The web site is run by Foreningen for drift av forskning.no, a non-profit organization which has 78 research institutions as members.

In addition articles are submitted by the research institutes and then edited by forskning.no staff before being published.

[2][3] They cooperate with the corresponding Danish online newspaper, videnskab.dk[4], among other things about the English-language news service, sciencenordic.com, which was established in 2011.

The site's initial editor was Erik Tunstad at the time and first managing director was Steinar Q.

The idea was simple: to establish a dissemination information campaign, and then hand over the control to an independent editorial staff, working under The Association of Norwegian Editors and in accordance with Code of Ethics of the Norwegian Press.