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Research in Helsinki

Science Explorer records 198 research institutions in Helsinki, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Helsinki, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Research institutions
198
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
173k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3M
30.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Helsinki

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Helsinki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of HelsinkiUniversity 117,947 #131
2Finnish Institute for Health and WelfareFunder 4,923 #1,155
3Finnish Institute of Occupational HealthResearch facility 4,867 #4,972
4Natural Resources Institute FinlandGovernment institution 4,712 #2,996
5Finnish Society of Sciences and LettersInstitution 3,554 #8,750
6Finnish Meteorological InstituteGovernment institution 3,388 #7,677
7Finnish Environment InstituteGovernment institution 3,385 #5,507
8Hospital District of Helsinki and UusimaaHospital / health system 2,763 #5,724
9Hanken School of EconomicsUniversity 1,986 #5,145
10Research Council of FinlandGovernment institution 1,278 #17,634
11Bank of FinlandUniversity 1,055 #21,562
12Helsinki Art MuseumArchive 1,041 #13,957
13Sexual Health ClinicHospital / health system 975 #13,451
14Finnish Foundation for Alcohol StudiesInstitution 972 #18,107 all time
15Folkhälsans ForskningscentrumGovernment institution 932 #10,790
16InvalidisäätiöNonprofit 766 #11,783 all time
17Finnish Red CrossNonprofit 764 #19,729 all time
18Social Insurance InstitutionGovernment institution 751 #19,307
19Statistics FinlandInstitution 724 #13,860
20Finnish Defence ForcesInstitution 718 #15,705
21Biocenter FinlandResearch facility 709 #10,161 all time
22University of the Arts HelsinkiUniversity 687 #7,506
23Tieto (Finland)Company 645 #17,083
24Finnish Institute of International AffairsResearch facility 634 #16,861
25Minerva FoundationNonprofit 630 #7,978 all time
26Wihuri Research InstituteNonprofit 614 #4,460 all time
27Outokumpu (Finland)Company 574 #14,165 all time
28Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied SciencesUniversity 572 #11,057
29Radiation and Nuclear Safety AuthorityGovernment institution 538 #11,294 all time
30Research Institute of the Finnish EconomyResearch facility 530 #19,287
31Elisa (Finland)Company 528 #9,554
32Finnish Cancer RegistryInstitution 510 #10,020 all time
33Council of StateGovernment institution 466 #14,385 all time
34Kemira (Finland)Company 438 #20,298 all time
35Finnish Veterinary FoundationInstitution 426 #16,661 all time
36Haaga-Helia University of Applied SciencesUniversity 389 #13,654
37Arcada University of Applied SciencesUniversity 356 #15,598
38National Defence UniversityUniversity 333 #15,292
39VäestöliittoNonprofit 320 #14,621 all time
40Rehabilitation FoundationNonprofit 320 #22,021 all time
41Finnish Medical Society DuodecimNonprofit 318 #16,369 all time
42Finnish Transport Safety AgencyGovernment institution 316 #18,167 all time
43VATT Institute for Economic ResearchGovernment institution 307 #19,995 all time
44ABB (Finland)Company 297 #21,295
45Finnish National Agency for EducationGovernment institution 282 #20,664 all time
46Karsa (Finland)Company 276 #13,015
47Age InstituteInstitution 271 #19,233 all time
48Valio (Finland)Company 228 #21,324 all time
49Pellervo Economic ResearchNonprofit 227 #25,309 all time
50Metso (Finland)Company 225 #24,237 all time
51City of HelsinkiGovernment institution 205 #21,083 all time
52Finnish Youth Research SocietyNonprofit 200 #20,397
53Wärtsilä (Finland)Company 192 #33,199 all time
54Finnish Academy of Science and LettersInstitution 188 #23,646 all time
55General Electric (Finland)Company 173 #21,730 all time
56Labour Institute for Economic ResearchNonprofit 170 #32,453 all time
57358 (Finland)Company 167 #23,644 all time
58Finnish Transport AgencyInstitution 164 #23,733 all time
59Ministry of Social Affairs and HealthGovernment institution 162 #27,072 all time
60Society of Swedish Literature in FinlandFunder 156 #32,266 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Helsinki: 68.5%Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare: 2.9%Finnish Institute of Occupational Health: 2.8%Natural Resources Institute Finland: 2.7%56 others listed: 23.1%68%largest
University of Helsinki118k · 68.5%Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare4,923 · 2.9%Finnish Institute of Occupational Health4,867 · 2.8%Natural Resources Institute Finland4,712 · 2.7%56 others listed40k · 23.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Helsinki work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Helsinki is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (19%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9,188 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5,101 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEducation: 1,492 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,342 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 814 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 170 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 149 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 128 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 125 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 118 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 72 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1,377 fractional works · 5.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 295 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 216 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 183 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 171 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 97 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 64 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 155 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1,301 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 425 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 375 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 277 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 159 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 661 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 196 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 130 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 96 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 77 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 519 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 378 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 94 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 230 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 86 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6,673 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2,266 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 575 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 526 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 242 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 205 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 176 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 150 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 104 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 91 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 76 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1,125 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 230 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 194 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 121 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 90 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 66 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 245 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 1,124 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 475 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 200 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 702 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 429 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 111 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 619 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 241 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 165 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 103 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 284 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 156 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 71 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 236 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 197 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 98 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6,235 fractional works · 24.2% of its workMedicine: 4,883 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSurgery: 513 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 422 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 380 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 324 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 293 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 262 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 256 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 214 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 194 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 179 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 179 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 162 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 156 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 115 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 110 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 89 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 83 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 73 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 68 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 65 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 58 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 53 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 52 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 459 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1,005 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 659 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 69 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 222 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 136 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 62 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 124 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 102 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 74 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3,702 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,618 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 806 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 425 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 105 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 178 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,289 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPlant Science: 403 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 220 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 173 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 119 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 101 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 92 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 55 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 488 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 258 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 143 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 247 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 168 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 79 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHelsinki26kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences36%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences9,18835.6%
    1. Social Sciences5,10119.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities1,3775.3%
    3. Psychology1,3015.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting6612.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5192.0%
    6. Decision Sciences2300.9%
    1. Environmental Science2,2668.8%
    2. Engineering1,1254.4%
    3. Computer Science1,1244.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences7022.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy6192.4%
    6. Materials Science2841.1%
    7. Mathematics2360.9%
    8. Chemistry1970.8%
    9. Energy830.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering360.1%
  3. Health Sciences6,23524.2%
    1. Medicine4,88318.9%
    2. Health Professions1,0053.9%
    3. Dentistry1360.5%
    4. Nursing1240.5%
    5. Veterinary870.3%
  4. Life Sciences3,70214.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,6186.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,2895.0%
    3. Neuroscience4881.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2471.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics590.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Helsinki strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Helsinki is most concentrated in Music, Public Administration and Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.6× the world share in Music).

