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Statistics Denmark

In research, Statistics Denmark stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,868 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,616
of 22,385 · #7,789 all time
Rank in Denmark
#63
of 93
Research works
409
▲ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Statistics Denmark

What is Statistics Denmark known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,868 of 17,446 12.8%144

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Statistics Denmark 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 Statistics Denmark work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research at Statistics Denmark is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24 fractional works · 31.7% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 25.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 30.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKStatisticsDenmark77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences32%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2025.7%
    2. Health Professions44.9%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Environmental Science79.1%
    2. Engineering68.0%
    3. Computer Science67.2%
    4. Mathematics22.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.5%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1215.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting34.5%
    3. Psychology33.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
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: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.83× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.65×0 works
  2. Mathematics2.27×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.20×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.87×4 works
  5. Environmental Science1.83×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.53×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.40×4 works
  8. Medicine1.34×20 works
  9. Psychology1.20×3 works
  10. Social Sciences1.18×12 works
  11. Neuroscience1.09×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.99×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×4 works
  14. Computer Science0.92×6 works
  15. Dentistry0.74×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.71×1 works
  17. Nursing0.69×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.67×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×2 works
  21. Engineering0.53×6 works
  22. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Statistics Denmark?

Ranked on the quality score, Kjeld Bjerke, Inger Larsen and Ole Gravgård Pedersen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Statistics Denmark.

  1. 1 Kjeld Bjerke Denmark · #1,391,713 worldwide 545 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Inger Larsen Denmark · #2,983,072 worldwide 0 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ole Gravgård Pedersen Denmark · #3,698,750 worldwide 270 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 H Hamtoft Denmark · #5,191,276 worldwide 45 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Statistics Denmark

What are the most cited papers from Statistics Denmark?

The most cited paper from Statistics Denmark is "Extremes and Related Properties of Random Sequences and Processes." (Richard A. Davis, Malcolm R. Leadbetter, Georg Lindgren et al., 1985), with 1,758 citations. Next come "Introduction to Danish (nationwide) registers on health and social issues: Structure, access, legislation, and archiving" (1,106) and "Danish registers on personal income and transfer payments" (997).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Extremes and Related Properties of Random Sequences and Processes. Richard A. Davis, Malcolm R. Leadbetter, Georg Lindgren et al. · Journal of the American Statistical Association Mar 1985 1,758
2 Introduction to Danish (nationwide) registers on health and social issues: Structure, access, legislation, and archiving Lau Caspar Thygesen, Camilla Daasnes, Ivan Thaulow et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Open access Jul 2011 1,106
3 Danish registers on personal income and transfer payments Mikkel Baadsgaard, Jarl Quitzau · Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Jul 2011 997
4 Replantation of 400 avulsed permanent incisors. 4. Factors related to periodontal ligament healing Jens Ove Andreasen, M. K. Borum, Henrik Loft Jacobsen et al. · Dental Traumatology Apr 1995 697
5 Identification of the long-run and the short-run structure an application to the ISLM model Søren Johansen, Katarina Jusélius · Journal of Econometrics Jul 1994 662
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Statistics Denmark?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Type 2 Diabetes, Mortality, Health Effects, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Health Outcomes, Health Disparities and Particulate Matter.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.42×28 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 1.66×20 topics
  3. Public Health3▲ 3.0×11 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  5. Sustainability3▲ 1.54×16 topics
  6. Type 2 Diabetes3▲ 17×4 topics
  7. Health Effects3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  8. Inflammation3▲ 1.64×21 topics
  9. Mortality3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  10. Social Media2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  11. Obesity2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress2▲ 1.85×8 topics
  13. COVID-192▲ 2.2×10 topics
  14. Health Outcomes2▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.3×10 topics
  16. Health Disparities2▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Particulate Matter2▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Epidemiological Studies2▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  20. Glycemic Control2▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Air Pollution2▲ 18×1 topic
  22. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Infectious Diseases2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Insulin Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Health Equity2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  26. Neighborhood Effects2▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Life Expectancy2▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Mortality Risk2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  29. Social Support2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  30. Chronic Disease1▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality1▲ 8.4×5 topics
  32. Social Relationships1▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Socioeconomic Inequalities1▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Cardiovascular Outcomes1▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Glucose Control1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. SARS-CoV-21▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Vulnerability1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  38. Ageing Population1▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Health Care Expenditure1▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Maritime Transportation1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Statistics Denmark publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Health disparities and outcomes, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Maritime Navigation and Safety.

Air Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…1Health disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…1Diabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and …1Maritime Navigation and Safety: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksRegulation of Appetite and Obesity: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Repro…1COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 1 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisHealthEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOcean Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  2. 2 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  4. 4 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  8. 8 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Statistics Denmark's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Statistics Denmark as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Statistics Denmark0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

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