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UiT The Arctic University of Norway

In research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway stands highest in Health Sciences (#806 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#738 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#937 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Oceanography and Environmental Chemistry — Atmospheric Science is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,027
of 28,054 · #909 all time
Rank in Norway
#4
of 133
Research works
19k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
500k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is UiT The Arctic University of Norway 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 #806 of 11,982 23.9%690 #860
Social SciencesDomain #738 of 10,521 27.8%953 #551
Physical SciencesDomain #937 of 12,888 20.8%1,206 #1035
Social SciencesField #554 of 6,365 30.5%469 #504
MedicineField #924 of 10,443 23.5%518 #927
Environmental ScienceField #483 of 3,551 24.6%331 #387
Life SciencesDomain #1,304 of 7,800 23.3%364 #793
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #214 of 1,209 22.0%166 #299
EngineeringField #1,469 of 6,636 20.2%297 #1737
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #645 of 2,578 28.2%167 #604

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UiT The Arctic University of Norway 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. Health Sciences#860 #806
  2. Social Sciences#551 #738
  3. Physical Sciences#1,035 #937
  4. Social Sciences#504 #554
  5. Medicine#927 #924
  6. Environmental Science#387 #483
  7. Life Sciences#793 #1,304
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences#299 #214
  9. Engineering#1,737 #1,469
  10. Sociology and Political Science#604 #645
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 UiT The Arctic University of Norway specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 80.4 works5.7×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 36.5 works4.0×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 27.8 works4.0×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 178 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 43 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 64 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 41 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 194 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.30× its world share, 166 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 297 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.07× its world share, 331 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.01× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 18 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 518 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 135 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 59 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.20× its world share, 216 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 469 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at UiT The Arctic University of Norway?

Ranked on the composite score, Inger Njølstad, Tom Wilsgaard and Kenneth Ruud lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

  1. 1 Inger Njølstad Norway · #11,551 worldwide 797 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Tom Wilsgaard Norway · #13,241 worldwide 694 citations · 75 works
  3. 3 Kenneth Ruud Norway · #14,267 worldwide 693 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Maja‐Lisa Løchen Norway · #15,895 worldwide 862 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Einar Ringø Norway · #16,599 worldwide 916 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Malcolm Jobling Norway · #22,699 worldwide 729 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Svein Jentoft Norway · #31,599 worldwide 491 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Ellisiv B. Mathiesen Norway · #52,317 worldwide 275 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Jacques Godfroid Norway · #62,527 worldwide 208 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Tore O. Vorren Norway · #62,874 worldwide 386 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Which keywords describe research at UiT The Arctic University of Norway?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Arctic, Sustainability, Geopolitics, International Relations, Shipping, Fisheries Sustainability and Ocean Circulation.

▲ 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. Climate Change288▲ 3.3×92 topics
  2. Sustainability110▲ 1.40×70 topics
  3. Epidemiology104▼ 0.82×111 topics
  4. Deep Learning96◆ 0.87×68 topics
  5. Arctic80▲ 22×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing74▲ 1.87×28 topics
  7. Mental Health72▲ 1.52×37 topics
  8. Environmental Impact63▲ 1.16×42 topics
  9. Public Health62▲ 1.34×42 topics
  10. Depression48▲ 1.68×24 topics
  11. International Relations45▲ 5.8×18 topics
  12. Food Security43▲ 2.4×12 topics
  13. Geopolitics41▲ 8.4×5 topics
  14. Vulnerability40▲ 5.5×8 topics
  15. Shipping38▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Governance38▲ 3.6×11 topics
  17. Fisheries Sustainability37▲ 13×2 topics
  18. Invasive Species36▲ 2.7×19 topics
  19. Aquaculture36▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Ocean Circulation36▲ 8.7×3 topics
  21. Oil and Gas33▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Hydrology32▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. Maritime Transport31▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Northern Sea Route31▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Ecological Knowledge29▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Traditional Knowledge29▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Trophic Cascades29▲ 9.5×2 topics
  28. Nutrition Transition28▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Arctic Indigenous Peoples28▲ 50×1 topic
  30. community-based monitoring28▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Bilingualism26▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Decline26▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Sea Ice26▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Stakeholder Engagement25▲ 8.9×3 topics
  35. Syntax25▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Management23▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Fish Population Dynamics22▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Marine Fisheries22▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Anaerobic22▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Methane Oxidation22▲ 8.6×1 topic

Which research topics does UiT The Arctic University of Norway publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Indigenous Studies and Ecology, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics and Marine and fisheries research.

Arctic and Russian Polic…31Arctic and Russian Policy Studies: 31 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and E…28Indigenous Studies and Ecology: 28 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice…26Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 26 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…22Marine and fisheries research: 22 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 22 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 18 fractional worksCryospheric studies and …17Cryospheric studies and observations: 17 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 14 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 14 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 14 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 28 works
  3. 3 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 26 works
  4. 4 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 22 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 22 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 18 works
  7. 7 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 17 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 14 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  10. 10 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 14 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UiT The Arctic University of Norway's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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