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Research in Lahti

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Lahti, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are LAB University of Applied Sciences and Päijät-Hämeen Keskussairaala.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
706
▲ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
18.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1977-2026
50 years on the record
Lahti

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 Lahti?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Päijät-Hämeen KeskussairaalaHospital / health system 490 #20,622
2LAB University of Applied SciencesUniversity 205 #14,297
3Salpaus Further EducationUniversity 11 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.

Which fields of science does Lahti work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research in Lahti is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 76 fractional works · 40.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 16.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 15.2% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 63 fractional works · 33.5% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 22.2% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLahti188fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences40%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting3116.3%
    2. Social Sciences2915.2%
    3. Psychology84.5%
    4. Decision Sciences42.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    1. Medicine5428.6%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Dentistry42.2%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    1. Engineering179.0%
    2. Computer Science126.4%
    3. Environmental Science73.9%
    4. Materials Science20.8%
    5. Energy10.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.6%
    2. Neuroscience20.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lahti strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lahti is most concentrated in Business, Management and Accounting (5.5× the world share in Business, Management and Accounting).

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 28.3 works5.5×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.49× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.49×28 works
  2. Dentistry4.16×3 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.33×4 works
  4. Medicine1.49×46 works
  5. Psychology1.42×7 works
  6. Social Sciences1.24×25 works
  7. Health Professions0.93×4 works
  8. Nursing0.87×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.74×9 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.69×6 works
  12. Energy0.68×1 works
  13. Engineering0.57×14 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×4 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.45×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.25×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.19×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lahti?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Capital, Ethics, Entrepreneurial Orientation, Opportunity Recognition, Communication, Phenomenology, Family Dynamics 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. Social Capital10▲ 11×9 topics
  2. Epidemiology9▲ 1.19×49 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 1.67×21 topics
  4. Education7▲ 2.2×10 topics
  5. Ethics7▲ 7.0×4 topics
  6. Healthcare6▲ 2.8×5 topics
  7. Entrepreneurial Orientation6▲ 38×1 topic
  8. Opportunity Recognition6▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Innovation6▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Inflammation5▲ 1.32×30 topics
  11. Communication5▲ 8.6×3 topics
  12. Pedagogy5▲ 5.4×2 topics
  13. Qualitative Research5▲ 3.2×5 topics
  14. Big Data5▲ 2.7×8 topics
  15. Phenomenology5▲ 25×3 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 1.79×10 topics
  17. Family Dynamics5▲ 20×1 topic
  18. Social Sciences5▲ 17×1 topic
  19. Environmental Management5▲ 6.1×4 topics
  20. Renewable Energy5▲ 1.70×16 topics
  21. Educational Technology4▲ 2.0×11 topics
  22. Quality of Life4▲ 1.64×25 topics
  23. Physical Activity3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  24. Consumer Behavior3▲ 2.8×3 topics
  25. Knowledge Management3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  26. Strategic Alliances3▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Value Creation3▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Customer Experience3▲ 10.0×3 topics
  29. Student Engagement3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  30. Entrepreneurship3▲ 3.8×6 topics
  31. Co-Creation3▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Student Perceptions3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Career Development2▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Employability2▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Knowledge Sharing2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  36. Graduate Attributes2▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Soft Skills2▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Marketing Strategy2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  39. Environmental Innovation2▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Green Consumption2▲ 12×1 topic

What research is done in Lahti?

Entrepreneurship Studies…6Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 6 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 5 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 2 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices: 1 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 1 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationEducationInformation Systems and ManagementStrategy and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 5 works
  3. 3 Higher Education and Employability Education 2 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 2 works
  7. 7 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 2 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 2 works
  9. 9 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 1 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Lahti14.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.6% in 2022.

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