Mapping Norwegian Polar and Svalbard Research

Abstract

Polar research constitutes 0.32 % of the world's total scientific article production as reflected in the WoS database. Norway is a significant contributor to this polar research, accounting for 5.2 % of the global total scientific knowledge production in the period 2019-2022. Norway ranks as the seventh largest contributor in the world in terms of number of scientific publications. However, Norway has dropped two places compared to the previous mapping, where it ranked as the fifth largest contributor to polar research.