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Stavanger University Hospital

In research, Stavanger University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,828 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,714 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,325
of 28,054 · #7,754 all time
Rank in Norway
#46
of 133
Research works
1.7k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
36.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Stavanger 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,828 of 11,982 21.8%255 #1936
MedicineField #2,714 of 10,443 21.6%231 #1935

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

What does Stavanger University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 20.2 works11×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.21× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 231 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stavanger University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kjetil Søreide, Dag Aarsland and Kenneth Dickstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stavanger University Hospital.

  1. 1 Kjetil Søreide Norway · #2,569 worldwide 952 citations · 97 works
  2. 2 Dag Aarsland Norway · #24,016 worldwide 930 citations · 130 works
  3. 3 Kenneth Dickstein Norway · #29,928 worldwide 499 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Jon Arne Søreide Norway · #59,107 worldwide 222 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Kenneth Dickstein Norway · #61,521 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Inge Joa Norway · #215,688 worldwide 1.1k citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Roald Omdal Norway · #237,923 worldwide 88 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Hege Ersdal Norway · #246,402 worldwide 121 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Guido Alves Norway · #320,615 worldwide 121 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Peter Meyer Norway · #377,813 worldwide 54 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Stavanger University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Stavanger University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Aging, Neuroimaging, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Alzheimer's Disease and Caregiver Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.2×84 topics
  2. Inflammation21▲ 2.8×60 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress19▲ 3.1×39 topics
  4. Biomarkers18▲ 7.1×16 topics
  5. Aging15▲ 7.6×13 topics
  6. Neuroimaging14▲ 14×10 topics
  7. Depression13▲ 4.2×16 topics
  8. Quality of Life13▲ 2.5×39 topics
  9. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.8×17 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.0×31 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 4.0×20 topics
  12. Treatment12▲ 2.7×31 topics
  13. Alzheimer's Disease12▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Caregiver Burden11▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Cognitive Training11▲ 32×2 topics
  16. Dementia11▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Mental Health11▲ 2.0×26 topics
  18. Cognitive Decline11▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Mild Cognitive Impairment11▲ 34×1 topic
  20. Risk Factors11▲ 2.6×25 topics
  21. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.0×15 topics
  22. Neurodegeneration10▲ 9.4×9 topics
  23. Guidelines10▲ 5.6×11 topics
  24. Diagnosis9▲ 2.7×24 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.6×12 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Neuroinflammation9▲ 8.4×6 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Global Burden8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 4.9×7 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders8▲ 3.7×18 topics
  32. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 8.7×6 topics
  33. Anxiety7▲ 4.1×8 topics
  34. Heart Failure7▲ 4.4×13 topics
  35. Medical Education7▲ 7.2×9 topics
  36. Neuroprotection7▲ 5.1×10 topics
  37. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  38. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  39. Therapeutic Strategies5▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Medical Image Analysis5▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Stavanger University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Schizophrenia research and treatment and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive I…11Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 11 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAI in cancer detection4AI in cancer detection: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…3Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthOncologyNeurologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 11 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 3 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 available55.5%not open44.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.0%domestic only66.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stavanger University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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