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The FRAM Centre

In research, The FRAM Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,584 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,164
of 22,385 · #4,674 all time
Rank in Norway
#56
of 123
Research works
636
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
The FRAM Centre

What is The FRAM Centre 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,584 of 10,670 12.6%62 #2847

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The FRAM Centre 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 The FRAM Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at The FRAM Centre is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (24%), Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (10%).

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 45.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 36 fractional works · 24.2% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 31.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThe FRAM Centre147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences31%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3624.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences128.2%
    3. Engineering96.0%
    4. Computer Science64.1%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Mathematics10.6%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences2718.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities85.2%
    3. Psychology74.5%
    4. Decision Sciences21.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    1. Medicine1510.3%
    2. Health Professions53.4%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences74.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.23× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.88× its world share, 36 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.79× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.23×12 works
  2. Environmental Science4.88×36 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.79×8 works
  4. Psychology1.46×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.45×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.43×26 works
  7. Health Professions1.29×5 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×6 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.87×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×6 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.62×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.54×1 works
  14. Medicine0.53×15 works
  15. Computer Science0.52×6 works
  16. Mathematics0.48×1 works
  17. Engineering0.40×9 works
  18. Dentistry0.39×0 works
  19. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.28×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  23. Nursing0.15×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The FRAM Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Aissa Bachir, Mohit Paryani and Ahmed Ouenes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The FRAM Centre.

  1. 1 Aissa Bachir Norway · #4,328,904 worldwide 84 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Mohit Paryani Norway · #4,658,003 worldwide 168 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Ahmed Ouenes Norway · #5,141,828 worldwide 1.2k citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Oda Riska Norway · #6,574,578 worldwide 9 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at The FRAM Centre

What are the most cited papers from The FRAM Centre?

The most cited paper from The FRAM Centre is "Q-learning" (Christopher J. C. H. Watkins, Peter Dayan, 1992), with 9,122 citations. Next come "Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review" (6,043) and "China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management" (3,008).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Q-learning Christopher J. C. H. Watkins, Peter Dayan · Machine Learning Open access May 1992 9,122
2 Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review Matthew Cole, Pennie Lindeque, Claudia Halsband et al. · Marine Pollution Bulletin Open access 17 Oct 2011 6,043
3 China and India lead in greening of the world through land-use management Chi Chen, Taejin Park, Xuhui Wang et al. · Nature Sustainability Open access 11 Feb 2019 3,008
4 Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton Matthew Cole, Pennie Lindeque, Elaine S. Fileman et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 21 May 2013 2,762
5 Characteristics, drivers and feedbacks of global greening Shilong Piao, Xuhui Wang, Taejin Park et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ReviewOpen access 9 Dec 2019 2,223
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The FRAM Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Fisheries Sustainability, Conservation, Trophic Cascades, Invasive Species, Arctic and Ecosystem Management.

▲ 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. Climate Change26▲ 6.7×38 topics
  2. Population Dynamics6▲ 17×8 topics
  3. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 49×2 topics
  4. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.4×15 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 1.66×17 topics
  6. Conservation5▲ 8.7×10 topics
  7. Invasive Species5▲ 8.7×12 topics
  8. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades5▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Biodiversity4▲ 3.8×16 topics
  11. Arctic4▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Ecosystem Management4▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Marine Fisheries4▲ 66×1 topic
  14. Predator-Prey Interactions4▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Food Security4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  16. Health Effects3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  17. Acoustic Communication3▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Habitat Selection3▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Anthropogenic Noise3▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Marine Mammals3▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Marine Environment3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Habitat Fragmentation3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  23. Recycling3▲ 5.3×2 topics
  24. Waste Management3▲ 5.1×2 topics
  25. Ocean Circulation3▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Migration3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  27. Vulnerability3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  28. Bioaccumulation2▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Decline2▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Gender Studies2▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Hydrology2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Sea Ice2▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Global Distribution2▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Conservation Challenges2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Ethical Guidelines2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Freshwater Biodiversity2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Legislation2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  38. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Environmental Exposure2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Pragmatism2▲ 56×2 topics

Which research topics does The FRAM Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Marine and fisheries research, Marine animal studies overview, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Marine and fisheries research: 4 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 3 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…2Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 2 fractional worksFish Ecology and Managem…2Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 2 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquac…2Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 2 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Con…2Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcologyAtmospheric ScienceNature and Landscape Conservation2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 3 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 2 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.2%domestic only44.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The FRAM Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 The FRAM Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%The FRAM Centre0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The FRAM Centre 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 counting10%20%30%The FRAM Centre11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.1% in 2024.

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