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Sørlandet Sykehus

In research, Sørlandet Sykehus stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,004 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,421 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,245
of 22,385 · #12,785 all time
Rank in Norway
#87
of 123
Research works
808
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Sørlandet Sykehus

What is Sørlandet Sykehus 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 #5,004 of 9,902 13.4%72 #4520
MedicineField #4,421 of 8,541 12.4%64 #3829

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sørlandet Sykehus work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Sørlandet Sykehus is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Psychology (13%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 82 fractional works · 61.1% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 53.6% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 25.5% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 13.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSørlandet Sykehus134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences26%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7253.6%
    2. Health Professions96.5%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology1813.3%
    2. Social Sciences139.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.9%
    3. Neuroscience21.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering32.0%
    2. Environmental Science21.2%
    3. Computer Science21.1%
    4. Materials Science10.4%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.36× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.36×18 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.87×4 works
  3. Medicine2.79×72 works
  4. Health Professions2.46×9 works
  5. Nursing1.60×1 works
  6. Veterinary1.58×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.80×2 works
  9. Social Sciences0.77×13 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.25×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.14×2 works
  18. Engineering0.13×3 works
  19. Materials Science0.13×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sørlandet Sykehus?

Ranked on the quality score, Glenn Haugeberg, Inger Johanne Widding Hansen and Christian Kersten lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sørlandet Sykehus.

  1. 1 Glenn Haugeberg Norway · #759,197 worldwide 8.2k citations · 290 works
  2. 2 Inger Johanne Widding Hansen Norway · #1,176,613 worldwide 689 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Christian Kersten Norway · #1,457,824 worldwide 3.8k citations · 213 works
  4. 4 Hanne Quarsten Norway · #1,647,459 worldwide 3.2k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Tor Oddbjørn Tveit Norway · #1,832,727 worldwide 356 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Alen Brkic Norway · #1,894,024 worldwide 160 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Unn Ljøstad Norway · #1,896,902 worldwide 3k citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Ingvild Vistad Norway · #2,023,018 worldwide 2.9k citations · 124 works
  9. 9 Thomas Bjerregaard Bertelsen Norway · #2,082,604 worldwide 211 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Randi Eikeland Norway · #2,083,167 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Sørlandet Sykehus

What are the most cited papers from Sørlandet Sykehus?

The most cited paper from Sørlandet Sykehus is "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (Stephan Ripke et al., 2014), with 8,181 citations. Next come "Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs" (2,374) and "Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain" (2,056).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Open access297 authors Jul 2014 8,181
2 Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs S Hong Lee et al. · Nature Genetics Open access370 authors 11 Aug 2013 2,374
3 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
4 Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Genetics Open access196 authors 18 Sep 2011 1,966
5 Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4 Pamela Sklar et al. · Nature Genetics Open access172 authors 18 Sep 2011 1,418
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sørlandet Sykehus?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Depression, Quality of Life, Mental Health, Anxiety, Adolescents, Children 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-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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.7×68 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 4.7×30 topics
  3. Depression8▲ 7.2×14 topics
  4. Mental Health7▲ 3.9×18 topics
  5. Public Health6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 1.94×26 topics
  7. Anxiety5▲ 8.3×7 topics
  8. Adolescents5▲ 10×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  10. Treatment5▲ 2.9×19 topics
  11. Children5▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Emotion Regulation4▲ 10×7 topics
  13. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Parenting4▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Physical Activity4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Autoantibodies4▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Psychopathology4▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Social Support3▲ 4.7×11 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Cytokines3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.1×13 topics
  23. Mortality3▲ 4.1×9 topics
  24. Fatigue3▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Guidelines3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  26. Anxiety Disorders3▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Biological Therapy3▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Cancer Survivorship3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Complications3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Patient-Reported Outcomes3▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Psychosocial Interventions3▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Psychological Interventions2▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Developmental Trajectories2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Fertility2▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Health Disparities2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  38. Ankylosing Spondylitis2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Spondyloarthritis2▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Behavioral Problems2▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does Sørlandet Sykehus publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 …3Cancer survivorship and care: 3 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 worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 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 3 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 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sørlandet Sykehus's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sørlandet Sykehus as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Sørlandet Sykehus0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sørlandet Sykehus 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 counting5%10%15%Sørlandet Sykehus12.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2022.

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