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VID Specialized University

In research, VID Specialized University stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,850 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,789 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,806 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and General Health Professions (Clinical Psychology is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,883
of 22,385 · #5,974 all time
Rank in Norway
#20
of 123
Research works
1.1k
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.1k
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
VID Specialized University

What is VID Specialized University 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
Social SciencesDomain #1,850 of 9,585 9.5%365 #2508
Health SciencesDomain #2,789 of 9,902 16.0%138 #5234
Social SciencesField #1,806 of 5,988 8.5%196 #2459
PsychologyField #841 of 2,121 9.4%103 #1352
MedicineField #3,878 of 8,541 19.0%68 #6747
Health ProfessionsField #890 of 1,895 11.8%61 #1736
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,661 of 2,526 5.3%86 #2051

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where VID Specialized University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,508 #1,850
  2. Health Sciences#5,234 #2,789
  3. Social Sciences#2,459 #1,806
  4. Psychology#1,352 #841
  5. Medicine#6,747 #3,878
  6. Health Professions#1,736 #890
  7. Sociology and Political Science#2,051 #1,661
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does VID Specialized University work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at VID Specialized University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Psychology (19%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 399 fractional works · 68.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 217 fractional works · 37.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 95 fractional works · 16.2% of its workEducation: 34 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Administration: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 113 fractional works · 19.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 62 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 30 fractional works · 5.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 7.6% of its workReligious studies: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 161 fractional works · 27.5% of its workMedicine: 80 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 68 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 51 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVID SpecializedUniversity585fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences68%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences21737.0%
    2. Psychology11319.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities447.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting172.8%
    5. Decision Sciences61.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.5%
    1. Medicine8013.7%
    2. Health Professions6811.6%
    3. Nursing122.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Computer Science81.3%
    2. Environmental Science61.0%
    3. Engineering30.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Neuroscience40.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does VID Specialized University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 62.1 works10×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 51.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.41× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 4.28× its world share, 12 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.34× its world share, 113 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.93× its world share, 217 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology6.34×113 works
  2. Health Professions4.41×68 works
  3. Nursing4.28×12 works
  4. Social Sciences2.93×217 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.62×44 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.04×6 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.88×17 works
  8. Medicine0.71×80 works
  9. Neuroscience0.45×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×3 works
  11. Dentistry0.21×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.20×6 works
  13. Computer Science0.17×8 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Engineering0.03×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at VID Specialized University?

Ranked on the quality score, Silje Stangeland Lie, Nina Jøranson and Hilde Thygesen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VID Specialized University.

  1. 1 Silje Stangeland Lie Norway · #575,024 worldwide 584 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Nina Jøranson Norway · #598,141 worldwide 1k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Hilde Thygesen Norway · #606,275 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Tove Giske Norway · #609,906 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Emmanuel Aoudi Chance Norway · #996,215 worldwide 107 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Inger Marie Lid Norway · #1,023,709 worldwide 696 citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Kari Røykenes Norway · #1,148,499 worldwide 459 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Bjørn Hallstein Holte Norway · #1,175,464 worldwide 184 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Carola Lingaas Norway · #1,216,350 worldwide 135 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Irene Hunskår Norway · #1,334,307 worldwide 549 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at VID Specialized University

What are the most cited papers from VID Specialized University?

The most cited paper from VID Specialized University is "A systematic review of quality of life research in medicine and health sciences" (the LIVSFORSK network et al., 2019), with 1,054 citations. Next come "Mapping definitions of co‐production and co‐design in health and social care: A systematic scoping review providing lessons for the future" (305) and "The nurse's role in palliative care: A qualitative meta‐synthesis" (289).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A systematic review of quality of life research in medicine and health sciences the LIVSFORSK network et al. · Quality of Life Research ReviewOpen access 11 Jun 2019 1,054
2 Mapping definitions of co‐production and co‐design in health and social care: A systematic scoping review providing lessons for the future Daniel Masterson, Kristina Areskoug Josefsson, Glenn Robert et al. · Health Expectations Open access 23 Mar 2022 305
3 The nurse's role in palliative care: A qualitative meta‐synthesis Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse, Irene Hunskår, Sidsel Ellingsen · Journal of Clinical Nursing Open access 11 Jul 2017 289
4 Effects of aerobic exercise on depression: a controlled study. Egil Wilhelm Martinsen, Asgeir Medhus, Leiv Sandvik · BMJ Open access 13 Jul 1985 289
5 Social health and dementia: a European consensus on the operationalization of the concept and directions for research and practice Rose‐Marie Dröes, Rabih Chattat, Ana María Arias Díaz et al. · Aging & Mental Health Open access 21 Nov 2016 252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at VID Specialized University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Religion, Social Support, Quality of Life, Well-being, Qualitative Research, Psychological Adjustment and Ethics.

▲ 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. Mental Health78▲ 9.3×33 topics
  2. Religion44▲ 16×19 topics
  3. Quality of Life35▲ 4.2×28 topics
  4. Globalization32▲ 2.8×35 topics
  5. Social Support28▲ 8.8×13 topics
  6. Qualitative Research26▲ 5.2×13 topics
  7. Well-being25▲ 11×12 topics
  8. Human Rights25▲ 4.1×20 topics
  9. Ethics22▲ 7.3×23 topics
  10. Psychological Adjustment21▲ 25×5 topics
  11. Social Justice21▲ 6.0×16 topics
  12. Phenomenology20▲ 31×5 topics
  13. Development19▲ 9.2×5 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction19▲ 7.3×9 topics
  15. NGOs18▲ 33×4 topics
  16. Resilience18▲ 6.2×11 topics
  17. Narrative Analysis17▲ 55×3 topics
  18. Nationalism16▲ 6.0×10 topics
  19. Civil Society16▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Health15▲ 6.6×6 topics
  21. Humanitarianism15▲ 44×2 topics
  22. International Aid15▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Social Constructionism15▲ 76×2 topics
  24. Open Dialogue Approach15▲ 208×1 topic
  25. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy15▲ 208×1 topic
  26. Spirituality15▲ 25×4 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations15▲ 7.3×8 topics
  28. Cultural Competence14▲ 19×6 topics
  29. Embodiment14▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Faith-Based Organizations14▲ 80×1 topic
  31. Social Services14▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Coping14▲ 48×2 topics
  33. Health Disparities14▲ 9.0×9 topics
  34. Professional Identity14▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Clinical Practice13▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Politics12▲ 7.9×6 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice12▲ 15×6 topics
  38. Secularism12▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Patient Engagement12▲ 15×3 topics
  40. End-of-Life Care12▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does VID Specialized University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics, Religion, Society, and Development, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Nursing education and management.

Counseling, Therapy, and…15Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 15 fractional worksReligion, Society, and D…14Religion, Society, and Development: 14 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, …12Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 12 fractional worksNursing education and ma…11Nursing education and management: 11 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 10 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 7 fractional worksSimulation-Based Educati…7Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 7 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare an…7Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 7 fractional worksMigration, Health and Tr…6Migration, Health and Trauma: 6 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…6Christian Theology and Mission: 6 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceHealthResearch and Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 15 works
  2. 2 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  3. 3 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 12 works
  4. 4 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 11 works
  5. 5 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 10 works
  6. 6 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  7. 7 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 7 works
  8. 8 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 7 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 6 works
  10. 10 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 6 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has VID Specialized University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 VID Specialized University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%VID Specialized University0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of VID Specialized University 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%VID Specialized University13.4% 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 21.1% in 2019.

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