel Simonsen Denmark · #542,464 worldwide 16k citations · 568 works
  4. 4 Mie Sedoc Jørgensen Denmark · #593,570 worldwide 1.2k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Sune Bo Denmark · #798,366 worldwide 1.8k citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Ole Jakob Storebø Denmark · #807,608 worldwide 3.9k citations · 160 works
  7. 7 Mickey Kongerslev Denmark · #907,840 worldwide 2.5k citations · 128 works
  8. 8 Lene Halling Hastrup Denmark · #1,102,878 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Jens Einar Jansen Denmark · #1,204,444 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Lisbeth Hybholt Denmark · #1,651,397 worldwide 498 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Region Zealand

What are the most cited papers from Region Zealand?

The most cited paper from Region Zealand is "The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature" (Christian Winther Topp, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Susan Søndergaard et al., 2015), with 4,862 citations. Next come "Mortality Rates in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders" (2,891) and "Post-Traumatic Growth After a Myocardial Infarction: A Matter of Personality, Psychological Health, or Cognitive Coping?" (2,496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The WHO-5 Well-Being Index: A Systematic Review of the Literature Christian Winther Topp, Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Susan Søndergaard et al. · Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics ReviewOpen access 2015 4,862
2 Mortality Rates in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders Jon Arcelus, Alex J. Mitchell, Jackie A. Wales et al. · Archives of General Psychiatry Open access Jul 2011 2,891
3 Post-Traumatic Growth After a Myocardial Infarction: A Matter of Personality, Psychological Health, or Cognitive Coping? Nadia Garnefski, V. Kraaij, Maya J. Schroevers et al. · Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings Open access Dec 2008 2,496
4 Fatigue and cognitive impairment in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis Felicia Ceban, Susan Ling, Leanna M.W. Lui et al. · Brain Behavior and Immunity ReviewOpen access 29 Dec 2021 1,627
5 Multimorbidity Søren Thorgaard Skou, Frances S Mair, Martin Fortin et al. · Nature Reviews Disease Primers ReviewOpen access 14 Jul 2022 1,429
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Region Zealand?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Epidemiology, Primary Care, Prevalence, Psychopathology, Neurobiological Correlates, Anxiety and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.7×65 topics
  2. Depression14▲ 9.0×15 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 4.0×25 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 2.6×34 topics
  5. Prevalence8▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Primary Care8▲ 13×11 topics
  7. Psychopathology8▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Mental Health8▲ 3.2×21 topics
  9. Risk Factors8▲ 4.2×17 topics
  10. Neurobiological Correlates8▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Anxiety8▲ 9.4×9 topics
  12. Genetics8▲ 6.3×9 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 5.5×12 topics
  14. Public Health7▲ 2.8×27 topics
  15. Neurobiology7▲ 15×7 topics
  16. Personality Traits7▲ 30×3 topics
  17. Cognitive Therapy7▲ 34×4 topics
  18. Treatment7▲ 3.1×20 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis6▲ 6.2×9 topics
  20. Social Cognition6▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Antipsychotic Drugs6▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Borderline Personality Disorder6▲ 175×1 topic
  23. DSM-56▲ 175×1 topic
  24. Neurocognitive Deficits6▲ 89×1 topic
  25. Global Burden6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  26. Neuroimaging5▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Quality Improvement5▲ 15×7 topics
  28. Comorbidity5▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  30. Cognitive Function5▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Health Services5▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Adolescents4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Evidence-Based Practice4▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Patient Engagement4▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Bipolar Spectrum Disorder4▲ 103×1 topic
  38. Suicide Risk4▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Neuroscience4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  40. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Region Zealand publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment and Chronic Disease Management Strategies.

Schizophrenia research and treatment: 6 fractional worksPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology: 6 fractional worksBipolar Disorder and Treatment: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 3 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 3 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…3Digital Mental Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …2Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyEpidemiologyPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Clinical Psychology 6 works
  3. 3 Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  4. 4 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 3 works
  7. 7 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.7%domestic only65.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Region Zealand's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Region Zealand as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Region Zealand0.00066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Region Zealand 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 counting10%20%Region Zealand19.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.8% in 2023.

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