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VUC Aarhus

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World rank, all time
#32,984
of 34,923
Rank in Denmark
#174
of 179
Research works
140
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
299
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
VUC Aarhus

Which fields of science does VUC Aarhus work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at VUC Aarhus is in Social Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 67.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 25.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 13.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVUC Aarhus24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences67%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences625.5%
    2. Psychology314.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting313.2%
    4. Decision Sciences28.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    1. Medicine29.1%
    2. Health Professions15.5%
    1. Computer Science28.3%
    2. Environmental Science12.2%
    3. Energy01.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    5. Engineering00.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.0%
    2. Neuroscience01.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
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: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.09× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.65× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences8.51×2 works
  2. Psychology4.65×3 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting4.09×3 works
  4. Health Professions2.09×1 works
  5. Social Sciences2.01×6 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.73×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.07×2 works
  8. Energy1.07×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.86×0 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.81×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.64×1 works
  12. Medicine0.47×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.45×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from VUC Aarhus?

The most cited paper from VUC Aarhus is "Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Exposure In Utero and Pregnancy Outcomes" (Najaaraq Lund, Lars Henning Pedersen, Tine Brink Henriksen, 2009), with 154 citations. Next come "Exploration versus exploitation: Emotions and performance as antecedents and consequences of team decisions" (136) and "Effect of screening for type 2 diabetes on risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a controlled trial among 139,075 individuals diagnosed with diabetes in Denmark between 2001 and 2009" (78).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Exposure In Utero and Pregnancy Outcomes Najaaraq Lund, Lars Henning Pedersen, Tine Brink Henriksen · Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 5 Oct 2009 154
2 Exploration versus exploitation: Emotions and performance as antecedents and consequences of team decisions Dorthe Døjbak Håkonsson, Jacob Eskildsen, Linda Argote et al. · Strategic Management Journal Open access 17 Mar 2015 136
3 Effect of screening for type 2 diabetes on risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality: a controlled trial among 139,075 individuals diagnosed with diabetes in Denmark between 2001 and 2009 Rebecca K. Simmons, Simon J. Griffin, Torsten Lauritzen et al. · Diabetologia Open access 19 Aug 2017 78
4 The effect of fibre amount, energy level and viscosity of beverages containing oat fibre supplement on perceived satiety Marika Lyly, Nora Ohls, Liisa Lähteenmäki et al. · Food & Nutrition Research Open access 2010 64
5 Effect of population screening for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors on mortality rate and cardiovascular events: a controlled trial among 1,912,392 Danish adults Rebecca K. Simmons, Simon J. Griffin, Daniel R. Witte et al. · Diabetologia Open access 19 Aug 2017 52
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Which keywords describe research at VUC Aarhus?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Qualitative Research, Education, Tacit Knowledge, Embodiment, Ethical Guidelines, Interactional Expertise and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Education2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  2. Pedagogy2▲ 19×5 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 2.8×8 topics
  4. Qualitative Research2▲ 11×4 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  6. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 160×2 topics
  7. Embodiment2▲ 39×2 topics
  8. Ethical Guidelines2▲ 134×1 topic
  9. Interactional Expertise2▲ 659×1 topic
  10. Big Data1▲ 6.1×4 topics
  11. Healthcare1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  12. Sustainability1▲ 2.4×7 topics
  13. Learning1▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Social Sciences1▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Ethics1▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does VUC Aarhus publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Social and Educational Sciences, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and AI in Service Interactions.

Education, Healthcare an…2Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksSocial and Educational Sciences: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 1 fractional worksForecasting Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksQualitative Research Met…0Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 0 fractional worksCollaboration in agile enterprises: 0 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 0 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 0 fractional worksComplex Systems and Decision Making: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyEducationHealth InformaticsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Social and Educational Sciences Education 1 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  4. 4 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Forecasting Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  6. 6 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Collaboration in agile enterprises Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  8. 8 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 0 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 0 works
  10. 10 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 0 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has VUC Aarhus's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is VUC Aarhus as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%VUC Aarhus0.000082% in 202519801990200020102020

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