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Research in Jyvaskyla

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Jyvaskyla, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Jyväskylä, JAMK University of Applied Sciences and Central Finland Health Care District.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
24k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
636k
26.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
30.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1955-2026
72 years on the record
Jyvaskyla

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 Jyvaskyla?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of JyväskyläUniversity 21,734 #540
2Central Finland Health Care DistrictHospital / health system 1,063 #13,203
3JAMK University of Applied SciencesUniversity 484 #8,486
4Research Institute for Olympic SportsResearch facility 233 #25,227 all time
5LIKES – Foundation for Sport and Health SciencesNonprofit 154 #30,125 all time
6Magister Solutions (Finland)Company 91 not ranked
7Niilo Mäki instituteResearch facility 89 not ranked
8Numerola (Finland)Company 30 not ranked
9Dinex (Finland)Company 25 not ranked
10Stresstech (Finland)Company 16 not ranked
11Fluidhouse (Finland)Company 4 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 Jyväskylä: 90.8%Central Finland Health Care District: 4.4%JAMK University of Applied Sciences: 2.0%Research Institute for Olympic Sports: 1.0%7 others listed: 1.7%91%largest
University of Jyväskylä22k · 90.8%Central Finland Health Care District1,063 · 4.4%JAMK University of Applied Sciences484 · 2.0%Research Institute for Olympic Sports233 · 1.0%7 others listed409 · 1.7%

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

Which fields of science does Jyvaskyla work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Jyvaskyla is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Psychology (11%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,162 fractional works · 46.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,082 fractional works · 23.2% of its workEducation: 341 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 306 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 113 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCommunication: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDemography: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 492 fractional works · 10.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 136 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 135 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 113 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 235 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 54 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 207 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 75 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,510 fractional works · 32.4% of its workComputer Science: 432 fractional works · 9.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 126 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 102 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 260 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 204 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 185 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 86 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 163 fractional works · 3.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 41 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 115 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 94 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 636 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 457 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPhysiology: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 168 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 100 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 358 fractional works · 7.7% of its workNeuroscience: 122 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 101 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 105 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJyvaskyla4,666fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences46%

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 Sciences2,16246.3%
    1. Social Sciences1,08223.2%
    2. Psychology49210.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities2355.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2074.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance751.6%
    6. Decision Sciences701.5%
    1. Computer Science4329.3%
    2. Engineering2605.6%
    3. Environmental Science2044.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1854.0%
    5. Mathematics1633.5%
    6. Chemistry1152.5%
    7. Materials Science942.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences260.6%
    9. Energy210.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.2%
    1. Medicine4579.8%
    2. Health Professions1683.6%
    3. Nursing70.2%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Neuroscience1222.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1122.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1052.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology120.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Jyvaskyla strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Jyvaskyla is most concentrated in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mathematical Physics (6.3× the world share in Developmental and Educational Psychology).

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 118.2 works6.3×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 77.0 works6.0×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 38.3 works5.9×
  4. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 25.9 works5.5×
  5. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 63.6 works5.4×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.68× its world share, 108 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 370 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 229 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 178 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.06× its world share, 147 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.79× its world share, 163 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 150 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 400 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.81× its world share, 214 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.43× its world share, 189 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 72 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.38× its world share, 422 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 940 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.38×422 works
  2. Mathematics3.06×147 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.81×214 works
  4. Social Sciences1.81×940 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.79×163 works
  6. Chemistry1.68×108 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.57×62 works
  8. Neuroscience1.54×102 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.43×189 works
  10. Health Professions1.39×150 works
  11. Computer Science1.16×370 works
  12. Environmental Science0.87×178 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×72 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.65×9 works
  15. Materials Science0.59×84 works
  16. Medicine0.51×400 works
  17. Energy0.50×19 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×94 works
  19. Veterinary0.46×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×97 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×5 works
  22. Engineering0.37×229 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×23 works
  24. Nursing0.28×6 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.27×11 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Jyvaskyla?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Physical Activity, Education, Phenomenology, Communication and Social Sciences.

▲ 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. Mental Health156▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Education156▲ 1.94×76 topics
  3. Machine Learning155◆ 1.00×77 topics
  4. Globalization145▲ 1.58×90 topics
  5. Climate Change126◆ 0.99×84 topics
  6. Ethics123▲ 5.2×31 topics
  7. Social Media114▲ 1.78×29 topics
  8. Qualitative Research107▲ 2.7×29 topics
  9. Healthcare105▲ 1.97×22 topics
  10. Public Health104▲ 1.53×42 topics
  11. Physical Activity102▲ 4.5×12 topics
  12. Pedagogy86▲ 3.7×23 topics
  13. Self-Regulation80▲ 9.6×6 topics
  14. Communication80▲ 5.4×13 topics
  15. Well-being76▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Phenomenology70▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Social Sciences66▲ 9.8×9 topics
  18. Higher Education66▲ 2.7×23 topics
  19. Child Development66▲ 3.4×8 topics
  20. Social Interaction66▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Academic Achievement62▲ 7.7×10 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation62▲ 4.2×9 topics
  23. Motivation62▲ 3.2×10 topics
  24. Family Dynamics59▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Work Environment59▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Multilingualism54▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Reflective Practice52▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Language Policy51▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. Bilingual Education51▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. Student Perceptions49▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Exercise46▲ 8.3×3 topics
  32. Early Childhood Education43▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Language Development43▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Educational Interventions43▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Physical Fitness43▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Intrinsic Motivation43▲ 7.6×4 topics
  37. School Engagement42▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Student-Teacher Relationships42▲ 19×1 topic
  39. High-Intensity Interval Training41▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Neural Mechanisms40▲ 8.5×4 topics

What research is done in Jyvaskyla?

Research in Social Sciences: 53 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 35 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 29 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 28 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 26 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 23 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…23EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 23 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 23 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 20 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differ…20Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 20 fractional works
EducationPhysiologyInformation SystemsLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Research in Social Sciences Education 53 works
  2. 2 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 35 works
  3. 3 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 29 works
  4. 4 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 28 works
  5. 5 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 26 works
  6. 6 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 23 works
  7. 7 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 23 works
  8. 8 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 23 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 20 works
  10. 10 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 20 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%Jyvaskyla26.0% 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 39.4% in 2016.

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