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Research in Lappeenranta

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Lappeenranta, Finland. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology and Etelä-Karjalan sosiaali ja terveyspiiri.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
236k
22.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Lappeenranta

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 Lappeenranta?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyUniversity 9,370 #654
2Etelä-Karjalan sosiaali ja terveyspiiriHospital / health system 957 #7,329
3South Karelia Central HospitalHospital / health system 210 #24,952 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.

Which fields of science does Lappeenranta work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Lappeenranta is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,681 fractional works · 63.1% of its workEngineering: 880 fractional works · 33.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 234 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 161 fractional works · 6.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 96 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 68 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 55 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 38 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 285 fractional works · 10.7% of its workInformation Systems: 81 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 64 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 221 fractional works · 8.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 112 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 88 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 35 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 777 fractional works · 29.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 311 fractional works · 11.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 110 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 58 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 52 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 249 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 77 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 72 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 64 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 118 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 84 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 87 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLappeenranta2,663fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering88033.0%
    2. Computer Science28510.7%
    3. Environmental Science2218.3%
    4. Materials Science1124.2%
    5. Energy883.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy250.9%
    7. Chemistry200.8%
    8. Mathematics180.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering180.7%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences150.6%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting31111.7%
    2. Social Sciences2499.3%
    3. Decision Sciences672.5%
    4. Psychology642.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance542.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities331.2%
    1. Medicine843.1%
    2. Health Professions321.2%
    3. Nursing10.0%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences461.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.8%
    3. Neuroscience170.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lappeenranta strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lappeenranta is most concentrated in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Management Information Systems and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (12.2× the world share in Energy Engineering and Power Technology).

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 30.5 works12×
  2. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 54.1 works5.7×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 41.5 works5.5×
  4. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 38.4 works5.5×
  5. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 28.8 works5.0×
  6. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 100.0 works5.0×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 248 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.66× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.21× its world share, 766 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 187 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 97 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.83× its world share, 286 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.65× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 207 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.83×286 works
  2. Energy3.66×78 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.65×59 works
  4. Engineering2.21×766 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.11×17 works
  6. Environmental Science1.63×187 works
  7. Computer Science1.38×248 works
  8. Materials Science1.20×97 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×50 works
  10. Psychology0.71×50 works
  11. Social Sciences0.71×207 works
  12. Mathematics0.55×15 works
  13. Chemistry0.48×17 works
  14. Health Professions0.45×28 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.42×21 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×42 works
  17. Neuroscience0.38×14 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.37×24 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×13 works
  20. Medicine0.16×71 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×18 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×1 works
  23. Nursing0.09×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lappeenranta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Supply Chain Management, Smart Grid, Life Cycle Assessment, Big Data and Circular Economy.

▲ 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. Sustainability255▲ 3.9×72 topics
  2. Renewable Energy234▲ 6.1×42 topics
  3. Environmental Impact141▲ 3.1×43 topics
  4. Machine Learning119▲ 1.34×73 topics
  5. Deep Learning99◆ 1.08×72 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management96▲ 4.0×19 topics
  7. Big Data91▲ 3.6×25 topics
  8. Innovation78▲ 2.9×39 topics
  9. Smart Grid68▲ 7.1×10 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency67▲ 2.7×34 topics
  11. Social Capital65▲ 4.7×15 topics
  12. Internet of Things65▲ 2.8×24 topics
  13. Life Cycle Assessment64▲ 8.6×7 topics
  14. Environmental Management62▲ 5.7×14 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties61▲ 2.3×33 topics
  16. Circular Economy60▲ 8.2×8 topics
  17. Energy Storage57▲ 3.3×11 topics
  18. Recycling55▲ 5.4×9 topics
  19. Energy Transition55▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration55▲ 6.3×6 topics
  21. Waste Management52▲ 4.9×8 topics
  22. Electric Vehicles47▲ 6.1×4 topics
  23. Vibration Analysis42▲ 5.9×9 topics
  24. Metal Recovery42▲ 8.0×3 topics
  25. Additive Manufacturing41▲ 5.0×7 topics
  26. Power Electronics40▲ 4.7×8 topics
  27. Game Theory38▲ 8.4×5 topics
  28. Hydrogen36▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Renewable Resources36▲ 7.7×4 topics
  30. Wind Power Integration36▲ 20×2 topics
  31. District Heating35▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Energy Systems35▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Control Systems34▲ 7.1×9 topics
  34. Electrolysis34▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Information Systems34▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Power-to-Gas34▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Product Design33▲ 9.1×4 topics
  38. Energy Management33▲ 7.6×3 topics
  39. Resource Efficiency32▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Green Practices32▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Lappeenranta?

Smart Grid Energy Manage…29Smart Grid Energy Management: 29 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …29Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 29 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 29 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…28Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 28 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…23Digital Transformation in Industry: 23 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 20 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 20 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…20Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 20 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 20 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 19 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEnergy Engineering and Power TechnologyStrategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  2. 2 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 29 works
  3. 3 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 28 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 23 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 20 works
  7. 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 20 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 19 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%Lappeenranta22.6% 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 35.5% in 2011.

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