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Research in Joensuu

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Joensuu, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Eastern Finland and European Forest Institute.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
713k
30.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Joensuu

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 Joensuu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Eastern FinlandUniversity 27,279 #666
2Joensuu Science ParkCompany 1,267 #11,581 all time
3Karelia University of Applied SciencesUniversity 320 #20,090 all time
4North Karelia Central HospitalHospital / health system 298 #17,780 all time
5European Forest InstituteNonprofit 270 #20,524
6European Optical SocietyNonprofit 64 not ranked
7Lakka (Finland)Company 53 not ranked
8North Karelia Center for Public HealthInstitution 23 not ranked
9Arbonaut (Finland)Company 22 not ranked
10Abloy (Finland)Company 19 not ranked

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 Eastern Finland: 92.1%Joensuu Science Park: 4.3%Karelia University of Applied Sciences: 1.1%North Karelia Central Hospital: 1.0%6 others listed: 1.5%92%largest
University of Eastern Finland27k · 92.1%Joensuu Science Park1,267 · 4.3%Karelia University of Applied Sciences320 · 1.1%North Karelia Central Hospital298 · 1.0%6 others listed451 · 1.5%

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

Which fields of science does Joensuu work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research in Joensuu is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (19%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,710 fractional works · 35.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,048 fractional works · 21.9% of its workEducation: 460 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 239 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 95 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 261 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 88 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 74 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 156 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 145 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 63 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,227 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 439 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 108 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 84 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 265 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 82 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 220 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 69 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 50 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,223 fractional works · 25.5% of its workMedicine: 924 fractional works · 19.3% of its workPhysiology: 88 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 87 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 83 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 73 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 59 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 216 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 142 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 629 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 300 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 186 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 169 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 107 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKJoensuu4,789fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences26%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 Sciences1,71035.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,04821.9%
    2. Psychology2615.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities1563.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1453.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance631.3%
    6. Decision Sciences360.8%
    1. Environmental Science4399.2%
    2. Engineering2655.5%
    3. Computer Science2204.6%
    4. Materials Science691.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences601.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy501.0%
    7. Mathematics491.0%
    8. Chemistry471.0%
    9. Energy240.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,22325.5%
    1. Medicine92419.3%
    2. Health Professions2164.5%
    3. Nursing390.8%
    4. Dentistry370.8%
    5. Veterinary70.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3006.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1693.5%
    3. Neuroscience1072.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology380.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Joensuu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Joensuu is most concentrated in Computer Science Applications and Nature and Landscape Conservation (4.7× the world share in Computer Science Applications).

  1. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 48.9 works4.7×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 45.8 works4.5×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 149 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 270 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 95 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 197 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 22 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 230 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 383 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 57 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.87× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 45 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 192 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 820 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.13× its world share, 138 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 31 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 225 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 934 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science1.82×383 works
  2. Psychology1.74×225 works
  3. Social Sciences1.74×934 works
  4. Health Professions1.72×192 works
  5. Nursing1.60×33 works
  6. Dentistry1.58×32 works
  7. Neuroscience1.39×95 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×270 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.13×138 works
  10. Veterinary1.11×6 works
  11. Medicine1.01×820 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×130 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×13 works
  14. Mathematics0.87×43 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×34 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.75×50 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.75×31 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×149 works
  19. Chemistry0.65×43 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×58 works
  21. Computer Science0.60×197 works
  22. Energy0.58×22 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.48×45 works
  24. Materials Science0.38×57 works
  25. Engineering0.36×230 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.34×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Joensuu?

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

▲ 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. Education358▲ 4.4×76 topics
  2. Healthcare334▲ 6.1×29 topics
  3. Ethics329▲ 14×36 topics
  4. Qualitative Research324▲ 8.0×23 topics
  5. Communication321▲ 21×10 topics
  6. Phenomenology310▲ 61×5 topics
  7. Pedagogy309▲ 13×18 topics
  8. Social Sciences300▲ 43×9 topics
  9. Family Dynamics293▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Work Environment293▲ 347×1 topic
  11. Climate Change233▲ 1.79×92 topics
  12. Inflammation171▲ 1.68×77 topics
  13. Epidemiology171◆ 0.89×120 topics
  14. Globalization126▲ 1.34×97 topics
  15. Mental Health121▲ 1.76×42 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease120▲ 2.2×36 topics
  17. Sustainability113◆ 0.96×82 topics
  18. Public Health110▲ 1.58×53 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress105▲ 1.34×56 topics
  20. Quality of Life91▲ 1.32×54 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation86▲ 4.8×15 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome86▲ 2.2×23 topics
  23. Cancer79▲ 1.22×50 topics
  24. Depression68▲ 1.62×21 topics
  25. Health Effects64▲ 2.2×21 topics
  26. Obesity64▲ 1.72×25 topics
  27. Biomarkers62▲ 1.86×17 topics
  28. Well-being60▲ 3.2×14 topics
  29. Job Satisfaction57▲ 2.7×11 topics
  30. Student Engagement53▲ 2.8×13 topics
  31. Biomass Estimation52▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. Learning Analytics46▲ 7.9×2 topics
  33. Aboveground Biomass44▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem Resilience43▲ 5.8×5 topics
  35. Self-Regulation39▲ 4.6×6 topics
  36. Reflective Practice39▲ 4.3×7 topics
  37. Climate Change Impacts34▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Forest Carbon Sequestration32▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Sustainable Forest Management32▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Forest Management28▲ 9.8×4 topics

What research is done in Joensuu?

Research in Social Scien…281Research in Social Sciences: 281 fractional worksForest Management and Policy: 29 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 26 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 23 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 19 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 18 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 17 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 16 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 16 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 15 fractional works
EducationGlobal and Planetary ChangeComputer Science ApplicationsNature and Landscape Conservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 281 works
  2. 2 Forest Management and Policy Global and Planetary Change 29 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 26 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 23 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 19 works
  6. 6 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 18 works
  7. 7 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 17 works
  8. 8 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 16 works
  9. 9 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 16 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 15 works

Research output over time

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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%Joensuu21.9% 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 32.8% in 2010.

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