Top-cited scientists by field in Norway

20 fields · 146 subfields · Norway

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Norway?

1,307 researchers whose current affiliation is in Norway are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 20 fields and 146 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (398, 30.5%), followed by Engineering (97) and Enabling & Strategic Technologies (95); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (72). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 398 listed authors (30.5%)
General & Internal Medicine725.5%15Oxman, Andrew David #3,714
Neurology & Neurosurgery372.8%23Gilhus, Nils Erik #6,658
Cardiovascular System & Hematology332.5%17Kjeldsen, Sverre Erik #9,507
Oncology & Carcinogenesis251.9%11Aune, Dagfinn #2,040
Sport Sciences231.8%10Bahr, Roald M. #2,408
Psychiatry221.7%11Quintana, Daniel S. #6,707
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine171.3%4Bö, Kari #7,243
Orthopedics161.2%2Engebretsen, Lars #18,609
Dentistry141.1%4Olsen, Ingar #15,724
Surgery141.1%1Soreide, K. #9,467
Pediatrics131.0%3Saugstad, Ola Didrik #31,372
Immunology100.8%5Brandtzaeg, Per #12,766
Anesthesiology90.7%1McQuay, Henry J. #94,189
Pharmacology & Pharmacy70.5%1Tonnesen, Hanne Hjorth #93,304
Arthritis & Rheumatology60.5%1Kvien, Tore Kristian #13,854
Endocrinology & Metabolism60.5%3Eriksen, Erik Fink Ink #46,175
Gastroenterology & Hepatology60.5%2Karlsen, Tom Hemming #24,894
General Clinical Medicine60.5%0Sandberg, Sverre #141,422
Legal & Forensic Medicine60.5%1Gill, Peter D. #30,079
Complementary & Alternative Medicine50.4%0Birch, Stephen #323,911
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging40.3%0Skaane, Per #270,637
Urology & Nephrology40.3%0Hallan, Stein Ivar #149,557
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases30.2%1Magnus Bjordal, Jan #61,435
Environmental & Occupational Health30.2%1Birkeland Nielsen, Morten Birkeland #33,102
Geriatrics30.2%0Selbæk, Geir #121,814
Ophthalmology & Optometry30.2%1Utheim, Tor Paaske #79,301
Otorhinolaryngology30.2%0Djupesland, Per Gisle #121,309
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine20.2%0Olasveengen, Theresa Mariero #103,258
Respiratory System20.2%0Svanes, Cecilie #252,661
Tropical Medicine10.1%0Overgaard, Hans Jørgen #469,597
Engineering · 97 listed authors (7.4%)
Industrial Engineering & Automation191.5%10Fossen, Thor I. #935
Civil Engineering181.4%7Faltinsen, Odd Magnus #9,330
Electrical & Electronic Engineering131.0%6Yin, Shen #9,596
Mechanical Engineering & Transports120.9%4Zhang, Zhiliang #34,957
Geological & Geomatics Engineering110.8%9Barton, Nicholas R.E. #3,300
Chemical Engineering80.6%3Skogestad, Sigurd #17,753
Environmental Engineering50.4%3Xu, Chong Yu #8,809
Mining & Metallurgy40.3%0Kowalczuk, Przemyslaw Boguslaw #153,464
Operations Research40.3%2Sgarbossa, Fabio #56,907
Biomedical Engineering30.2%3Holzapfel, Gerhard A. #5,021
Aerospace & Aeronautics20.2%0Sandal, G. M. #242,452
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 95 listed authors (7.3%)
Energy574.4%21Klöckner, Christian Andreas #4,845
Materials251.9%8Yartys, Volodymyr A. #67,526
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies251.9%7Aven, Terje #3,840
Biotechnology60.5%2Kumar, Gopalakrishnan #10,135
Bioinformatics30.2%2Aittokallio, Tero A. #22,529
Optoelectronics & Photonics10.1%0Skauli, Torbjorn #725,479
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 94 listed authors (7.2%)
Fisheries695.3%12Ringø, Einar #6,427
Dairy & Animal Science90.7%3Meuwissen, Théo H.E. #8,586
Forestry80.6%1Sandberg, Dick #92,649
Food Science70.5%4Knutsen, Katrine Helle #42,219
Veterinary Sciences60.5%1Godfroid, Jacques #61,189
Agronomy & Agriculture50.4%1Bakken, Lars Reier #81,414
Horticulture10.1%0Mortensen, Leiv M. #313,236
Social Sciences · 90 listed authors (6.9%)
Education292.2%17Scherer, Ronny #6,461
Political Science & Public Administration141.1%12Christensen, Tom #12,811
Geography100.8%10Nightingale, Andrea J. #8,894
Information & Library Sciences60.5%2Aksnes, Dag W. #33,287
International Relations50.4%5Neumann, Iver B. #14,731
Criminology40.3%3Sandberg, Sveinung #24,107
Demography30.2%1Carling, Jørgen #11,545
Law30.2%0Langford, Malcolm #130,754
Cultural Studies20.2%0Rippa, Alessandro #237,159
Science Studies20.2%2Steen, Markus #57,381
Social Work10.1%0Skivenes, Marit #129,689
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 82 listed authors (6.3%)
Environmental Sciences241.8%24Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu #1,147
Geochemistry & Geophysics201.5%10Meert, Joseph G. #15,112
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences131.0%12Peters, Glen P. #1,492
Paleontology100.8%7Hammer, Øyvind S. #19,748
Geology60.5%1Gawthorpe, Rob L. #86,986
Oceanography40.3%0LaCasce, J. H. #118,228
