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Sax Institute

In research, Sax Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,749 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,899 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,124 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History, Archeology and Anthropology — History is 32.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,010
of 28,054 · #14,732 all time
Rank in Australia
#150
of 391
Research works
4.5k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
2.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Sax Institute 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 #2,749 of 10,521 10.9%490 #3252
Social SciencesField #1,899 of 6,365 10.2%261 #1907
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,124 of 1,998 13.0%172 #1303
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #956 of 1,201 9.2%79 #906
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,280 of 2,578 7.6%68 #2654
HistorySubfield #183 of 204 11.6%63 #292

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sax Institute 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#3,252 #2,749
  2. Social Sciences#1,907 #1,899
  3. Arts and Humanities#1,303 #1,124
  4. Political Science and International Relations#906 #956
  5. Sociology and Political Science#2,654 #2,280
  6. History#292 #183
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 Sax Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 32.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 62.5 works32×
  2. ArcheologySubfield · 39.0 works22×
  3. AnthropologySubfield · 28.1 works17×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 171.9 works9.9×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.90× its world share, 172 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.43× its world share, 261 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sax Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Sten Ebbesen, Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen and Carsten Jahnke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sax Institute.

  1. 1 Sten Ebbesen · #160,573 worldwide 53 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen · #288,543 worldwide 32 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Carsten Jahnke · #342,911 worldwide 6 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Tim Flohr Sørensen · #344,378 worldwide 58 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Peter Fibiger Bang · #363,322 worldwide 14 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Thomas Heine Nielsen · #407,738 worldwide 14 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Karl Christian Lammers · #423,389 worldwide 9 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Niels Lund · #478,883 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Morten Fink-Jensen · #608,728 worldwide 0 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Ulrik Langen · #652,893 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Sax Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sax Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Archaeology, Cultural Exchange, International Relations, Identity, Education, Material Culture and Rituals.

▲ 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. Religion49▲ 17×19 topics
  2. Education49▲ 4.8×29 topics
  3. Archaeology49▲ 60×9 topics
  4. Cultural Exchange45▲ 57×8 topics
  5. Globalization43▲ 3.6×54 topics
  6. International Relations41▲ 28×15 topics
  7. Identity39▲ 8.9×37 topics
  8. Material Culture36▲ 140×2 topics
  9. Rituals35▲ 67×3 topics
  10. Qualitative Research34▲ 6.5×9 topics
  11. Human Rights32▲ 5.2×18 topics
  12. Trade32▲ 65×4 topics
  13. Medieval31▲ 141×2 topics
  14. Gender31▲ 9.6×27 topics
  15. Sustainability31▲ 2.1×28 topics
  16. Scandinavia30▲ 332×1 topic
  17. Viking Age30▲ 332×1 topic
  18. Diplomacy28▲ 49×5 topics
  19. Literature28▲ 8.5×24 topics
  20. Social Sciences26▲ 30×6 topics
  21. Pedagogy25▲ 8.5×6 topics
  22. Cross-Confessional25▲ 348×1 topic
  23. Early Modern25▲ 348×1 topic
  24. Embodiment24▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Colonialism24▲ 8.3×22 topics
  26. Cultural Heritage22▲ 6.8×17 topics
  27. Ethics22▲ 7.5×14 topics
  28. Constitutionalism21▲ 37×4 topics
  29. Dementia Care21▲ 287×2 topics
  30. Pragmatism18▲ 121×2 topics
  31. Social Science18▲ 81×2 topics
  32. Discourse Analysis18▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Ethical Guidelines18▲ 55×2 topics
  34. Interactional Expertise18▲ 261×1 topic
  35. Tacit Knowledge18▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Gender Studies17▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Learning17▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Methodology16▲ 57×3 topics
  39. Quantitative Methods16▲ 184×1 topic
  40. Special Education16▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Sax Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Archaeological Studies, Historical Influence and Diplomacy, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research and Social and Educational Sciences.

Historical and Archaeolo…30Historical and Archaeological Studies: 30 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 25 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 18 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 16 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 12 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Stud…12Classical Antiquity Studies: 12 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 8 fractional worksMedieval European History and Architecture: 8 fractional worksAncient Mediterranean Archaeology and History: 8 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 8 fractional works
HistoryPolitical Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologyEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Archaeological StudiesHistory 30 works
  2. 2 Historical Influence and DiplomacyPolitical Science and International Relations 25 works
  3. 3 Education, Healthcare and Sociology ResearchSocial Psychology 18 works
  4. 4 Social and Educational SciencesEducation 16 works
  5. 5 European and International Law StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 12 works
  6. 6 Classical Antiquity StudiesAnthropology 12 works
  7. 7 Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesClassics 8 works
  8. 8 Medieval European History and ArchitectureArcheology 8 works
  9. 9 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and HistoryArcheology 8 works
  10. 10 Historical Legal Studies and SocietyPolitical Science and International Relations 8 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 available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sax Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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