  1. MusicSubfield · 85.1 works4.6×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 46.4 works3.8×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 189.2 works3.5×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 346.5 works3.4×
  5. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 58.9 works3.4×
  6. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 73.7 works2.8×
  7. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 479.9 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1,121 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 1,417 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 215 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 417 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 53 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 32 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 171 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 990 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 569 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 70 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 1,006 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 1,935 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 246 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 214 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.05× its world share, 534 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 120 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 903 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 4,278 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 108 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.32× its world share, 72 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 1,250 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 600 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 204 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 482 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 1,138 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 4,625 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary2.32×72 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.90×1,250 works
  3. Environmental Science1.71×1,935 works
  4. Psychology1.64×1,138 works
  5. Social Sciences1.61×4,625 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.59×569 works
  7. Health Professions1.50×903 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×1,417 works
  9. Neuroscience1.13×417 works
  10. Dentistry1.09×120 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy1.05×534 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.04×1,121 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×482 works
  14. Medicine0.98×4,278 works
  15. Nursing0.97×108 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.94×215 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.93×204 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.82×600 works
  19. Mathematics0.80×214 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×53 works
  21. Computer Science0.56×990 works
  22. Chemistry0.48×171 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.40×32 works
  24. Energy0.34×70 works
  25. Materials Science0.31×246 works
  26. Engineering0.29×1,006 works

Which keywords describe research in Helsinki?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Communication, Pedagogy, Social Sciences, Phenomenology, Family Dynamics, Work Environment and Climate Change.

▲ 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 city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change1,569▲ 2.2×119 topics
  2. Education1,242▲ 2.8×128 topics
  3. Ethics1,130▲ 8.7×51 topics
  4. Epidemiology1,108◆ 1.08×140 topics
  5. Qualitative Research1,034▲ 4.7×39 topics
  6. Healthcare1,014▲ 3.5×36 topics
  7. Pedagogy970▲ 7.5×28 topics
  8. Communication946▲ 12×19 topics
  9. Social Sciences912▲ 24×16 topics
  10. Phenomenology896▲ 32×5 topics
  11. Family Dynamics870▲ 27×7 topics
  12. Work Environment858▲ 188×1 topic
  13. Globalization790▲ 1.56×158 topics
  14. Sustainability623◆ 0.99×119 topics
  15. Inflammation564◆ 1.03×83 topics
  16. Machine Learning563▼ 0.66×88 topics
  17. Mental Health551▲ 1.49×46 topics
  18. Public Health531▲ 1.41×72 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease502▲ 1.71×39 topics
  20. Quality of Life397◆ 1.07×60 topics
  21. Environmental Impact394◆ 0.90×67 topics
  22. Oxidative Stress382◆ 0.90×62 topics
  23. Biodiversity373▲ 1.90×36 topics
  24. Remote Sensing362◆ 1.15×40 topics
  25. Human Rights343▲ 1.30×76 topics
  26. Health Effects327▲ 2.1×23 topics
  27. Biodiversity Conservation312▲ 3.2×21 topics
  28. Metabolic Syndrome310▲ 1.48×23 topics
  29. Invasive Species290▲ 2.6×20 topics
  30. Identity288▲ 1.54×69 topics
  31. Global Warming268▲ 2.4×16 topics
  32. Nationalism226▲ 1.95×31 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience220▲ 5.5×5 topics
  34. Hydrology195▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning190▲ 3.6×7 topics
  36. Health Disparities185▲ 2.8×9 topics
  37. Habitat Fragmentation176▲ 3.1×5 topics
  38. Air Quality173▲ 3.5×6 topics
  39. Methane Emissions148▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Health Impact121▲ 8.2×4 topics

What research is done in Helsinki?

Research in Social Scien…831Research in Social Sciences: 831 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 84 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 83 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 78 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 78 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 76 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrition: 72 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 59 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 59 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 55 fractional works
EducationGeneral Health ProfessionsAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 831 works
  2. 2 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 84 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 83 works
  4. 4 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 78 works
  5. 5 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 78 works
  6. 6 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 76 works
  7. 7 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 72 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 59 works
  9. 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 59 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 55 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Helsinki20.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.1% in 2011.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Helsinki for research?

Science Explorer records 198 research institutions in Helsinki, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Helsinki, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare and Natural Resources Institute Finland.

Which research institutions are in Helsinki?
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