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University of Bergen

In research, University of Bergen stands highest in Social Sciences (#57 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#120 of 10,521 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#50 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Oceanography and Paleontology — Music is 4.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#504
of 28,054 · #419 all time
Rank in Norway
#3
of 133
Research works
39k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
30.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is University of Bergen 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
Social SciencesField #57 of 6,365 34.9%990 #148
Social SciencesDomain #120 of 10,521 30.4%1,958 #224
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #50 of 1,201 34.0%197 #149
Health SciencesDomain #520 of 11,982 25.2%1,180 #396
MedicineField #519 of 10,443 24.7%938 #452
Arts and HumanitiesField #125 of 1,998 22.8%367 #231
Physical SciencesDomain #869 of 12,888 20.2%1,597 #558
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #201 of 2,578 32.9%330 #149
Life SciencesDomain #716 of 7,800 22.8%646 #415
Environmental ScienceField #497 of 3,551 23.0%375 #277

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Bergen 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. Social Sciences#148 #57
  2. Social Sciences#224 #120
  3. Political Science and International Relations#149 #50
  4. Health Sciences#396 #520
  5. Medicine#452 #519
  6. Arts and Humanities#231 #125
  7. Physical Sciences#558 #869
  8. Sociology and Political Science#149 #201
  9. Life Sciences#415 #716
  10. Environmental Science#277 #497
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 University of Bergen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 20.7 works4.7×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 62.0 works4.1×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 26.1 works4.0×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 94.8 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: 0.47× its world share, 121 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 317 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 72 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 131 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 378 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 294 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 281 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 375 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 75 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 105 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.72× its world share, 45 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 168 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 938 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 26 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.36× its world share, 367 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 74 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 57 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.33× its world share, 382 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 990 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Bergen?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth Maxwell, Ole Frithjof Norheim and Haflidi Haflidason lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Bergen.

  1. 1 Kenneth Maxwell Norway · #798 worldwide 1.1k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Ole Frithjof Norheim Norway · #7,785 worldwide 3.6k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Haflidi Haflidason Norway · #7,918 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Ståle Pallesen Norway · #8,815 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Helga Refsum Norway · #8,944 worldwide 747 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Kirsti Malterud Norway · #9,560 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 K. R. Schubert Norway · #10,850 worldwide 3.4k citations · 206 works
  8. 8 D. Bernard Norway · #12,646 worldwide 1.7k citations · 103 works
  9. 9 U. Mallik Norway · #12,783 worldwide 2k citations · 119 works
  10. 10 G. Løvhøiden Norway · #13,337 worldwide 1.1k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at University of Bergen

Which keywords describe research at University of Bergen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Democracy, Globalization, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Ocean Circulation, Ethics and Constitutionalism.

▲ 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 Change303▲ 2.1×95 topics
  2. Epidemiology214◆ 1.01×132 topics
  3. Globalization172▲ 1.63×100 topics
  4. Mental Health152▲ 1.93×40 topics
  5. Machine Learning122▼ 0.69×70 topics
  6. Inflammation121◆ 1.08×79 topics
  7. Human Rights100▲ 1.80×49 topics
  8. Public Health99▲ 1.26×57 topics
  9. Democracy95▲ 5.0×18 topics
  10. Education94◆ 1.02×70 topics
  11. Depression84▲ 1.78×23 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease80▲ 1.35×36 topics
  13. Ethics79▲ 3.0×37 topics
  14. Global Warming73▲ 3.3×14 topics
  15. Religion71▲ 2.8×30 topics
  16. Invasive Species70▲ 3.1×20 topics
  17. Resilience67▲ 2.6×17 topics
  18. Biodiversity66▲ 1.64×27 topics
  19. Anxiety57▲ 2.2×12 topics
  20. Ocean Circulation54▲ 7.7×3 topics
  21. Constitutionalism49▲ 9.5×5 topics
  22. Public Opinion48▲ 7.1×7 topics
  23. Aquaculture45▲ 3.2×7 topics
  24. Health Disparities45▲ 3.2×9 topics
  25. Judicial Review44▲ 9.1×5 topics
  26. Arctic44▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Embodiment44▲ 4.4×7 topics
  28. ECHR43▲ 21×1 topic
  29. European Legal Systems43▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Data Assimilation39▲ 4.7×4 topics
  31. Tectonics36▲ 5.6×3 topics
  32. Tacit Knowledge33▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Fisheries Sustainability33▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Approximation Algorithms32▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Resettlement31▲ 6.8×3 topics
  36. Social Science31▲ 15×6 topics
  37. Dementia Care29▲ 44×2 topics
  38. Ethical Guidelines29▲ 9.9×4 topics
  39. Pragmatism29▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Algorithmic Applications29▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Bergen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: European and International Law Studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research and Migration, Health and Trauma.

European and Internation…43European and International Law Studies: 43 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…27Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 27 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare an…26Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 26 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…26Migration, Health and Trauma: 26 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 19 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 19 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…18Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 18 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 18 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 18 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health18Music Therapy and Health: 18 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsAtmospheric ScienceSocial PsychologyClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 43 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 27 works
  3. 3 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 26 works
  4. 4 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 26 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 19 works
  6. 6 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 19 works
  7. 7 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 18 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 18 works
  10. 10 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 18 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 available43.1%not open56.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.0%domestic only70.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Bergen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Bergen

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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.