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Sørlandet Sykehus

In research, Sørlandet Sykehus stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,296 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,516 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,985
of 28,054 · #23,158 all time
Rank in Norway
#94
of 133
Research works
808
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Sørlandet Sykehus 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,296 of 11,982 18.3%72 #9167
MedicineField #8,516 of 10,443 15.1%64 #8223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sørlandet Sykehus 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).

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.14× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.88× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.05× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sørlandet Sykehus?

Ranked on the composite score, Ingvild Vistad, Christian Kersten and Jan Erikssen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sørlandet Sykehus.

  1. 1 Ingvild Vistad Norway · #287,268 worldwide 43 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Christian Kersten Norway · #1,310,618 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Jan Erikssen Norway · #1,372,573 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sørlandet Sykehus

Which keywords describe research at Sørlandet Sykehus?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Adolescents, Anxiety, Children, Mental Health and Emotion Regulation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.9×62 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 4.8×29 topics
  3. Depression7▲ 7.3×13 topics
  4. Mental Health6▲ 3.6×17 topics
  5. Inflammation5▲ 2.2×26 topics
  6. Public Health5▲ 3.0×20 topics
  7. Adolescents5▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Anxiety4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  9. Children4▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 3.0×18 topics
  12. Emotion Regulation4▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Parenting4▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Autoantibodies4▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Physical Activity3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  17. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  19. Cytokines3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  20. Mortality3▲ 4.5×9 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  22. Biological Therapy3▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Complications3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  24. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Guidelines3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  26. Psychopathology3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Anxiety Disorders3▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Fatigue2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Social Support2▲ 3.9×11 topics
  30. Fertility2▲ 24×3 topics
  31. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Ankylosing Spondylitis2▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Psychological Interventions2▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Spondyloarthritis2▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Behavioral Problems2▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Health Disparities2▲ 6.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Sørlandet Sykehus publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Cancer survivorship and care, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…2Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…2Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksFamily Dynamics and Relationships: 2 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 2 fractional worksDemographic Trends and G…1Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional works
RheumatologyOncologyClinical PsychologyDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  4. 4 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Family Dynamics and Relationships Demography 2 works
  6. 6 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 2 works
  7. 7 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sørlandet Sykehus's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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