Information & Communication Technologies · 81 listed authors (6.2%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing433.3%15Krogstie, John #11,549
Networking & Telecommunications120.9%5Vasilakos, Athanasios V. #19,237
Software Engineering90.7%4Arcuri, Andrea #19,735
Information Systems40.3%4Mikalef, Patrick #3,141
Medical Informatics30.2%1Wootton, Richard #72,752
Computation Theory & Mathematics20.2%0Fomin, Fedor V. #175,127
Computer Hardware & Architecture20.2%0Umuroglu, Yaman #426,407
Biology · 68 listed authors (5.2%)
Ecology171.3%16Gómez-Baggethun, Erik Nicolas #5,136
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology171.3%9Costello, Mark John #3,814
Plant Biology & Botany90.7%2Jaakola, Laura #22,274
Evolutionary Biology80.6%4Lande, Russell #2,673
Zoology40.3%0Ødegaard, Frode #495,940
Ornithology30.2%0Husby, Magne #295,071
Biomedical Research · 66 listed authors (5.0%)
Toxicology151.1%3Aaseth, J. #20,274
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology120.9%5Lamark, Trond #51,535
Developmental Biology120.9%6Fang, Evandro Fei #7,404
Microbiology110.8%5Kauserud, Håvard #38,755
Nutrition & Dietetics70.5%5Duttaroy, Asim K. #8,642
Physiology70.5%1Nilsson, Göran E. #32,864
Virology40.3%0Cox, Rebecca Jane #120,512
Biophysics30.2%1Moan, Johan Emilian #83,345
Mycology & Parasitology30.2%2Larsson, Karl Henrik #21,852
Genetics & Heredity10.1%0Berg, Kåre #281,017
Economics & Business · 58 listed authors (4.4%)
Business & Management181.4%17Anthony Jnr, Bokolo #2,296
Economics90.7%9Fagerberg, Jan #15,497
Marketing90.7%9Dhir, Amandeep #2,273
Logistics & Transportation80.6%4Elvik, Rune #12,031
Sport, Leisure & Tourism50.4%5Giulianotti, Richard #15,807
Agricultural Economics & Policy40.3%4Makate, Clifton #29,520
Finance20.2%2Shakil, Mohammad Hassan #30,310
Development Studies10.1%1Østby, Gudrun #81,289
Public Health & Health Services · 37 listed authors (2.8%)
Nursing161.2%3Moksnes, Unni Karin #77,763
Public Health151.1%6Malterud, Kirsti #1,878
Rehabilitation50.4%3Gold, Christian #59,879
Health Policy & Services40.3%0Wiig, Siri #150,154
Substance Abuse40.3%2Andreassen, Cecilie Schou #6,858
Epidemiology20.2%1Magnus, Per Minor #48,178
Chemistry · 34 listed authors (2.6%)
Analytical Chemistry80.6%2Pedersen-Bjergaard, Stig #77,916
Polymers80.6%3Chinga-Carrasco, Gary #32,769
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry70.5%2Bjørklund, Geir #4,333
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry40.3%0Ghosh, Abhik #120,082
Physical Chemistry40.3%3Olsbye, Unni #40,558
Organic Chemistry30.2%1Hein, Jason E. #74,022
Physics & Astronomy · 32 listed authors (2.4%)
Nuclear & Particle Physics120.9%5Samset, Bjørn H. #38,699
Applied Physics80.6%2Brataas, Arne #40,480
Chemical Physics40.3%1Helgaker, Trygve U. #30,776
Astronomy & Astrophysics30.2%1Werner, Stephanie C. #93,898
Fluids & Plasmas30.2%2Andersson, Helge I. #39,890
Acoustics10.1%1Holm, Sverre #94,162
Optics10.1%0Skaar, Johannes #404,068
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 24 listed authors (1.8%)
Developmental & Child Psychology50.4%5Olweus, Dan #8,485
Experimental Psychology50.4%5Koelsch, Stefan #2,714
Social Psychology50.4%5Furnham, Adrian F. #908
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology30.2%1Newberry, Ruth C. #57,109
General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences10.1%0Isaksen, Scott G. #234,923
Human Factors10.1%1Rundmo, Torbjörn #72,440
Psychoanalysis10.1%0Varvin, Sverre #658,961
Communication & Textual Studies · 17 listed authors (1.3%)
Communication & Media Studies80.6%8Lutz, Christoph #9,793
Languages & Linguistics60.5%6Borg, Simon #5,558
Literary Studies20.2%0Kukkonen, Karin #334,393
Built Environment & Design · 11 listed authors (0.8%)
Urban & Regional Planning70.5%7Cooke, Philip N. #10,177
Building & Construction60.5%5Jelle, Bjørn Petter #8,632
Architecture10.1%0Mitrović, Branko #966,020
Design Practice & Management10.1%1Steinert, Martin #99,738
Mathematics & Statistics · 9 listed authors (0.7%)
General Mathematics50.4%0Auslander, Maurice #113,304
Numerical & Computational Mathematics10.1%1Floater, Michael S. #79,892
Statistics & Probability10.1%1Aalen, Odd O. #87,438
Historical Studies · 7 listed authors (0.5%)
Archaeology50.4%0Nicu, Ionut Cristi #102,789
Anthropology20.2%1Cabot, Heath #71,552
History10.1%0Jordheim, Helge #254,771
History of Science, Technology & Medicine10.1%0Gradmann, Christoph #527,515
Philosophy & Theology · 6 listed authors (0.5%)
Religions & Theology50.4%0Nongbri, Brent #192,488
Philosophy30.2%2Baumgartner, Michael #78,248
Applied Ethics10.1%1Hofmann, Bjørn Morten #17,749
Visual & Performing Arts · 1 listed authors (0.1%)
Music20.2%0Karlsen, Sidsel #365,958

1,307 listed scientists in Norway

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