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St Olav's University Hospital

In research, St Olav's University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,621 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,902 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,384 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Psychiatry and Mental health is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,249
of 28,054 · #4,801 all time
Rank in Norway
#27
of 133
Research works
4.5k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
146k
32.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is St Olav's University Hospital 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
MedicineField #1,621 of 10,443 23.0%451 #1115
Health SciencesDomain #1,902 of 11,982 23.3%493 #1347
Life SciencesDomain #3,384 of 7,800 21.1%91 #2821
Social SciencesDomain #6,931 of 10,521 27.7%79 #8427

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St Olav's University Hospital 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. Medicine#1,115 #1,621
  2. Health Sciences#1,347 #1,902
  3. Life Sciences#2,821 #3,384
  4. Social Sciences#8,427 #6,931
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 St Olav's University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 25.8 works7.4×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 44.5 works6.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 451 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.52× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Olav's University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Aasly, Ottar Sjaastad and Toril Skandsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Olav's University Hospital.

  1. 1 Jan Aasly Norway · #46,472 worldwide 326 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ottar Sjaastad Norway · #166,598 worldwide 115 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Toril Skandsen Norway · #191,562 worldwide 139 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Terje Terjesen Norway · #193,014 worldwide 117 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Pål Klepstad Norway · #218,532 worldwide 145 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Sigrid Botne Sando Norway · #244,627 worldwide 408 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sven Magnus Carlsen Norway · #247,221 worldwide 63 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Lars Slørdal Norway · #249,904 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Rune Wiseth Norway · #250,418 worldwide 113 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Arne Åsberg Norway · #270,600 worldwide 68 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St Olav's University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St Olav's University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Obesity, Heart Failure, Depression, Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 3.1×100 topics
  2. Inflammation40▲ 2.7×70 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 4.7×32 topics
  4. Obesity26▲ 4.9×18 topics
  5. Quality of Life26▲ 2.5×44 topics
  6. Depression25▲ 4.2×18 topics
  7. Risk Factors25▲ 3.3×32 topics
  8. Treatment24▲ 2.9×39 topics
  9. Mental Health23▲ 2.3×25 topics
  10. Heart Failure21▲ 6.9×13 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome21▲ 3.6×17 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress19▲ 1.69×35 topics
  13. Global Burden18▲ 4.8×10 topics
  14. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.6×18 topics
  15. Chemotherapy18▲ 3.7×24 topics
  16. Mortality18▲ 4.4×12 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk17▲ 7.7×8 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis17▲ 4.0×14 topics
  19. Clinical Trials16▲ 3.5×18 topics
  20. Biomarkers16▲ 3.4×16 topics
  21. Guidelines16▲ 4.9×13 topics
  22. Echocardiography16▲ 8.2×7 topics
  23. Prevalence15▲ 5.4×14 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders15▲ 3.7×19 topics
  25. Anxiety14▲ 4.3×10 topics
  26. Physical Activity14▲ 4.2×9 topics
  27. Adolescents14▲ 5.3×7 topics
  28. Genetics14▲ 2.8×16 topics
  29. Complications13▲ 3.6×15 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation12▲ 5.7×7 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 7.6×7 topics
  32. Radiotherapy12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  33. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.3×11 topics
  34. Cognitive Function11▲ 8.5×7 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 5.8×5 topics
  36. Neurobiology10▲ 5.6×9 topics
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 7.6×6 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification10▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Diastolic Function10▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Psychological Factors9▲ 6.3×5 topics

Which research topics does St Olav's University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment and Physical Activity and Health.

Cardiovascular Function …10Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…6Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 5 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…5Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 5 fractional worksSleep and related disord…5Sleep and related disorders: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 5 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneticsPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  3. 3 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 5 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.7%domestic only75.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St Olav's University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.