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Simula Research Laboratory

In research, Simula Research Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,971 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,916 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Artificial Intelligence (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,784
of 22,385 · #2,802 all time
Rank in Norway
#29
of 123
Research works
1.7k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Simula Research Laboratory

What is Simula Research Laboratory 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,971 of 10,670 10.7%213 #2111
Computer ScienceField #1,916 of 4,417 10.8%120 #712

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Simula Research Laboratory 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 Simula Research Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Simula Research Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (37%), Engineering (18%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 235 fractional works · 65.5% of its workComputer Science: 132 fractional works · 36.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 51 fractional works · 14.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSoftware: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 65 fractional works · 18.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 54 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 14.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 6.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 42 fractional works · 11.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 20 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSimula ResearchLaboratory358fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science13236.9%
    2. Engineering6518.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy102.8%
    4. Mathematics92.5%
    5. Environmental Science72.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    7. Chemistry41.0%
    8. Materials Science20.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Medicine5014.0%
    2. Health Professions30.9%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.7%
    2. Neuroscience205.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences123.4%
    2. Decision Sciences82.2%
    3. Psychology30.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Simula Research Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.3 works6.2×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 51.2 works5.9×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.48× its world share, 20 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.74× its world share, 132 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.24× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.74×132 works
  2. Neuroscience3.48×20 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.32×8 works
  4. Mathematics2.15×9 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.24×10 works
  6. Engineering1.21×65 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×21 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×4 works
  9. Medicine0.73×50 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.69×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.63×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.40×7 works
  13. Health Professions0.33×3 works
  14. Psychology0.31×3 works
  15. Social Sciences0.27×12 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×3 works
  17. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×2 works
  19. Energy0.18×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×2 works
  21. Nursing0.09×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.05×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Simula Research Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Arcuri, Magne Jørgensen and Erik Arisholm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Simula Research Laboratory.

  1. 1 Andrea Arcuri Norway · #9,146 worldwide 11k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Magne Jørgensen Norway · #122,892 worldwide 9.8k citations · 194 works
  3. 3 Erik Arisholm Norway · #199,635 worldwide 3.5k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Kent‐André Mardal Norway · #201,812 worldwide 8.4k citations · 257 works
  5. 5 Leon Moonen Norway · #322,187 worldwide 4.8k citations · 185 works
  6. 6 Bente Anda Norway · #380,516 worldwide 2.3k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Vegard Vinje Norway · #411,730 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Karoline Horgmo Jæger Norway · #450,254 worldwide 1k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Marie Elisabeth Rognes Norway · #512,284 worldwide 4.7k citations · 167 works
  10. 10 Kristian Valen‐Sendstad Norway · #523,004 worldwide 2.1k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Simula Research Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Simula Research Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Simula Research Laboratory is "Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey" (Nasir Abbas, Yan Zhang, Amir Taherkordi et al., 2017), with 2,499 citations. Next come "The FEniCS Project Version 1.5" (1,987) and "The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2022 update" (1,405).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey Nasir Abbas, Yan Zhang, Amir Taherkordi et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal Open access 8 Sep 2017 2,499
2 The FEniCS Project Version 1.5 Martin Sandve Alnæs, Jan Blechta, Johan E. Hake et al. · Department of Earth Sciences EPrints Repository Open access 2015 1,987
3 The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2022 update The Galaxy Community et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access107 authors 14 Apr 2022 1,405
4 Network Slicing in 5G: Survey and Challenges Xenofon Foukas, Georgios Patounas, Ahmed Mustafa Elmokashfi et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access May 2017 1,175
5 Enabling Localized Peer-to-Peer Electricity Trading Among Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Consortium Blockchains Jiawen Kang, Rong Yu, Xumin Huang et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics 29 May 2017 1,162
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Simula Research Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Ion Channels, Arrhythmias, Sudden Cardiac Death, Calcium Signaling and Cardiac Electrophysiology.

▲ 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. Deep Learning39▲ 3.1×52 topics
  2. Machine Learning32▲ 2.7×42 topics
  3. Neural Networks21▲ 3.7×22 topics
  4. Ion Channels12▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Arrhythmias11▲ 34×2 topics
  6. Security11▲ 4.5×10 topics
  7. Sudden Cardiac Death11▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Calcium Signaling10▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Cardiac Electrophysiology10▲ 62×1 topic
  10. Long-QT Syndrome10▲ 62×1 topic
  11. Automated Testing8▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Software Fault Localization8▲ 87×1 topic
  13. Parallel Computing8▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders8▲ 3.7×6 topics
  15. Distributed Systems7▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Fluid-Structure Interaction7▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Sensitivity Analysis6▲ 18×4 topics
  18. Cryptography6▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Quantum Information6▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Adversarial Examples5▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Robustness5▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Porous Media5▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Multi-Agent Systems5▲ 7.3×4 topics
  24. Open Source Software5▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Quantum Algorithms5▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Quantum Computation5▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Reinforcement Learning5▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Code Clone Detection5▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Refactoring5▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Architecture-Based Approach5▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Automata5▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Software Reliability Modeling5▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Homomorphic Encryption5▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Identity-Based Encryption5▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Adaptive Mesh Refinement4▲ 20×2 topics
  36. High-Order Schemes4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Model Checking4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Synchronization4▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Satisfiability Modulo Theories4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Symbolic Model Checker4▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Simula Research Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture.

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 10 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 8 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 5 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 5 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 5 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 5 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…5Cryptography and Data Security: 5 fractional worksFormal Methods in Verification: 4 fractional worksReinforcement Learning in Robotics: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Metho…4Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSoftwareArtificial IntelligenceInformation Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 8 works
  3. 3 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  4. 4 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 5 works
  7. 7 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  8. 8 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 4 works
  9. 9 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics Computational Mechanics 4 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Simula Research Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher 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 Simula Research Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Simula Research Laboratory0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Simula Research Laboratory 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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Simula Research Laboratory8.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.0% in 2011.

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