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Sámi University of Applied Sciences

In research, Sámi University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,660 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,761
of 22,385 · #26,631 all time
Rank in Norway
#118
of 123
Research works
214
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Sámi University of Applied Sciences

What is Sámi University of Applied Sciences 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 #8,660 of 14,833 11.2%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sámi University of Applied Sciences 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 Sámi University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Sámi University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (16%), Health Professions (15%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 73 fractional works · 69.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 45.0% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 16.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 16.9% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 15.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 14.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSámi Universityof Applied…105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences69%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4745.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities1716.0%
    3. Psychology54.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Health Professions1615.4%
    2. Medicine11.0%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Environmental Science43.6%
    2. Computer Science43.6%
    3. Engineering21.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 5.83× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.54× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.56× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.83×16 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.54×17 works
  3. Social Sciences3.56×47 works
  4. Psychology1.58×5 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×2 works
  6. Nursing0.97×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.73×4 works
  9. Mathematics0.54×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.46×4 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.33×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  16. Engineering0.10×2 works
  17. Medicine0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Sámi University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Ole Henrik Magga, Inger Marie Gaup Eira and Mikkel Nils Sara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sámi University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Ole Henrik Magga Norway · #1,570,783 worldwide 557 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Inger Marie Gaup Eira Norway · #1,668,866 worldwide 685 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Mikkel Nils Sara Norway · #1,709,623 worldwide 490 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ante Aikio Norway · #2,215,441 worldwide 283 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Solveig Joks Norway · #2,375,780 worldwide 197 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Vuokko Hirvonen Norway · #2,958,184 worldwide 102 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ellen Inga Turi Norway · #3,205,529 worldwide 139 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Gunvor Guttorm Norway · #3,428,158 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Torkel Rasmussen Norway · #3,681,157 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Ylva Jannok Nutti Norway · #4,241,855 worldwide 136 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Sámi University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Sámi University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from Sámi University of Applied Sciences is "The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover: A Synthesis of Observed and Projected Changes" (Terry V. Callaghan et al., 2011), with 382 citations. Next come "Sámi traditional ecological knowledge as a guide to science: snow, ice and reindeer pasture facing climate change" (119) and "Where clocks are redundant: weak circadian mechanisms in reindeer living under polar photic conditions" (106).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Changing Face of Arctic Snow Cover: A Synthesis of Observed and Projected Changes Terry V. Callaghan et al. · AMBIO Open access Dec 2011 382
2 Sámi traditional ecological knowledge as a guide to science: snow, ice and reindeer pasture facing climate change Jan Åge Riseth, Hans Tømmervik, Elina Helander-Renvall et al. · Polar Record 23 Dec 2010 119
3 Where clocks are redundant: weak circadian mechanisms in reindeer living under polar photic conditions Bob van Oort, Nicholas J. C. Tyler, Menno P. Gerkema et al. · Die Naturwissenschaften 27 Nov 2006 106
4 Traditional Sámi snow terminology and physical snow classification—Two ways of knowing Inger Marie Gaup Eira, Christian Jaedicke, Ole Henrik Magga et al. · Cold Regions Science and Technology 7 Sep 2012 100
5 Mapping resilience pathways of Indigenous youth in five circumpolar communities James Allen, Kim J. Hopper, Lisa Marin Wexler et al. · Transcultural Psychiatry Open access 21 Aug 2013 89
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Which keywords describe research at Sámi University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ecological Knowledge, Vulnerability, Traditional Knowledge, Arctic Indigenous Peoples, Food Security, Cultural Diversity and Migration.

▲ 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. Climate Change20▲ 7.0×11 topics
  2. Ecological Knowledge16▲ 363×2 topics
  3. Vulnerability15▲ 62×2 topics
  4. Traditional Knowledge15▲ 340×2 topics
  5. Arctic Indigenous Peoples15▲ 825×1 topic
  6. Food Security15▲ 26×1 topic
  7. Cultural Diversity10▲ 41×5 topics
  8. Migration9▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Social Sciences9▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Folklore8▲ 154×2 topics
  11. Literary Analysis8▲ 402×2 topics
  12. Sustainability8▲ 3.1×12 topics
  13. Ethnology7▲ 352×1 topic
  14. Regionalism7▲ 387×1 topic
  15. Globalization7▲ 3.3×14 topics
  16. Education6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  17. Pedagogy5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  18. Decolonization4▲ 47×3 topics
  19. Cultural History4▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Linguistics4▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Etymology4▲ 76×2 topics
  22. Historical Phonology4▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Indigenous Knowledge Systems4▲ 102×3 topics
  24. Language Evolution4▲ 84×2 topics
  25. Archaeology3▲ 26×5 topics
  26. Lexicography3▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Health Equity3▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Historical Trauma3▲ 206×1 topic
  29. Indigenous Health3▲ 206×1 topic
  30. Language Teaching3▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Constitutionalism3▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Indo-European3▲ 145×1 topic
  33. Proto-Indo-European3▲ 145×1 topic
  34. Sociolinguistics3▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Teaching Methods3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Tourism Development3▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Feminism3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  38. Social Change3▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Digital Education3▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Pedagogical Content Knowledge3▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Sámi University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Indigenous Studies and Ecology, European Linguistics and Anthropology, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights and Linguistics and language evolution.

Indigenous Studies and E…15Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 15 fractional worksEuropean Linguistics and Anthropology: 7 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 3 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 3 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 2 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsAnthropologyHealthLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 15 works
  2. 2 European Linguistics and Anthropology Anthropology 7 works
  3. 3 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 3 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 3 works
  5. 5 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 3 works
  6. 6 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 3 works
  7. 7 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 2 works
  9. 9 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy 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 available71.6%not open28.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sámi University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sámi University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Sámi University of Applied Sciences0.00045% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Sámi University of Applied Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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