The Icelandic Web of Science

1 The volcano or IWS?

Óróagraf - Fagradalsfjall.

2 Let's do the IWS :)

Historic photo of the opening of IWS in 2000.

3 IWS in numbers

• 13.000 published answers
• 5-30 new questions daily
• 42.000 questions "unanswered" in our database
• 800+ authors
• 3 published books
• 3 scientific calendars
• Participating in 3 other projects at the UI: The Science Train, Science Lab and University of Young People
• 1 large sideproject - The European Web - 2011 until 2013. Evrópuvefurinn


Bar chart for 2019 and 2012 - visitors, user session and page impression.



Bar chart for the last five years.

• 1,3 million users 2020
• 32% increase from 2019
• March 2020 - 176.000 visitors
• Most daily unique vistors - October 20th 2020 (earthquake)
• Weekly users average 2020: 41.500 (most users in week 13th: 53.000
• 364 published answers in 2020
• More statistics: Vísindavefurinn: Tölfræði


Pages that direct users to IWS.

4 COVID-19 - Editorial Committee

• Established in apríl 2020
• More info: Framlag vísindasamfélagsins — upplýst umræða um COVID-19

5 IWS - 20th birthday in 2020

• Symposium about Fake News and Science
• More info: Afmælismálþing Vísindavefsins um falsfréttir og vísindi - öll erindin

6 Cooperation with The Icelandic National Security Council

• Work committee of the Icelandic National Security Council regarding information entropy and COVID-19
• More info: Samstarf vinnuhóps þjóðaröryggisráðs við VV.

7 Media Cooperation

• Answers published in several Icelandic newspapers
• 2011 - 52 Famous Scientists (RÚV)
• 2021 - Weekly Icelandic Scientist (RÚV)
• Authors are frequent guests in media

8 Published books

• Af hverju er himinninn blár? - 2003
• Af hverju gjósa fjöll? 2011 and 2021
• Af hverju eru jöklar og ís á jörðinni? - 2015


9 Science Calendars

• Two published caldendars and one on-line


10 YOSCIWEB (Young people and the images of science on websites)

• European Project - Science in Societies
• 2008 until 2010
• More info: CORDIS | European Commission