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Volda University College

In research, Volda University College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,624 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,137 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,598
of 22,385 · #10,265 all time
Rank in Norway
#46
of 123
Research works
784
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Volda University College

What is Volda University College 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 #2,624 of 9,585 9.9%188 #3012
Social SciencesField #2,137 of 5,988 9.4%116 #2693

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Volda University College 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 Volda University College work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Volda University College is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 209 fractional works · 75.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 127 fractional works · 45.6% of its workEducation: 51 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 26 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCommunication: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 37 fractional works · 13.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 11.1% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVolda UniversityCollege278fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences75%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12745.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities3713.3%
    3. Psychology3211.6%
    4. Decision Sciences62.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting31.1%
    1. Health Professions165.6%
    2. Medicine165.6%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Computer Science165.8%
    2. Environmental Science62.1%
    3. Engineering51.8%
    4. Mathematics20.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Volda University College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 51.0 works6.0×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.60× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.80× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.60×37 works
  2. Psychology3.80×32 works
  3. Social Sciences3.60×127 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.24×6 works
  5. Health Professions2.13×16 works
  6. Dentistry0.84×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.75×16 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×4 works
  9. Mathematics0.54×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.42×6 works
  11. Nursing0.37×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×4 works
  14. Medicine0.29×16 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.15×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  18. Engineering0.12×5 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Volda University College?

Ranked on the quality score, Siv Måseidvåg Gamlem, Kim-Daniel Vattøy and Ivar John Erdal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volda University College.

  1. 1 Siv Måseidvåg Gamlem Norway · #165,578 worldwide 850 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Kim-Daniel Vattøy Norway · #601,394 worldwide 392 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Ivar John Erdal Norway · #1,239,701 worldwide 435 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Helga Synnevåg Løvoll Norway · #1,274,000 worldwide 396 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Stine Margrethe Ekornes Norway · #1,420,879 worldwide 345 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Wenke Mork Rogne Norway · #1,466,185 worldwide 186 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Mary Harris Kalfoss Norway · #1,638,897 worldwide 1.7k citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Marie Nedregotten Sørbø Norway · #1,819,517 worldwide 207 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Peder Haug Norway · #1,868,764 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
  10. 10 Rune Kvalsund Norway · #1,887,180 worldwide 462 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Volda University College

What are the most cited papers from Volda University College?

The most cited paper from Volda University College is "Comparison of ticagrelor with clopidogrel in patients with a planned invasive strategy for acute coronary syndromes (PLATO): a randomised double-blind study" (Christopher Paul Cannon, Robert A. Harrington, Stefan Karl James et al., 2010), with 664 citations. Next come "Understanding inclusive education: ideals and reality" (631) and "Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an Insect" (314).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Comparison of ticagrelor with clopidogrel in patients with a planned invasive strategy for acute coronary syndromes (PLATO): a randomised double-blind study Christopher Paul Cannon, Robert A. Harrington, Stefan Karl James et al. · The Lancet 2010 664
2 Understanding inclusive education: ideals and reality Peder Haug · Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research Open access 26 Aug 2016 631
3 Associative Mechanisms Allow for Social Learning and Cultural Transmission of String Pulling in an Insect Sylvain Alem, Clint J. Perry, Xingfu Zhu et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 4 Oct 2016 314
4 Quality of life in Polish respondents: psychometric properties of the Polish WHOQOL – Bref Krystyna Jaracz, Mary Harris Kalfoss, Krystyna Górna et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 21 Aug 2006 214
5 Student perceptions of classroom feedback Siv Måseidvåg Gamlem, Kari Smith · Assessment in Education Principles Policy and Practice 22 Jan 2013 184
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Volda University College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Democracy, Education, Educational Technology, Constitutionalism, Pedagogy, Judicial Review, ECHR and European Legal Systems.

▲ 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. Education16▲ 3.4×25 topics
  2. Globalization15▲ 2.7×31 topics
  3. Educational Technology14▲ 4.3×15 topics
  4. Democracy12▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Human Rights11▲ 3.8×7 topics
  6. Pedagogy10▲ 7.5×13 topics
  7. Constitutionalism10▲ 42×3 topics
  8. Judicial Review9▲ 40×2 topics
  9. ECHR9▲ 96×1 topic
  10. European Legal Systems9▲ 96×1 topic
  11. Qualitative Research9▲ 3.9×12 topics
  12. Social Media9▲ 2.3×15 topics
  13. Professional Development9▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Tacit Knowledge8▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Learning Outcomes8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  16. Higher Education8▲ 5.2×10 topics
  17. Reflective Practice8▲ 15×7 topics
  18. Identity8▲ 3.8×18 topics
  19. Religion7▲ 5.7×14 topics
  20. Social Justice7▲ 4.4×14 topics
  21. Teacher Education7▲ 19×5 topics
  22. Literature7▲ 4.5×12 topics
  23. Technology Integration7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  24. Social Science6▲ 63×3 topics
  25. Informal Learning6▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Student Perceptions6▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Ethics6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  28. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Social Sciences6▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Embodiment6▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Metacognition6▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Self-Regulated Learning6▲ 63×2 topics
  33. Dementia Care6▲ 168×2 topics
  34. Self-Regulation5▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Discourse Analysis5▲ 7.4×5 topics
  36. Ethical Guidelines5▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Interactional Expertise5▲ 160×1 topic
  38. Special Education5▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Student Achievement5▲ 19×4 topics
  40. Narrative5▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Volda University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Student Assessment and Feedback and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods.

European and Internation…9European and International Law Studies: 9 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 5 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 4 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 3 fractional worksSocial and Educational S…3Social and Educational Sciences: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksReflective Practices in …3Reflective Practices in Education: 3 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologyEducationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology2 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 9 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 5 works
  3. 3 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 4 works
  4. 4 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 3 works
  6. 6 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 3 works
  7. 7 Social and Educational Sciences Education 3 works
  8. 8 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  9. 9 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Reflective Practices in Education Education 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Volda University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Volda University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Volda University College0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Volda University College 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%Volda University College10.3% 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 16.9% in 2017.

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